The real problem with this genre is the fact that humans play it. Here’s some of the worst stuff they’ve done.
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Star Citizen heralds the Idris as a victory for its server tech as players grouse over its limited sale
Star Citizen's Invictus event ushered in more than just CIG's pay-to-win clusterfudge; it also introduced the Idris, one of the sandbox's biggest internet ships...
Ubisoft’s CEO and HR director must testify before a Paris court in the Ubisoft harassment trial
This past March we reported on the start of legal proceedings in France against former chief creative officer Serge Hascoet, former VP of editorial...
Hackers are trying to use DDoS attacks to pressure open game platform BYOND to go open source
For nearly two weeks now, the online game platform BYOND has been under severe DDoS attacks to the point that it and its supported...
Fortnite’s AI Darth Vader was a toxicity disaster and an apparent provocation for striking voice actors
If you saw the news last week about Fortnite adding a chattable Darth Vader with his AI take on the late James Earl Jones...
Apple’s legal intransigence forces Fortnite off the appstore globally as Epic Games again asks the courts to intervene
Last week we reported on apparent Apple stonewalling in regard to Fortnite's return to the US App Store, as the corporation appeared to be...
Whatever happened to Gigantic: Rampage Edition?
It's been a year and a month since Motiga's Gigantic was resurrected and returned from the dead as Gigantic: Rampage Edition. And we were pretty...
Star Citizen will make future ship components buyable in-game on day one, current items buyable in June
Earlier this week, Star Citizen decided to absolutely tap dance in it by selling ship components like weapon kits, bomb racks, and stat-boosting blades...
Bungie has been called out for plagiarizing art – again – this time for Marathon
The upcoming PvPvE extraction FPS Marathon has a pretty distinct art aesthetic of stark neons and blacks, but apparently that wasn't distinct enough to...
Electronic Arts’ return-to-office mandate spurs confusion and worry among games workers
The employees of Electronic Arts - the ones still remaining after recent mass layoffs, anyway - are facing another problem from the developer and...
Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations
The Invictus Launch Week free-fly event of Star Citizen is usually meant to be a time of celebration; a way to try out ships...
Apple’s apparent stalling forces Epic Games to delay a Fortnite patch as its App Store submission dangles
There are children, there are petulant children, and then there are tech executives, apparently: Readers might remember that Epic Games was in the process...
Hackers attempt to sell seemingly useless Steam user data, Valve says Steam wasn’t breached [Updated]
(This article has been updated as of Wednesday night with Valve's statement, and we've tweaked the headline accordingly; the original story follows.)
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Microsoft lays off approximately 6000 workers after a sunny third quarter earnings report
Even if the company's funny line goes up and stock value swells, employee livelihoods are still not safe: Microsoft is putting another large group...
Activision lawsuit argues hackers make PC players quit Call of Duty Black Ops 6 over toxicity
For one reason or another, online shooters just seem to attract some of the worst kinds of online behaviors, and while cheating isn't the...
Palworld confirms gameplay mechanic adjustments made in response to the Nintendo lawsuit
While Palworld developer Pocketpair is still resolved to fight against Nintendo's patent infringement lawsuit, it's also admitting that some concessions have been made in...
Electronic Arts tells investors to prepare for ‘accelerated growth’ following mass layoffs
Electronic Arts execs didn't just say the quiet part out loud; they made it a feature part of their presentations to the flock of...
Pax Dei studio lays off nearly 30% of its team but says the MMORPG is still on track
Well, bad news for Pax Dei fans: Studio Mainframe Industries announced this morning that it's restructuring - which means the layoff of nearly a...
MMO Business Roundup: Microsoft stonewalls ZeniMax union, Electronic Arts lays off hundreds
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news of the week! It's business time in Hollis, Queens, but it's...
Diablo IV players sound the alarm over the stingier rewards in Season 8’s battle pass
If you were suspicious that the multitude of feature highlights across major games media sites for Diablo IV's newly released season was a smokescreen,...
Roblox faces lawsuit accusing it of enabling child sexual abuse and exploitation (again)
Yep, Roblox is back in the headlines again for some of the worst reasons possible: A lawsuit filed last week in the superior court...
