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Genshin Impact’s Latest Controversy Has Gotten So Big Its Voice Actors Are Weighing In

15.7.2024
Genshin Impact has been under fire for whitewashing people of color before, but the backlash over such accusations has never before reached the level it has now, as the release of the new Natlan nation grows ever more imminent. The nation is based primarily on Latin America, but also includes...

Apex Legends Players Are In Full Revolt After Battle Pass Controversy

9.7.2024
Yesterday, Apex Legends announced the free-to-play battle royale would be embracing shrinkflation, splitting seasonal battle passes in half while still charging players roughly the same amount for them. Today, some long-time fans are calling it the last straw after months of other issues,...

Crypto Community Calls to Boycott Vanguard as $7.7 Trillion Asset Manager Blocks Spot Bitcoin ETFs

12.1.2024
Source: Vanguard Asset management giant Vanguard has opted not to allow the purchase of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on its platform, triggering the crypto community. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal on January 11, Vanguard stated that it will not offer the new spot...

National Australia Bank joins crypto exchange boycott, cites ‘scams’

17.7.2023
National Australia Bank is the latest bank to announce blocks on certain cryptocurrency exchanges, citing the high risk of scams

What the Reddit Boycott Has to Do With AI and Crypto

12.6.2023

Report: EA 'Exploiting The Players' With College Football Payments

8.6.2023
For the first time in a decade, EA Sports will be releasing a college football game this season. The main reasons for that 10-year hiatus was a conflict over player payments (which weren’t allowed under NCAA rules) and likenesses. Those had presumably been resolved in the lead-up to EA Sports...

Coinbase calls PEPE a 'hate symbol,' prompting calls to boycott the exchange

11.5.2023
An email newsletter sent out to Coinbase customers on May 10 caused significant backlash from the Pepe community

The Real Impact Of Pokémon Go's Changes That Niantic Won't Face

10.4.2023
Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s weekly Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise. This week, we talked to rural and disabled Pokémon Go players about the impact of changes to...

MetaMask users boycott ConsenSys for collecting wallet addresses

24.11.2022
Consensys upgraded its privacy policy yesterday, informing MetaMask users that their Ethereum wallet address and IP addresses would be captured during transactions utilizing Infura as their preferred RPC provider. Consensys, the New York-based blockchain software company, made it clear that when...

Ex-Bayonetta Actress Asks Fans To Donate Boycott Money To Anti-Abortion Group

28.10.2022
The former voice of Bayonetta has gone from calling out bad pay for gaming industry talent to plugging the controversial anti-abortion group Billboards 4Life. This all started out with her boycott of Bayonetta 3, after misleading fans about her removal from the project. She’s now urging them...

One Of Bayonetta 3's New Magical Powers Transforms Her Into...A Train

21.10.2022
With each new Bayonetta game comes a new look for the “tall enough to kick your ass” umbran witch. But in Bayonetta 3, Cereza takes on a new form entirely: a demonic train.Read more

Bayonetta's Original Voice Actress: 'I Urge People To Boycott This Game' Over 'Insulting' Pay Offer

15.10.2022
Early in October, Japanese developer PlatinumGames, known for its action titles, told Game Informer that upcoming Switch exclusive Bayonetta 3 would not see voice actress Hellena Taylor reprise her iconic sultry role as the protagonist. Instead, Bayonetta’s english VA would now be Jennifer Hale...

Military MMO Dev Wargaming Cuts Ties With Belarus, Russia Over Invasion works

4.4.2022
Hit freemium developer Wargaming is abandoning its operations in Belarus and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, now in its 39th day. The World of Tanks maker said it has turned over live operations of its games in both countries to its now-former studio in Russia and will “not profit from this...

Monero Supporters Beg XMR Miners to Boycott Mining Pool Capturing 44% of the Network Hashrate

14.2.2022
Reports indicate that the Monero community is upset about a specific mining pool that currently commands 44% of the network’s hashrate. Supporters are asking mining participants to leave a mining pool called Minexmr as they believe the operation threatens decentralization. A Single Monero...

Nigerian Users Tell Binance ‘Stop Scamming’ — Exchange Platform Rejects Accusation

29.1.2022
Some disgruntled Nigerian users of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance have launched a campaign to boycott the platform, which they accuse of freezing client accounts without valid reason. Accounts Blocked Cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance recently became the target of a boycott campaign...

Twitch Takes Traffic Hit Following Streamer Boycott Over Harassment

2.9.2021
Yesterday, thousands of streamers abandoned Twitch for 24 hours in protest of its ongoing facilitation of harassment campaigns known as hate raids. While the Amazon-owned streaming platform has yet to implement proposed changes to the controversial raid system, it’s clear what some previously...

The Mess Around Whether To Boycott Activision Blizzard

5.8.2021
On July 20 California filed a lawsuit against Call of Duty and World of Warcraft maker Activision Blizzard alleging widespread workplace issues over the years including sexual harassment and gender-based pay discrimination. A week after employees formed a worker group to push for better working...