2019 – Page 325
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U.K. Gambling Commission Investigating Mystery Brand Loot Box Site Following Jake Paul Promotion
YouTubers rarely ever seem to learn, except for maybe PewDiePie. But Jake Paul put eyes on a company called Mystery Brand when he made a video opening various d
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Female eSports Competitor Who Quit Overwatch Was Actually A Male, Making Kotaku’s Gender-Agenda Article Fake News
Kotaku generated fake news about a controversial eSports development taking place in the Overwatch League. Instead of apologizing, Kotaku deflected the news
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Game Informer, GameRant, ShackNews Post False Information About Female Overwatch Player Being Harassed When Facts Reveal It Was A Male
The story about Ellie, the supposed female Overwatch e-sports player, turned out to be a hoax, and Game Informer misreported on the story for clicks.
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J Station X, SyFy Published Fake News Regarding Overwatch eSports Competitor Quitting Over Harassment
Two prominent enthusiast media outlets covering digital entertainment have published fake news regarding a story about a supposed female e-sports competitor who
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MrDeadMoth, Streamer Who Socked His Pregnant Wife Reportedly Banned Again From Twitch
News reports are going around that Twitch has permanently banned Australian streamer MrDeadMoth from Twitch. This comes weeks after MrDeadMoth was originally ba
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Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego Trailer Puts Carmen On Pants, Turns Her Into An Anti-Villain
Netflix released the full trailer for the reboot of Carmen Sandiego, which stars Gina Rodriguez from the CW show Jane The Virgin and Netflix's other animated sh
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PC Games Insider, GameReactor Falsely Claim Female Overwatch Player Ellie Quit Due To Harassment
The story about the supposed first female Overwatch Contenders recruit for the e-sports team, Second Wind, has managed to spread all over the games media circui
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SegmentNext, Dot Esports Publish Fake News About Female Overwatch Player ‘Ellie’ Without Fact-Checking
The story about Ellie, the female eSports player that was harassed out of Overwatch, was actually fake news from sites like Dot Esports and SegmentNext.
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Slightly Mad Studios Reveals Early Concept Design Of The ‘Mad Box’
Well, it looks like the upcoming new system by Slightly Mad Studios that acts like an early April Fool's joke has taken shape, no literally. Ian Bell, the CEO o
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The Mary Sue Thanks Kotaku, ComicBook.com For Coverage Of Overwatch’s ‘Ellie’ Controversy Even Though It Was Proven To Be Fake News
The Mary Sue thanked Kotaku and ComicBook.com for coverage over a fake news story about a female e-sports player named Ellie, whowas actually a male gamer.
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Weekly Recap Jan 5th: Operation Choke Point, DMC5 Lady Drama, FCC Comes For Gaming
The first week of 2019 came in with a freaking bang. Scandals, lies, and corruption were the order of the week, this included the FCC's CVAA for disabled gamers
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Activision And Blizzard Entertainment CFOs Depart; Netflix Picks Up Fired CFO
The headline is kind of confusing but it's a slightly confusing story. So both the Activision Blizzard and the Blizzard Entertainment chief financial officers a
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Blizzard Bans Thousands Of South Korean Overwatch Accounts
Kicking off the new year, Blizzard decided to sanction 1,916 accounts for the South Korean version of Overwatch, listing the user names as a shame tactic for pl