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The president of Sony Computer Entertainment America has become the latest high-profile gaming exec to publically condemn GamerGate’s hate campaign. I think the industry has spoken with one voice on this one, through the ESA,” Jack Tretton’s successor Shawn Layden told VentureBeat. All of us are members of that trade …
Read More »Audience will follow industry lead on misogyny, report claims
New research funded by The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) suggests that the games industry itself must lead if it ever hopes for its audience to abandon misogyny and homophobia. That’s the finding of a new paper called ‘Love You Guys (No Homo): How gamers and fans play with …
Read More »Wu: Defeating GamerGate would be an historic moment
One of the main targets of the #GamerGate hate campaign has said that ‘defeating’ the movement would be an historic victory for the games industry. The effect defeating Gamergate would have is incalculable, one of this field’s most historic moments, remembered as the moment games development said: ‘This is going …
Read More »Games developers must fight internet abuse together
Death threats and vile tweets have forced multiple female developers to leave home, and yet still the storm of harassment rages on. James Batchelor asks what the games industry can – no, needs – to do to stop this
Read More »Blizzard’s Morhaime speaks out against GamerGate
"It's not right," says WoW studio president during Blizzcon 2014
Read More »Morhaime uses Blizzcon speech to rally against GamerGate
The president and co-founder of Blizzard has become the highest profile games industry figure to speak out against online harassment. Mike Morhaime dedicated a part of his Blizzcon 2014 opening ceremony speech to slam GamerGaters and urge people to redouble their efforts in trying to promote a friendlier, more welcoming …
Read More »Brianna Wu offering $11k for information leading to apprehension of harassers
Revolution 60 developer also sets up legal fund to defend women against character assassination
Read More »Brianna Wu offering $11k reward for information leading to GamerGate arrests
One of the women victimised by the GamerGate hate campaign has said her family will offer a reward for anyone who helps identify individuals who have sent her death threats. The Wu family is offering a reward of $11,000 for identifiable information leading to the prosecution of people sending me …
Read More »Quinn urges industry to speak up and condemn Gamergate misogyny
The industry has a responsibility to do more to protect those who are being harassed by the ongoing GamerGate hate campaign. That’s according to Zoe Quinn, who has told the BBC that it is unfair that the responsibility of tackling such behaviour has remained the burden of individuals whom the …
Read More »Gamersgate.com forced to point out it is not affiliated to #GamerGate
There’s a moment every afternoon where this author receives a specific email and rolls his eyes as he’s once again reminded of the perpetual agony that is #GamerGate. This fleeting instance of horror is of course followed by a sweeping feeling of relief when he realises that the email is …
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