11-year-old Bullied in Warzone Describes Pathological Player Behavior
The 11-year-old described his story to an older friend, who shared it on Reddit. The young player allegedly was repeatedly bullied by older players in CoD: Warzone who took advantage of his age.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
July 20, 2021
Riot Games Will Record Voice Chat in Valorant
Riot Games, the company behind Valorant, will monitor conversations in voice chat. This is all as part of the fight against hate speech and toxic players.
video games
Adrian Piotrowski
May 2, 2021
Toxic Players Plague Outriders
The Outriders community has been complaining about problems with toxic players who maliciously kick users off the team at the very end of an expedition to prevent them from claiming their reward.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 26, 2021
Quantic Dream Acquitted of Racism and Unhealthy Culture
The Paris Court of Appeal has dismissed accusations of unhealthy atmosphere and racism at Quantic Dream. Following the verdict, the company released a statement regarding the entire case.
video games
Agnes Adamus
April 12, 2021
EA Explains Its Anti-racist Measures in FIFA 21
Electronic Arts has to deal with racist behavior among FIFA 21 players on a daily basis. The studio has explained how it deals with this type of misconduct and announces some improvements in relation to catching similar abuse.
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Karol Laska
March 16, 2021
Twitch Will Ban Use of „Simp” and „Incel” as Insults
From new year on, Twitch will crack down on sexual insults seriously. The new rules will include a ban on the use of words such as „simp”, „incel”, „virgin” etc. in this context.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 17, 2020
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo Together Against Toxic Gamers
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have announced cooperation in the fight against toxic behavior in video games. The companies want to take action to ensure that „the youngest and most vulnerable players” can safely play online.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 14, 2020
Amazon's New Patent Has Toxic Users Play Against Themselves
Amazon obtained an interesting patent, according to which toxic players would be quarantined and could only play against other such users.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 4, 2020
WoW Players Complain About Poles and Polish Server
Some time ago, Blizzard decided to merge a handful of smaller World of Warcraft servers with Burning Legion, the unofficial realm run by Polish community. The result: complaining about slavic players, who are less than eager to welcome foreign gamers with open arms.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 22, 2020
Valve Declares War on Toxicity and Account Boosts in Dota 2
Valve Software intends to fight more actively against toxicity and account boosting in Dota 2. 14 thousand people have recently been banned for manipulating the MMR ranking. The game will also receive a system for reporting inappropriate behavior, modelled on CS:GO's Overwatch.
video games
Bart Swiatek
October 20, 2020
Sony Explains Voice Chat Moderation System of PS5
Sony has explained how the voice chat moderation system on PlayStation 5 will work, enabling players to send reports with records of toxic comments from other users.
Tech
Adrian Werner
October 17, 2020
Michel Ancel Answers Accusations of Being a Toxic Boss
The newspaper Libération has published an article that reveals the details of Michel Ancel's departure from Ubisoft. It was supposed to result from an investigation into the alleged toxic behavior of the creator of Beyond Good & Evil 2. In response, Ubisoft's former producer accused the newspaper of spreading false news.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 26, 2020
Ubisoft's CEO Apologizes for the Scandal; Jason Schreier Retorts
Ubisoft has published a video in which its CEO, Yves Guillemot, apologizes for the scandal revealed in July. However, his words do not appeal to Jason Schreier, who is responsible for revealing controversial information from behind the scenes of the French giant.
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Christian Pieniazek
September 10, 2020
Sexual Harassment at Rocksteady; Company Accused of Lack of Reaction
The British studio Rocksteady, responsible, for example, for the Batman: Arkham series, has been accused by its employees of not acting in any way on a sexual abuse cases within the company.
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Karol Laska
August 18, 2020
Assassin's Creed Grows in Strength; Ubisoft With Record Quarter
Ubisoft has published its financial report for the period from April to June. The past three months turned out to be record-breaking for the publisher, thanks to the excellent results of the Assassin's Creed and Just Dance series. The company has also detailed the planned changes related to recent accusations of harassment and discrimination in the company.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 23, 2020
Ubisoft, Strip clubs and Discrimination Against Women
Jason Schreier, one of gaming industry's most recognized journalist, currently working for Bloomberg, has published an article that reveals many of the irregularities that occurred at Ubisoft. It turns out that the producer who created, for example, the Assassyn's Creed series, has had problems with discrimination against women for years. Many secrets that were swept under the rug were revealed along with the ongoing #MeToo action.
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Damian Gacek
July 21, 2020
Ubisoft Parts With Three Employees Accused of Misconduct
Following recent accusations against Ubisoft, the company decided to react and ended its cooperation with managers suspected of mobbing.
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Karol Laska
July 12, 2020
EA Cracks Down on Toxic Behavior in Games
Electronic Arts has published an article titled Positive Play Charter, in which it discusses the principles of battling toxicity in games. The company will not hesitate to ban all the accounts of the most rebellious users, but considers this as a last resort.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 18, 2020
Valve Will Automatically Squelch Toxic CS:GO Players
Valve is starting a serious fight against toxicity among CS:GO players. The studio is working on a system which, based on reports, will catch users disturbing others and mute them in conversation.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
February 8, 2020
Dota 2 Gets Rid of Toxic Players, if You Pay For it
This year, when you buy Battle Pass for Dota 2 (accompanying The International eSports event), you'll have access to a new feature that allows you to avoid players who don't like you when searching for games.
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Adrian Werner
May 19, 2019