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Call Of Duty Will Now Punish Cheaters By Making Everyone Else Disappear
28.4.2022
Call of Duty: Vanguard has added a new tool to its arsenal of methods for trying to humiliate cheaters. The online shooter’s anti-cheat tech now includes a new “mitigation technique” called Cloaking that will make everyone but the cheater invisible, a punishment worthy of Black Mirror.Read more
Report: California Governor Gavin Newson Accused Of Interfering In Activision Lawsuit
13.4.2022
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently lost the top two lawyers in its ongoing gender discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. The chief counsel was fired by the state governor, Gavin Newsom, while the assistant chief counsel resigned today in protest....
‘Suspended’ Valorant Pro Sinatraa Announces Return To Competition
13.4.2022
Ousted esports player Jay “Sinatraa” Won, who was suspended from his Valorant team the Sentinels last year for six months due to sexual assault allegations and failure to cooperate with an investigation, announced a return to the competitive scene. While he hasn’t signed to a team, Sinatraa...
YouTube Streamer With 6.9M Followers Banned After Valorant Tirade Clip Surfaces
7.4.2022
In maybe the swiftest escalation of 2022, gaming YouTuber and experimental rapper IShowSpeed was banned from Valorant (and other Riot Games titles) and potentially YouTube for demeaning a female player in Riot’s tactical hero shooter. IShowSpeed has since apologized for his behavior, saying he...
Report: Frustration At Riot After It Drops Vaccine Mandate In Rush Back To Office
7.4.2022
League of Legends maker Riot Games is back to the office beginning this week and not everyone’s happy about it, according to a new report by Waypoint. Following local guidelines, the LA-based company dropped its vaccine and mask mandates even as covid-19 continues to spread, leading one current...
One Of The Worst People In The World Now Owns Over 96% Of SNK
6.4.2022
Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), a subsidiary of a foundation run by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, now owns 96.18 percent of Japanese developer SNK following a massive investment.Read more
Where Was Kotaku Last Week?
9.3.2022
So that just happened.Read more
Riot Forced To Explain A Valorant Character Is Not Into NFTs
27.1.2022
Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends and online shooter Valorant, has issued something of an apology to fans of the latter after a tweet appeared to show one of the game’s characters enjoying the works of an NFT artist.Read more
Riot Games Offers Resignation Bonuses As Company Announces New Direction
13.1.2022
Hot on the heels of announcing plans to head in a somewhat new direction over the next five years, Riot Games has expanded its Queue Dodge buyout program–normally available to new hires during the first six months of their employment–to all employees. In other words, employees who opt to leave...
New Agent Neon Brings Sprinting And Sliding To Valorant
5.1.2022
In her recent (and gorgeous) reveal trailer, Neon, the newest agent about to be introduced to Riot’s team-based tactical shooter, Valorant, breaks the cardinal rule of the sweaty, tryhard, head-clicking tac-shooter genre—she can actually move fluidly.Read more
Vývojář Aaron Linde přechází z 343 Industries do Riot Games
4.1.2022
Riot Games Reaches $100 Million Settlement In Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
28.12.2021
Back in 2018, former Riot Games employees Melanie McCracken and Melanie McCracken and Jes Negrón filed a class action suit against the League of Legends publishe over endemic gender-based discrimination and fostering a “men-first” environment. A settlement has now been reached.Read more
The Best RPGs Of 2021
22.12.2021
There was, I would argue, no genre-defining role-playing game this year, but there were still a hell of a lot of good ones. So many, in fact, that I had a hard time keeping this list from ballooning even larger than it already is. I tried my best, and even knocked off some of my personal favorites....
Tencent Buys Up Back 4 Blood Devs Turtle Rock, Its Sixth Studio Purchase In 2021
17.12.2021
Today, one of the largest companies in the world, Tencent, announced it acquired Turtle Rock Studios, the developers behind the recently released zombie shooter Back 4 Blood. The deal is just the latest in a long list of acquisitions over the last few years for the Chinese tech giant, including...
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Gets Long-Awaited Gameplay Reveal
10.12.2021
It may not have Margot Robbie, but Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad game made a moderately impressive showing during Geoff Keighley’s three-hour advertising gauntlet tonight.Read more
Riot Games Sues Scammers Offering Folks Fake Jobs At The Studio
9.12.2021
A nasty scam has become more popular over the last few months. People desperate for work at popular game studios like Riot and Rockstar Games get an email from a recruiter asking them to apply. They do and eventually get the job only to realize it’s all fake, usually after losing money to...
Amazon Web Services Outage Affects Several Major Games
7.12.2021
Amazon Web Services, upon which much of the internet is built, is experiencing issues with its biggest hub of data centers. Naturally, this means a lot of folks are having trouble logging into and playing some of their favorite games.Read more
The Game Awards Won't Take Sides On Activision Fallout To Focus On Reveals
3.12.2021
As Geoff Keighley’s annual Game Awards show enters its eighth year, the creator and host told The Washington Post today that he’s still thinking about how to “navigate” Activision Blizzard’s involvement in the ceremony following the latest reports of sexual misconduct at the publisher.Read more
League of Legends Netflix Show, Arcane, Renewed For A Second Season
21.11.2021
The League of Legends TV show, Arcane, premiered earlier this month on Netflix to rave reviews and high viewing numbers, so it’s not surprising the streamer has picked up the show for a second season, with the main cast returning. Read more
Here's The First Look At The League Of Legends Fighting Game
21.11.2021
Last night, Riot Games released the first gameplay video of Project L, a fighting game set in the League of Legends universe. The video included a few different League characters and an in-depth discussion about what type of fighting game the devs behind Project L are trying to create. Read more