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Toxicity in mobile gaming: quantifying the scale of the problem Comment & Opinion Jan 28th, 2022

Toxicity in mobile gaming: quantifying the scale of the problem

Utopia Analytics' Janne Huuskonen details the scale of player toxicity in gaming, and the need for effective, AI-based moderation techniques

New study finds that 91% of gamers recognise the importance of mental health News Feb 18th, 2021

New study finds that 91% of gamers recognise the importance of mental health

Toxic behaviour in games continues to negatively impact mental health

Around 25 per cent of Ubisoft employees have seen misconduct News Oct 5th, 2020

Around 25 per cent of Ubisoft employees have seen misconduct

"New channels have been put in place so that each report can be escalated anonymously to the group level and handled by our partner, Idoko"

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot apologises for Tom Clancy's Elite Squad backlash and toxic company culture News Sep 11th, 2020

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot apologises for Tom Clancy's Elite Squad backlash and toxic company culture

Video was uploaded online hours before second Ubisoft Forward event

TikTok is working to fight hate speech on its platform in the US News Aug 21st, 2020

TikTok is working to fight hate speech on its platform in the US

Amidst its ongoing struggle against president Trump

EA outlines new community guidelines to tackle toxic players News Jun 18th, 2020

EA outlines new community guidelines to tackle toxic players

Positive Play Charter lays out clear rules for using the company's services and the penalties for breaking them

Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency Interview Mar 10th, 2020

Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency

UK studio set to launch more games than ever in 2020

A decade on, MAG Interactive CEO Daniel Hasselberg discusses the firm's growth Interview Jan 31st, 2020

A decade on, MAG Interactive CEO Daniel Hasselberg discusses the firm's growth

"We decided to focus the company around social multiplayer games at the end of 2018"

Riot Games reveals how it "avoided backlash" when announcing mobile titles News Jan 7th, 2020

Riot Games reveals how it "avoided backlash" when announcing mobile titles

Staff were concerned after Diablo Immortal reveal

“We view our development process more like a marathon than a sprint, so it makes no sense to have a crunch culture” Interview Aug 15th, 2019

“We view our development process more like a marathon than a sprint, so it makes no sense to have a crunch culture”

Future Games of London MD Ian Harper discusses how the studio aims to look after employees and fights off toxicity and crunch culture

E3 2019: EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games News Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019: EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games

Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, 57 per cent of users have been bullied in an online title

1 Diablo Immortal backlash shows once again triple-A publishers are afraid of their audiences Comment & Opinion Nov 5th, 2018

Diablo Immortal backlash shows once again triple-A publishers are afraid of their audiences

Biting the hand that feeds you?

as Tencent introduces social credit score system to combat cheaters and reward good behaviour News Apr 12th, 2018

Tencent introduces social credit score system to combat cheaters and reward good behaviour

Game Credit currently only available to Chinese users

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