Video Games

League of Legends Developer Riot Games to Settle Class Action Gender Discrimination Lawsuit for $10 Million

December 3, 2019

Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends will settle a class action gender discrimination law suit. The class action lawsuit brought by Melanie McCracken and Jessica Negron alleged Riot Games violate...

Crunchyroll Games Partners With Square Enix for Collection of Mana Collaboration in Last Cloudia

John F. Trent

November 21, 2019

Video Games

Crunchyroll Games announced today that they are an official co-publishing partner of the JRPG mobile game Last Cloudia alongside AIDIS, Inc. To celebrate the announcement they revealed an in-game collab...

Twitch IRL Streamer Perlababe Reveals The Obvious Truth About How She Gets Views

Drew Taylor

November 20, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

If you've been on Twitch either streaming or viewing, you have likely seen or visited the IRL or Just Chatting categories. Both categories are interesting places. Some viewers think these are the greatest th...

Rumor: Blizzard Losing Key Employees From World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Starcraft

Drew Taylor

November 20, 2019

Video Games

A new rumor details that Blizzard is losing key employees from World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Starcraft. The rumor comes from YouTuber The Quartering, who notes many of these high profile employees left d...

Google Promotes “Gender Neutral” Controller as Stadia Selling Point

Spencer Baculi

November 19, 2019

Video Games

In the lead-up to the launch of Google’s new Stadia console, members of the Stadia team promoted the “gender neutral” quality of the system’s controller as a selling point for the flagship hardware. In an in...

Bethesda Claims Studio Would “NEVER Ban a Player for Reporting Issues or Exploits”, Issues Permanban to Map76 Creator

Bethesda Claims Studio Would “NEVER Ban a Player for Reporting Issues or Exploits,” Reportedly Issues Permaban to Map76 Creator

Spencer Baculi

November 19, 2019

Video Games

Following reports that Bethesda Softworks had permabanned the creator of the Map76 interactive map tool for Falluot 76 due to his testing and reporting of an exploit found within the game, Bethesda addressed th...

Warhammer 40k Fan Film Astartes Falls Victim to Ongoing Hacking Attempts, Has YouTube Account Ownership Stolen

Spencer Baculi

November 15, 2019

Video Games

The creator of the popular Warhammer 40k CGI fan film Astartes has reported that ownership of the YouTube account has been stolen from him, becoming the latest victim to the growing issue of account hacking cur...

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene Unhappy with Lack of Gender Diversity in PUBG Corp Special Projects Division, Games Industry

Spencer Baculi

November 15, 2019

Video Games

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, the creator of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), recently lamented that the Special Projects Division of PUBG Corp was almost “all male” due to recruitment guidelines in Ames...

#GamefreakLied Trends Worldwide After Alleged Leaked Images Appear to Show Pokemon Sword & Shield Models Were Aped From Older Games

Drew Taylor

November 14, 2019

Video Games

The hashtag #GamefreakLied trended on Twitter for hours, after alleged leaked videos showed Pokemon Sword and Shield models were taken from previous games. These alleged leaks appear to fly in the face of Ga...

Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Metacritic Score Revealed

John F. Trent

November 13, 2019

Video Games

The Metacritic score for Pokemon Sword and Shield has been revealed and it is currently getting overwhelmingly positive reviews. https://youtu.be/grO7u1R866o The Metacritic, Metascore sits at 81 with 14 p...