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Microsoft outlines distinction between trash talk and harassment in Community Standards update News May 3rd, 2019

Microsoft outlines distinction between trash talk and harassment in Community Standards update

"We get it – gaming can be competitive and interactions with other players can get heated"

Ubisoft is rewarding Rainbow Six Siege “Bug Hunters” with cosmetics News Apr 26th, 2019

Ubisoft is rewarding Rainbow Six Siege “Bug Hunters” with cosmetics

Publisher continues crowd-sourced QA efforts with bug report bounty hunts

GDC 2019 - Counter-Strike's creator says not standing up to players over game changes has led to lack of series innovation News Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019 - Counter-Strike's creator says not standing up to players over game changes has led to lack of series innovation

"We were afraid of doing anything different. We were afraid of annoying the player base"

EA accused of turning a deaf ear to The Sims streamer’s harassment allegations News Mar 12th, 2019

EA accused of turning a deaf ear to The Sims streamer’s harassment allegations

“I don’t know if I want to keep being a Simmer at this point. I'm humiliated to even be associated with this brand"

South Korea looking to make sexual harassment in video games a crime News Sep 17th, 2018

South Korea looking to make sexual harassment in video games a crime

Follows laws brought to make cheating in games illegal

#Devcom 2018 - The three F-words that define Overwatch firm Blizzard's approach to fandom Interviews & Opinion Aug 20th, 2018

#Devcom 2018 - The three F-words that define Overwatch firm Blizzard's approach to fandom

Senior director for global community Saralyn Smith takes us behind the scenes on the Overwatch and World of Warcraft giant's work with the fans

INSIGHT - How to build a community ahead of launch (without crowdfunding) Interviews & Opinion Aug 7th, 2018

INSIGHT - How to build a community ahead of launch (without crowdfunding)

In her third regular column for PCGamesInsider.biz, Failbetter marketing chief Haley Ulyrus talks about how to build a community around your game ahead of launch

Why developers are using Discord to market their games Interviews & Opinion Aug 6th, 2018

Why developers are using Discord to market their games

No More Robots and Slingshot Cartel tell us why they have turned to the games communication app to build a community

INSIGHT - How to build a community to market your game Interviews & Opinion Jul 31st, 2018

INSIGHT - How to build a community to market your game

The co-founder of PR and marketing agency SharkBit Claire Sharkey shares her insight into how a community can contribute to the success of your game

Discord drops partnership status from servers hosting porn News Jul 26th, 2018

Discord drops partnership status from servers hosting porn

Final Fantasy XIV subreddit among a number of communities to lose partnership status on Discord

Community is key on games-as-a-service, say Ubisoft For Honor devs News May 31st, 2018

Community is key on games-as-a-service, say Ubisoft For Honor devs

Montreal studio opens up about the pros of bringing the fans in on development

Blizzard bans "worst" griefer it has encountered in Overwatch News Feb 8th, 2018

Blizzard bans "worst" griefer it has encountered in Overwatch

Current and all future accounts banned for player who has ruined 'thousands' of games

You Favourite Games of 2017: Claire Sharkey talks Mass Effect Andromeda Interviews & Opinion Dec 28th, 2017

You Favourite Games of 2017: Claire Sharkey talks Mass Effect Andromeda

"This is not just because of the wonderful gameplay, but for one particular character who resonated with me"

Blizzard has put together a ‘strike team’ to deal with Overwatch toxicity News Nov 7th, 2017

Blizzard has put together a ‘strike team’ to deal with Overwatch toxicity

“We’re not sitting here with our heads in the sand"

League of Legends studio Riot fires employee over controversial comments News Oct 4th, 2017

League of Legends studio Riot fires employee over controversial comments

Outburst about toxic streamer ends with developer losing his job

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