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
China is cracking down on online games and streaming even more with ‘Healthy China 2030’
Even setting aside the Blitzchung fiasco that sent China's video game industry into the spotlight at the tail end of 2019, the western games...
World of Warcraft server blades that were sold for charity arrive to players with various signs of damage
In a rather unfortunate turn of philanthropic events, the World of Warcraft server blades that were being sold to support Pencils of Promise have...
Escape from Tarkov confirms no playable female characters because of ‘game lore’ and workload
Sorry, ladies, but it's just too ding-dong-dang difficult to put y'all in Escape from Tarkov. That's the cited reason why the game's developer, Battlestate Games,...
Star Citizen SOCS socks promise to revolutionize foot warming in the first quarter of 2020
You can wear your heart on your sleeve regarding Star Citizen, but everyone kind of expects that. What you really want to do is...
Hellion dev rejects YouTuber’s ‘dirty dev’ characterization despite selling abandoned game
Nobody wants to have their creative endeavors trashed and game developers certainly shouldn't be outright abused in a physical or mental sense. That said,...
Goodbye to all the reasons we can’t have nice things in MMOs, 2019 edition
A while back, we started collecting all our cozy, comforting, positive, happy stories under the "warm fuzzies" tag. This year, we turned it into...
Chronicles of Elyria postpones its unsold land sales with a date still to be determined
As you may recall, Chronicles of Elyria touted that it was running a big event recently with its "Settlers of Elyria" event, which came...
Final Fantasy XIV suspends a streamer for shaming another player live on his stream
One of the rules about playing Final Fantasy XIV is that players are to a limited extent liable for what they do and say outside...
Google and Epic Games are squabbling over Fortnite’s Android fees – again
Epic Games and Google are butting heads in what continues to be the technology version of a DragonBall Z fight with similar levels of...
Kickstarted survival sandbox Day of Dragons’ early access launch is bogged down by drama
Remember the tussle over in-dev MMO Oath a while back? A sub-contractor for the game accused the developer of screwing with 'em, it hit...
US Congressman uses campaign funds for Steam games, man allegedly uses PS4 to sell cocaine
I'm not one to provide a counterpoint to the delight that is Massively Uplifting, but there are also times when video gaming news gets...
EVE Online’s new HyperNet Relay reintroduces gambling to New Eden
Remember way back in 2016, when CCP Games outlawed gambling in EVE Online's universe after turning a blind eye for over a decade? In...
The Soapbox: Cross-play, console exclusivity, and why companies won’t play nice
Let me tell you something: As the columnist who writes about Final Fantasy XIV I am so damn tired of hearing about crossplay. Seriously. Just so...
An MMO character ‘worth’ $1.4M was sold in China for $552
So here's a fun story of people being particularly... odd. Let's go with odd. Player A, hereafter referred to as "Scrooge McDuck," spends the...
Star Trek Online’s Mudd’s Market pricing ignites a community firestorm
It sounds like a good idea on paper: a new section of the cash shop in Star Trek Online that offers items that haven't...
Fallout 76 dataminer is banned from the game after reporting an exploit
No good deed goes unpunished for one Fallout 76 player who found a significant exploit regarding legendary weapons, reported it, and got summarily banned...
A prominent FIFA competitor blows the lid off of a match fixing scandal involving several pro gamers
Imagine if several major teams from any large-scale sport in America -- take your pick -- conspired together to make sure they didn't face...
China is really adding that youth gaming curfew and block on sex and gore in games
Sometimes it's easy to forget that gamers over in China have it very different than we do in the west. If you need a...
US politician shades Blizzard over World of Warcraft toxicity
Last week, the gaming world was a tad busy running Halloween events and watching BlizzCon, so it passed almost without notice that a US...
CS:GO stops letting players sell container keys due to their use in money laundering
The otherwise innocuous activity of selling keys to open containers in CS:GO has apparently been used for far more nefarious purposes. According to a...
