Video Games

Report: Monster Hunter Film Pulled From Chinese Theaters Over “Racist” Joke

December 5, 2020

After just one-day at the box office, the Paul W.S. Anderson directed, Milla Jovovich-led live-action adaptation of Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise has been pulled from theaters in China following a vocal bac...

BioWare Loses GM Casey Hudson And Dragon Age Producer Mark Darrah

Spencer Baculi

December 4, 2020

Video Games

Two of BioWare’s most senior leaders, Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah, have announced that they will be leaving the Mass Effect and Dragon Age production studio after twenty years of employment. Related: Biow...

Atelier Ryza 2 Developer Does Not See Overseas Censorship “As Something Necessarily Bad”

Spencer Baculi

December 3, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

According to a member of Gust, the Japanese development studio behind the Atelier and Ar Tonelico franchises, the team does not consider country-specific censorship of their titles to be “something necessarily ...

Subverse Developer Stands-By Collaboration With YouTuber Arch Following Accusations of Racism and Bigotry

Spencer Baculi

December 2, 2020

Video Games

StudioFOW have announced that they will be standing by their decision to partner with YouTuber Arch in promotion of their upcoming adult sci-fi RPG Subverse, despite having received a wave of outrage and accusa...

Twitch Streamer ZombaeKillz Defends Her Reception of Free Consoles As Calls To Mass Flag Critics Continues

Spencer Baculi

November 29, 2020

Video Games

Twitch streamer ZombaeKillz has responded to the backlash against her identity-based requests for free next-gen consoles with claims of a significant fanbase, as her and her associates continue to call for mass...

Twitch Streamer ZombaeKillz Calls for Mass False-Flagging Campaign Against Griffin Gaming Following His Criticism of Her Identity-Based Requests for Free Video Game Consoles

Spencer Baculi

November 25, 2020

Video Games

Video game YouTuber Griffin Gaming has found himself the target of a mass false-flagging campaign after criticizing Twitch streamer ZombaeKillz for her constant use of her immutable identity traits as a way to ...

Square Enix Reports Marvel’s Avengers Has Failed to Offset Initial Development Costs

Spencer Baculi

November 25, 2020

Video Games

A new report from Square Enix has revealed that the developer’s recently released, poorly received, and Crystal Dynamics-developed Marvel’s Avengers has performed so abysmally that it has, as of yet, failed to ...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Faces Wave of Harassment and Accusations of Racism Over In-Game ‘Bun’ Hairstyle

Spencer Baculi

November 21, 2020

Video Games

An Animal Crossing: New Horizons player is facing a wave of harassment and rampant accusations of racism solely for wearing a ‘bun’ hairstyle on her white-skinned avatar, with critical race and social justice t...

HBO Greenlights Live-Action The Last of Us Adaptation, Naughty Dog VP Neil Druckmann Attached to Write

Spencer Baculi

November 20, 2020

Television, Video Games

Following its announcement as a project ‘in development’ earlier this year, HBO has officially greenlit a live-action adaptation of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us video game series. Related: Twitch Streamer ...

Nintendo Officially Bans Use of Animal Crossing: New Horizons For Political Purposes

Spencer Baculi

November 19, 2020

Video Games

Nintendo has officially issued a ban on corporations and politicians using Animal Crossing: New Horizons as a platform to promote their interests, in an effort “to preserve the experience for the millions of pe...