Video Games

Niche Gamer Admits to and Issues Apology for Plagiarizing Years’ Worth of Gemtasu Content

Niche Gamer Admits To and Issues Apology for Plagiarizing Gematsu Content

December 19, 2019

Niche Gamer, a video game news outlet which touts itself as an alternative to the mainstream video game press, has issued an apology and admitted that the site had plagiarized Gematsu content, particularly tran...

Pokémon Company to Subpoena Discord, 4chan in Legal Pursuit of Pokémon Sword and Shield Leakers

Spencer Baculi

December 19, 2019

Video Games

A US District Court has granted The Pokémon Company, the Nintendo subsidiary responsible for managing the Pokémon franchise, permission to serve subpoenas to Discord and 4chan in pursuit of the identities of us...

Updated Final Fantasy VII Remake Box Art Reveals Game Will be Timed PlayStation Exclusive for One Year

Spencer Baculi

December 11, 2019

Video Games

A recent update to the box art for the highly-anticipated, upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake has revealed that the game will be exclusive to the PlayStation 4 for a period of one year after launch. https://y...

Wargroove Devs Face Backlash for Hiring White Voice Actors for Non-White Characters Due to “Not Looking at Profiles, Back Catalogues, Headshots”

Spencer Baculi

December 11, 2019

Video Games

Chucklefish, the development team behind the 2019 tactical RPG Wargroove, has responded to critics who have decried the team for hiring white voice actors to voice non-white characters in an upcoming DLC expans...

Cancel Culture Targets Twitch Streamer Sweet Anita

Drew Taylor

December 11, 2019

Celebrity, Video Game Culture

Sweet Anita, a YouTuber and Twitch partner who has Tourette's Syndrome, is now under fire from the cancel culture. Sweet Anita began streaming in June 2018, and has amassed over 570k Twitch followers. She al...

Abigail Williams Debuts Uncensored in Latest North American Fate/Grand Order Update

Spencer Baculi

December 11, 2019

Video Games

A recent update to the North American servers for Fate/Grand Order has added the first Foreigner-class servant, Abigail Williams, to the game completely uncensored, much to the surprise of fans. The Abigail ...

Valve Delaying Steam Approval of Games Inspired by and Supportive of Hong Kong Protestors

Valve Reportedly Delaying Steam Approval of Games Inspired by and Supportive of Hong Kong Protestors

Spencer Baculi

December 10, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

According to the respective developers of Liberate Hong Kong and Karma, two separate games inspired by the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Valve has been artificially delaying the Steam approval process fo...

Terminator: Resistance Devs Claim Sex Scenes Censored by Sony and Microsoft

Spencer Baculi

December 6, 2019

Video Games

Teyon, the video game development company behind the recently released Terminator: Resistance, recently stated that a pair of sexually explicit cutscenes featured in the game were censored at the direct request...

Artist Reportedly Banned from Twitch After Poking Fun at Latest Alinity Controversy

Drew Taylor

December 6, 2019

Celebrity, Video Game Culture

Artist Jon Grim was reportedly banned from Twitch after poking fun at the latest controversy surrounding Alinity and her dog. Grim reported he was banned from Twitch on Twitter for drawing a picture of Alini...

Dutch Football Legend Marco van Basten Removed from FIFA 20 Over Off-Camera “Sieg Heil” Joke

Spencer Baculi

December 4, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

Marco van Basten, the former Ajax and A.C. Milan player and three-time winner of the prestigious Ballon D’Or award, was recently removed as a selectable FIFA Icons character in FIFA 20 due to a joke made which ...