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Fortnite Removes Travis Scott Emote Due to Astroworld Tragedy
After last week's tragedy, Epic Games and Sony are distancing themselves from Travis Scott. The artist's dance emote has been removed from Fortnite, and the PS5 ad video featuring the rapper has disappeared from the PlayStation channel.
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Adrian Werner
November 9, 2021
Reckful Committed Suicide - WoW Community Pays Tribute
Byron „Reckful” Bernstein - one of the best known World of Warcraft streamer - committed suicide yesterday. Reckful has been struggling with depression for years. The WoW community paid tribute to the deceased by organizing memorials inside the game.
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Bart Swiatek
July 3, 2020
Gamer Gets 15 Months in Prison for Swatting
A teenager wanted revenge on his colleague for losing a bet in Call of Duty: WWII. In retaliation, he sent a SWAT unit to what he though was his current adress. However, things went in an unforeseen direction and everything ended tragically.
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Barth Faryna
September 17, 2019
The Co-creator of Night in the Woods Passes Away
Canadian developer Alec Holowka, co-creator of Night in the Woods, has passed away on Saturday. His death was most likely the result of a suicide. Last week, the developer was accused of physical and psychological violence and blocking the careers of several women with whom he had worked in the past.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 2, 2019
Walmart Hides Violent Games and ESPN Drops Apex Legends Tournament
Walmart ordered its employees to remove violent video games from the display, and ESPN cancels Apex Legends tournament broadcast. Both were caused by the recent shootings in the United States.
video games
August 9, 2019
Take-Two CEO Against Blaming Video Games; Science: He's Right, You Know
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick referred to the words of Republicans, including Donald Trump, who after the events in El Paso and Dayton blamed video game for the shooting. In his corner of the ring, science is giving him water and tactical advice.
video games
Julia Dragovic
August 6, 2019
Valve Purges Steam of Homages to Christchurch Terrorist
Kotaku reports that Steam has been purged of over a hundred various material that approved of the Christchurch terrorist. Valve does not comment on the situation, but consequently removes all reported cases of rule abuse.
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Conrad Hazi
March 18, 2019