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Read More »Jordan bans PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite might be next
Ryan and Cage defend violent Last of Us 2 and Detroit trailers
A fierce debate has been raging since Sony decided to portray two of its biggest upcoming titles with scenes of violence towards women. The trailers for both The Last of Us 2 and Detroit shown at Sony’s Paris Games Week showcase earlier this week depicted scenes that have upset some …
Read More »YouTube outlines monetisation restrictions on violent content
Videos that show montages of gratuitous violence” face an advertising block on YouTube. Creators of content focusing on titles such as Call of Duty recently claimed to have suffered huge revenue dips, and a lack of transparency from Google – which is in the midst of an advertiser crisis – …
Read More »Subnautica dev: Our game is a vote towards a world with less guns
Director behind PC and Xbox exploration game explains why there is no combat in his title
Read More »Apple asking devs to remove guns from App Store imagery
Apple is rejecting games and updates that show images of guns or violence in their screenshots or app icons. Numerous developers have toldPocket Gamerthat they have had to resubmit images or change their game icons to remove weaponry. Apple’s own guidelines already state that apps with app icons, screenshots, and …
Read More »Epic Games requests logo removal from ultraviolent game Hatred
Destructive Creations obliges as controversy surrounds announcement trailer
Read More »Sarkeesian was right to call out Saints Row, dev says
Volition’s creative director Steve Jaros has said that Anita Sarkeesian was right to criticise the Saints Row games in her latest video. A video released last week examined the link between violence and sexualised female imagery in a host of games including Saints Row. Jaros linked to the video on …
Read More »Joss Whedon backs Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs Women series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and The Avengers director Joss Whedon has publicly backed Anita Sarkeesian’s latest Tropes vs Women documentary. Watch the @femfreq #TropesvsWomen vids,” he tweeted. Even if u think u get it, the sheer tonnage makes misogyny seem newly appalling.” The video, entitled ‘Women as Background Decoration’, …
Read More »Immorality in games could INCREASE morality in real-life
Many a Daily Mail headline would have you believe that violent games create violent people, but one new study suggests the opposite might be true. As reported by Polygon, a new research paper entitled ‘Being Bad in a Video Game Can Make Us More Morally Sensitive’ actually concludes that the …
Read More »Five trends from E3 2014 we’d like to see die
E3 2014 lacked the drama of the year before. And, let’s be honest, we expected pretty much every ‘surprise’ announcement. Yet overall it was a good show. There were well over 250 products on display, and Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo can all feel happy as they head home from Los …
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