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Jacob Blazewicz, 14 February 2024, 03:38

The developers of Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered have not removed the harmful stereotypes in the Lara Croft trilogy. Instead, the Crystal Dynamics studio added a warning against content that can be offensive to people and cultures.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 15 September 2021, 14:16

The scriptwriter of God of War: Ragnarok responded to accusations of alleged political correctness present in the game, claiming that the outrage of some players is illogical.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 July 2021, 13:23

Yves Guillemot has responded to the open letter from Ubisoft employees supporting Activision Blizzard's developer protest. Around a thousand people employed by the French publisher have reportedly signed the document.

Karol Laska, 16 March 2021, 19:03

Electronic Arts has to deal with racist behavior among FIFA 21 players on a daily basis. The studio has explained how it deals with this type of misconduct and announces some improvements in relation to catching similar abuse.

Paul Wozniak, 08 July 2020, 21:39

It turns out that developers from Inifnity Ward quietly removed the „OK” gesture from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone. The reason for this decision was not given, but many players believe that the element was removed because of its controversial significance.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 July 2020, 16:44

Sony Interactive Entertainment has decided to temporarily suspend its PlayStation-related Facebook and Instagram activities. This is another company that has supported #StopHateForProfit in the fight against disinformation and hate speech.

Bart Swiatek, 03 July 2020, 13:15

Twitter engineers want to replace some IT and programming terminology with other phrases, namely words that are associated with racism or that are clearly assigned to a single gender.

Jacob Blazewicz, 29 June 2020, 21:58

Anthony Mackie has spoken about racial diversity (and not only) in Marvel Studios films. The star of the Avengers brand expressed his belief that the American label should employ the best people for the job, regardless of their skin color and gender.

Jacob Blazewicz, 18 June 2020, 11:57

Electronic Arts has published an article titled Positive Play Charter, in which it discusses the principles of battling toxicity in games. The company will not hesitate to ban all the accounts of the most rebellious users, but considers this as a last resort.

Adrian Werner, 17 June 2020, 15:00

Rockstar Games has introduced changes to Red Dead Online that prevent cheaters and modders from summoning character models belonging to the Ku Klux Klan.

Karol Laska, 10 June 2020, 13:40

HBO Max has been operating in full swing throughout America since May 27. The platform's offer is very rich, but unexpectedly a classic that is Gone With the Wind was pulled. The reason for this is to be outdated racist scenes.

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 June 2020, 10:35

Infinity Ward announced that the fight against racism in Call of Duty games has been stepped up. This includes more frequent account bans (including permabans) and more restrictions on nicknames.

Julia Dragovic, 03 July 2019, 22:22

After „unfortunate” statements by its developers about the toxicity of the players and the option of „disabling” women and non-Caucasian characters, Triternion, the developer of Mordhau, issued an official statement explaining any misunderstandings.

Bart Swiatek, 02 July 2019, 16:19

PCGamer reports that the online action game Mordhau has a serious problem with the toxicity of its community. Developers at Triternion say they're trying to improve the situation, but they don't want to censor players - instead they prefer to put control in their hands. However, some of their ideas are highly controversial.

Christian Pieniazek, 18 June 2019, 22:37

After the last presentation of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red was accused of racism and misunderstanding of the source material, and Mike Pondsmith is accused of not being sufficiently involved in the production process. The creator of the universe has decided to respond to these absurd accusations.

Mathias Zulpo, 16 July 2018, 12:23

Rainbow Six: Siege now automatically bans players for using certain offensive words. Although the system is meant to make the game environment less toxic, it's still far from perfect.