Video Game Culture

Arcane City Game Studios Targeted By Outrage Mob Due to Subject Matter of Their Visual Novel ‘The Virgin’

March 15, 2019

Independent game development studio Arcane City Game Studios was recently targeted by an outrage mob who sought to deplatform the game studio due to the content of their games and their support of another game ...

After Steam Bans Controversial ‘Rape Day’ Game, European Government Officials Call for Government Regulation of the Industry

Spencer Baculi

March 7, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

This past week, the discovery of a controversial video game being distributed on the Steam platform led to the game being pulled from the platform due to outrage from the public. The game by indie developer ...

Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada 'Quite Tired of Trying to Avoid Causing Potential Offense'

Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada is ‘Quite Tired of Trying to Avoid Causing Potential Offense’

Spencer Baculi

March 6, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

On March 4th, a fan tweeted both a compliment on his work and asked about the possibility of a new fighter in the next Tekken entry to outspoken Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada. The fan asked Harada if there w...

Industry Professionals Apply Pressure on THQ Nordic After 8chan AMA

Spencer Baculi

February 28, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

THQ Nordic, a video game publishing company whose library includes Sunset Overdrive and the Darksiders franchise, held an AMA (aka Ask Me Anything, a type of thread where a person of interest fields questions f...

Catherine: Full Body to Feature Changes For Western Releases In Response to Allegations of Transphobia

Spencer Baculi

February 26, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

Catherine: Full Body, the long awaited remaster of the 2011 puzzle-platformer Catherine, was recently released in Japan on Valentine’s Day 2019. The game, which follows the exploits of Vincent Brooks as he is p...

Devil May Cry 5 Voice Actor Reuben Langdon Shot at 6 Times While in Guatemela

John F. Trent

February 17, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

Devil May Cry 5 voice actor Rueben Langdon, who portrays Dante, was shot at at least six times while filming a documentary in Guatemala. Langdon informed his followers on Twitter about the incident in a ligh...

Twitch Streamer Claims Stating ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ Led to Twitch Ban

Spencer Baculi

February 8, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

HelenaLive, a popular Twitch-partnered streamer who formerly had over 300,000 followers and 10 million views, recently discovered that she had been banned from Twitch and that her channel had been closed. Helen...

Warner Bros. Interactive Attempting To Buy Positive Coverage of Upcoming 'Game of Thrones' Browser Game

Warner Bros. Interactive Attempts To Buy Positive Coverage for Upcoming ‘Game of Thrones’ Browser Game

Spencer Baculi

February 8, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

On the morning of February 6th, popular video game critic and journalist Jim Sterling informed his fans via his Twitter account that he had been approached by a Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment affiliate,...

Runescape Player Banned by Jagex For Off-Site Suicide Joke

Spencer Baculi

January 30, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

Last week, a Twitch-partnered Runescape streamer known as Aus_Swag, was recorded during a Twitch stream making a phone call to a woman suffering from suicidal thoughts, only to tell her to ‘kill herself’: ht...

Caliber Game Developer Roasts Game Journalists – Calls Them Parasites!

John F. Trent

January 16, 2019

Video Game Culture, Video Games

Albert Zhiltsov, a Russian game developer for 1C Game Studios, spit roasted game journalists referring to them as a "parasites." Zhiltsov's employer, 1C Game Studios is working with Wargaming Alliance to pro...