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Sony makes the worst exclusives, according to science

5 posts · 6 years ago

Subnautica developer fired for retweeting conservatives

1 posts · 6 years ago

Atari founder Nolan Bushnell loses game industry award following feminist outcry

2 posts · 6 years ago

Twitch forces black streamer to submit DNA analysis over african cooking show

57 posts · 6 years ago

Five standalone 'sidequels' that are far better than their main series

1 posts · 6 years ago

Mario and Sonic: a tale of two mascots

1 posts · 6 years ago

Magic: The Gathering has a pedophile problem no one wants to acknowledge

1 posts · 6 years ago

South Koreans outraged over "africanized" Korean queen in Civilization VI

3 posts · 6 years ago

IGN fires editor-in-chief Steve Butts for workplace misconduct

4 posts · 6 years ago

Don't believe the fake news — "Gaming disorder" is not a "recognized mental illness"

2 posts · 6 years ago

Intel CPUs have a major security flaw, and fixing it causes huge performance hit

2 posts · 6 years ago

LAPD arrests Wichita swatter following reports from gamers who identified him

15 posts · 6 years ago

Man DEAD after Call of Duty teammate swatted him over a $1.5 wager

10 posts · 6 years ago

Zoe Quinn accuses ‘Bright’ and ‘Dirk Gently’ screenwriter Max Landis of rape

4 posts · 6 years ago

Wesley Snipes and Sean Astin to develop sci-fi tabletop game

3 posts · 6 years ago

A joke, a media storm, and a destroyed life... Is ‘Magic: The Gathering’ the next Gamergate?

1 posts · 6 years ago

Hate mob sets sights on Japanese video game 'Catherine' over usual nothing-burgers

7 posts · 6 years ago

The heartbreaking story of how one man spent $16k on Final Fantasy and nearly lost his family

38 posts · 6 years ago

Lawmakers could outlaw ‘loot boxes’ following EA microtransactions outrage

3 posts · 6 years ago

The incredible career of writer and game designer Flint Dille

1 posts · 6 years ago

IGN editor Vince Ingenito accused of touching friend's arm in new #MeToo controversy

1 posts · 6 years ago

NeoGAF shuts down following sexual abuse allegations against owner

1 posts · 6 years ago

Hate mob stages 'Hat In Time' boycott over voice acting by JonTron

1 posts · 7 years ago

Repetition as a feature: gaming's best groundhog days

1 posts · 7 years ago

"You are not a real gamer"

2 posts · 7 years ago

Destiny 2 is practically impossible to play if you're a parent

1 posts · 7 years ago

Love in a time of Warcraft

1 posts · 7 years ago

How to make a good sports game

8 posts · 7 years ago

The game dev who cried wolf

1 posts · 7 years ago

Tilting a pro female CS:GO team

1 posts · 7 years ago

The story of Second Life's long-abandoned Duran Duran universe

1 posts · 7 years ago

17 years ago today, a wild Pikachu virus appeared!

1 posts · 7 years ago

Let's be real: Grand Theft Auto appropriates Black culture

1 posts · 7 years ago

The games that dare to sail the dark seas

1 posts · 7 years ago

Study shows gamers are better in bed

1 posts · 7 years ago

Developers of ‘Call of Duty: WWII’ scrub swastika from ‘historically authentic’ game

1 posts · 7 years ago

I'm a big fan of Cliff Bleszinski, and here's why you should be too

1 posts · 7 years ago

Metroid Prime like you've never seen it before

1 posts · 7 years ago

The magic of video game cartography

1 posts · 7 years ago

Making a living in Minecraft

1 posts · 7 years ago