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US politician pleads guilty of using campaign funds to buy games on Steam News Dec 4th, 2019

US politician pleads guilty of using campaign funds to buy games on Steam

Though this is a tiny amount of the $150k he is accused to misusing

Activision Blizzard boss Kotick says games shouldn't be political News Nov 20th, 2019

Activision Blizzard boss Kotick says games shouldn't be political

“We’re not the operator of the world’s town halls"

US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez achieves silver rank in League of Legends. News Nov 15th, 2019

US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez achieves silver rank in League of Legends.

Josh Harder is ranked platinum

Bipartisan US politicians slam Activision Blizzard over Blitzchung ban News Oct 21st, 2019

Bipartisan US politicians slam Activision Blizzard over Blitzchung ban

“Your company claims to stand by ‘one’s right to express individual thoughts and opinions,’ yet many of your own employees believe that Activision Blizzard’s decision to punish Mr. Chung runs counter to those values"

Riot wants League of Legends pro players to stay away from political topics News Oct 15th, 2019

Riot wants League of Legends pro players to stay away from political topics

"We want to keep our broadcasts focused on the game, the sport, and the players"

Esports giant ESL wants to stay out of Hong Kong China discussions News Oct 14th, 2019

Esports giant ESL wants to stay out of Hong Kong China discussions

"We would like to suggest to not actively engage in the discussion, especially on social media"

Blizzard insists China ties played no part in the banning of pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player News Oct 14th, 2019

Blizzard insists China ties played no part in the banning of pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player

Firm wants esports tournaments to just be about the game and nothing else

Epic says it won't "ban or punish" Fortnite users for political views News Oct 10th, 2019

Epic says it won't "ban or punish" Fortnite users for political views

"Epic supports everyone’s right to express their views on politics and human rights"

Loot boxes, age ratings and gambling: Everything the UK games industry needs to know from today's DCMS report News Sep 12th, 2019

Loot boxes, age ratings and gambling: Everything the UK games industry needs to know from today's DCMS report

MPs also frustrated at lack of co-operation from some companies in the industry

MachineGames: 'We never meant for Wolfenstein to be relevant' Feature Sep 5th, 2019

MachineGames: 'We never meant for Wolfenstein to be relevant'

Senior game director Andreas Öjerfors discusses right-wing extremism, being experimental with the franchise and how it is implementing feedback for the recently-released Youngblood

Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward says upcoming Modern Warfare isn't political News Aug 9th, 2019

Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward says upcoming Modern Warfare isn't political

"We do talk about concepts like colonialism, occupation, independence and freedom. We don't maybe say those words specifically, but that's the realm we're in"

Trump once again blames video games for mass shootings rather than guns News Aug 5th, 2019

Trump once again blames video games for mass shootings rather than guns

Ignoring that the Homicide Rate in the US is 4.25 times higher than in the UK, which has games but no guns

Hangar 13: "Mafia III may be more culturally relevant now than when it came out" News Jul 10th, 2019

Hangar 13: "Mafia III may be more culturally relevant now than when it came out"

President and chief creative officer Haden Blackman says it is the game he is most proud of

ESA: 60 per cent of US gamers are playing on smartphones, survey finds News May 13th, 2019

ESA: 60 per cent of US gamers are playing on smartphones, survey finds

Almost three-quarters of games played are in the mobile-dominated casual genre

Australia's Labor party courts developers with pledge to reinstate the Interactive Games Fund News May 13th, 2019

Australia's Labor party courts developers with pledge to reinstate the Interactive Games Fund

$25 million fund will be reinstated pending the results of elections this Saturday

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