The real problem with this genre is the fact that humans play it. Here’s some of the worst stuff they’ve done.
this is why we can’t have nice things
Whatever happened to Legends of Aria aka Britaria? (2023 edition)
We turn our gaze away for just a little bit and suddenly a tire fire has sprung forth, and that tire fire is named...
Ubisoft is trying to get in on the NFT racket for a second time with Assassin’s Creed ‘smart collectibles’
In December 2021, Ubisoft joined myriad other companies in trying to drive the NFT craze to the mainstream when it launched Ubisoft Quartz, an...
Studios working on Battlefield would like players to stop harassing its developers, please and thanks
The gaming community can often be described as "passionate" primarily because "frothingly and needlessly acidic about things that ultimately do not matter" is too...
Gamer who leaked classified military intel was first sharing documents in – wait for it – a War Thunder Discord
Back in April we reported on another unfortunate and alarming case of a gamer spreading classified military documents on the internet, this time involving...
Little Orbit’s ‘Web 2.5’ platform that lets players sell digital creations is just another blockchain pitch
Last August, Little Orbit, the studio that's known to MMO players as the stewards for APB: Reloaded and Fallen Earth, talked up its blockchain...
Blizzard devs lament talent bleed and Diablo IV support capacity following return-to-office mandate
Last month, we reported on a producer for World of Warcraft who expressed his frustration about seeing developers leave Blizzard, saying the team has...
World of Warcraft reviews Community Discord program following backlash over non-disparagement and tracking software clauses
On May 5th, Blizzard introduced a new feature on the European community site, the Community Discord program for World of Warcraft. The idea seems...
Mike Ybarra defends patent filing for AI art generator in Blizzard style
The extremely sticky wicket of AI art generation and its impact on multiple creative industries has now hit the higher echelons of Blizzard's executive...
Redfall’s messy release prompts apology from Xbox’s Phil Spencer
Some vampires need to be staked right out of the coffin.
This has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Bethesda and...
Unity slashes 600 jobs in its latest round of layoffs
It's not been the best year to work at Unity, as the tech company has gone through multiple rounds of layoffs and office closures....
Idea Fabrik, the company behind Hero Engine and The Repopulation, disappears from the internet
The beginning of this year saw a sad but perhaps unsurprising development for the Kickstarted sci-fi sandbox MMO The Repopulation when the workers contracted...
MapleStory is deleting a whole character – Jett – after 11 years in the global version
I'm having a hard time remembering the last time an MMO developer deleted an entire class from an MMO. The NGE, maybe? Regardless, it's...
Amazon is shutting down New World’s and Lost Ark’s forums next week in favor of Discord
Yesterday, I said in MOP's work chat that the New World team deserved kudos for being one of the few major MMO studios pumping...
That NetEase lawsuit against Blizzard turns out to have been a… bizarre clerical error?
Yesterday, we - and just about everyone else in the industry - picked up a Wowhead story about a lawsuit being lodged by NetEase...
Square-Enix claps hands with a blockchain game platform that ‘hides web3 technology under the hood’
At this point, game publishers and developers are likely wise to the fact that the vast majority of gamers don't want, like, or need...
Nexon formally files a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dark and Darker studio Ironmace
Considering the very public back-and-forth between Nexon and Dark and Darker developer Ironmace, this development seems like a foregone conclusion, but it is now...
Players cry foul over Call of Duty Warzone cash shop skins that offer unfair advantages
More often than not, the term "pay-to-win" is used as a weapon against almost anything, but in the case of some discovered premium skins...
Steam’s automodding of Counter-Strike skin-selling bots is catching legitimate players in its dragnet
Welcome back to another episode of We Don't Need to Fear the Singularity Because the People Writing AI Are Too Stupid for That to...
EVE Online players commandeered a dormant guild and made off with $22K in plunder
As most longtime MMO players know, leaders going AFK for extended periods can result in all kinds of shenanigans in player organizations behind their...
Microsoft president and US intel say Russian operatives are targeting gaming for espionage
Earlier this week, we covered the bizarre but sadly believable news that the military secrets leak every major newspaper is currently focused on may...
