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As Steam heads off blockchain games, the Epic Games Store welcomes them
At this point in my life, I don't fully understand how cryptocurrency and NFTs work, but there's no shortage of explainers out there, and...
Star Citizen financial report outlines over £1M in paid dividends to investors as of last year
Since CIG is a UK company, the studio is required to share its fiscal filings, and so it has with the Star Citizen developer's...
Racist spammers tried to ruin Fractured’s free-to-play fall alpha test
File this one under no good deed goes unpunished: Fractured's decision to open its fall alpha up to all comers has been rewarded with...
Two government agencies are now squabbling over ethics allegations in Activision-Blizzard cases
The Activision-Blizzard sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit is back in the news this week, but for an unexpected reason. Readers will recall that the...
Diablo II Resurrected is still suffering from major outages several weeks after launch
MMO players have been a been preoccupied with the launch of New World over the last two weeks to pay Diablo II Resurrected too...
Another War Thunder player leaked classified military documents to win a forum argument
Back in July, we shared the astonishing news of one War Thunder fan and UK service member who wanted developer Gaijin Entertainment to make...
California’s DFEH files an objection to the settlement between Activision-Blizzard and the EEOC
It probably seemed like Activision-Blizzard had actually finally dodged a bullet in its ongoing lawsuit drama when it reached a settlement with the EEOC...
Twitch confirms huge security breach, says credit card and login credentials are safe
Yesterday, we covered claims that a hacker had yoinked 125GB of data from Twitch and dumped it into the wild, where it was leaked...
Guild Wars 2’s PvP community is aflame over win-trading [Update: ANet banned 83 perps]
This past week, the Guild Wars 2 PvP community (don't laugh, there is one, as you know since you read our own Fight or...
Twitch suffers massive data breach as a hacker gets away with source code and streamer payout details
Twitch is having a very bad day today as a hacker has managed to hack and release 125GB worth of data, which has since...
MechWarrior Online restores trans-focused team names after uproar over name changes and suspensions
We're just going to go ahead and offer a free tip for moderation teams across the MMO sphere: Banning people just for expressing support...
China adds new rules against games with ‘effeminate males’ and ‘blurred moral boundaries’
The Chinese government is further putting the screws to game developers in the country according to the details of a new internal memo from...
Bear witness to the confounding Coca-Cola ad that tries to appeal to esports fans, MMO gamers, and world peace
What do esports events, MMO gaming, and soda have in common? If you said "Maybe you drink the soda while participating in the other...
A new Pokemon Unite bug – or exploit – is letting losers gain rank at will (Updated!)
Enjoying all those new Pokemon Unite "bring a friend to ranked" quests? Well, you may want to be careful. There are now multiple reports across...
Fortnite might not be back on Apple’s app store for five years – or longer
You know how kids' soccer teams line up after a match to give each other high-fives and "good games" in a show of sportsmanship?...
LittleBigPlanet’s PS3 and Vita servers will remain offline permanently thanks to a toxic hacker
This past May we reported on the woes of the original LittleBigPlanet, a cutesy 2.5-D platformer that is a primarily single-player experience but also...
Twitch unleashes a lawsuit against two alleged hate raid organizers
In August we reported on efforts by streamers to call attention to hate raiding and other forms of harassment targeting Black, POC, and LGBT+...
Tencent, Netease hit with stock losses amid China’s gaming industry clampdown
If you've been following the gaming industry for a while, you probably remember the big "freezes" that the Chinese government placed on new game...
World of Tanks community rep resigns in protest over firing of fellow Wargaming staffer
Wargaming, the studio behind World of Warships and World of Tanks, is garnering the wrong kind of attention all over again, this time for...
Jagex stamps out an Old School RuneScape mod prior to release, players organize a protest [Updated]
(We've updated at the end with Jagex's latest statement.)
An Old School RuneScape modder is steaming after Jagex sent out a letter demanding that the...
