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
Axie Infinity’s massive crypto theft by hackers was possible thanks to a job search phishing scam
Most of our regular readers know Axie Infinity as the game that saw a North Korean hacker gang get away with a huge stash...
EverQuest II unceremoniously wipes its ‘prison server’ and permabans every account
Hey, did you know that EverQuest II once had a prison server? It was called Drunder, and since 2015 it was the place that...
Xbox head says reports of crunch at Fallout 76 studio are from a time when crunch ‘was just part of the industry’
"Times were different back then" can either be an explanation or a blanket excuse. Whatever side you fall on, that's effectively what was said...
US Senator Ted Cruz and Asmongold could have a meeting over gaming microtransaction legislation
It's said that politics makes for strange bedfellows, and there appears to be no better illustration of that axiom than the potential meeting between...
Star Citizen QA tester is out of a job after pushing back against the company’s return-to-office policy [Updated]
"Today, I lost my job at Cloud Imperium Games for standing up for my fellow coworkers," opens a LinkedIn post by a former employee...
Elite Dangerous griefers stream-sniped Frontier’s own community managers
Back in May 2017, we reported on the killing of Salome, a character in the fiction of Elite: Dangerous whose novel-ending journey through the...
Activision-Blizzard workers on Board’s exoneration of execs: ‘The fish rots from the head’
Remember last year when Riot Games formed a "special committee" to investigate the sexual harassment accusations against its CEO and then amazingly cleared him...
Play-to-earn Axie Infinity hasn’t weathered the crypto crash well as players ‘lose hope’
The cautionary tale that is Axie Infinity is likely well known to most, but for those who are looking for a rundown of the...
Diablo Immortal players uncover a ‘hidden’ third form of legendary crest lootbox
It's already been well documented that Diablo Immortal's monetization is off the wall, whaling players for as much as $50K-$80K to earn best-in-slot -...
Newly relaunched Kritika Online’s cash shop is just as gross as you’d assume
Normally around these parts we would be cheering on the resurrection of an MMORPG. But in the case of Kritika Online, which has returned...
Fallout 76 exposé reveals a culture of crunch and chaos from devs who snubbed MMOs
Kotaku dropped a scathing exposé of the Bethsoft studio behind Fallout 76 last night, and however bad you thought it was, it was probably...
Kritika Global will resurrect as a play-to-win NFT monstrosity next week
So you guys remember Kritika Online, right? It was published here by En Masse but shut down back in 2019, although it continued running...
But seriously, War Thunder nerds, stop leaking classified military documents
The Venn diagram that sees players of War Thunder and people incapable of keeping classified military documents under wraps is merging into a worrying...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic might be exploring NFT and crypto-infused AR games
We've noted before that Niantic leadership is heroically awful at reading the freaking room on a number of matters, so perhaps it should come...
Former Guild Wars 2 cinematic animator calls out NCsoft for withholding owed back pay
Apparently, NCSoft has a policy in place that withholds owed back pay even if an employee has the courtesy to put in a notice...
Guild Wars 2 trolls are blocking others’ access to new legendary weapon skins… by causing events to succeed
Guild Wars 2 players are failing to succeed at failing because other players are trolling them by forcing them to succeed. Hang on, let's...
Alleged stalker of a World of Warcraft streamer is arrested and faces five years of federal prison time
A two year-long hell for one streamer of World of Warcraft is hopefully coming to an end. Evan Baltierra, a former Los Angeles World...
Another group of Activision-Blizzard workers has issued demands for corporate change
In just two months, we'll be coming up on the first anniversary of the Activision-Blizzard scandal, and if you're wondering which one, well, that's...
Team Fortress 2 has so many bots that it is ‘literally unplayable’ as fans beg Valve for help
You might think a headline like "Team Fortress 2 has bots" is a sort of "water is wet" kind of news story, particularly since...
Lost Ark admits it’s been ‘fighting a war against bots’ since launch, banning millions of accounts
Have you spotted a bot or two in Lost Ark over the past few months? If so, you're definitely not alone. Amazon admitted on...
