harassment
UK esports organisation Motif fold after women’s Valorant team report incidents of racism and sexual harassment
Motif Esports, a small UK esports organisation that participated in Valorant and Rocket League, have disbanded after their […]
February 8, 2022
‘A great day for the women of Riot Games and women at all game and tech companies’ – Riot settles gender discrimination lawsuit in $100m agreement
Riot Games has reached a $100m settlement to resolve the ‘McCracken vs Riot Games’ gender discrimination lawsuit first […]
December 29, 2021
All-chat is being removed from League of Legends to ‘address verbal abuse’
Update: Riot has posted an update, saying it will be removing all-chat “in a few regions” over the […]
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October 12, 2021
Miss Baffy interview: ‘If somebody joins my stream and they’re sexist, I literally just tell them how much of a fucking idiot they are!’
Miss Baffy is one of the UK’s most popular League of Legends streamers, and she recently joined UK […]
September 14, 2021
Women in Games responds to media reports on harassment in the industry, will reveal new research on toxicity at upcoming conference
Women In Games, the UK-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting equity and parity for all women and girls […]
August 3, 2021
Opinion: World of Warcraft is tainted. Let it be – let it put you off playing it, let it act as a reminder of Activision Blizzard’s abhorrent behaviour. If that’s what it’s going to take to start eliminating sexual harassment from this industry, then so be it
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco pens some thoughts from the heart following the news that the California […]
July 22, 2021
59% of women gamers say they adopt a non-gendered or male identity to avoid harassment while playing online
Image source: FemaleLegends More than half of women gamers say they mask their identity when playing online, according […]
May 25, 2021Riot Games responds to lawsuit accusing CEO of sexual harassment, third-party investigation finds ‘no evidence of wrongdoing’
Update (May 2024): Riot Games has said the arbitrator overseeing this case has said that all claims in the […]
March 16, 2021
The line between constructive criticism and vile abuse towards rising esports broadcast talent needs to be addressed (updated)
UPDATE (February 2021): Soulcas and DPS have since issued apologies to Yinsu Collins (on February 3rd and 15th […]
February 15, 2021
Welsh games publisher pulls trailer of Gamer Girl, a game about a streamer with a stalker
Wales Interactive has removed details of its upcoming interactive film title Gamer Girl following criticism. The Welsh independent […]
July 20, 2020
Finding the courage to speak out about harassment in esports: Opinion & list of UK-focused accusations
Image source: Oleg Laptev, Unsplash.com Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco offers his take on the disturbing spate […]
July 3, 2020
'This criminal behaviour needs to get out of society' – UK FGC host Logan Sama on disturbing reports from EVO after-party
Logan Sama, British fighting game host and owner of event organiser Winner Stays On, has spoken out over […]
August 11, 2019
Third Yogscast member under investigation after CEO departs over accusations of inappropriate behaviour
Popular YouTube and Twitch channel The Yogscast is embroiled in a harassment scandal involving one of its content […]
July 17, 2019
Gross Gore banned by Twitch again after Runefest controversy
What’s he done now… The amount of times I’ve typed the words ‘UK League of Legends streamer Ali […]
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October 17, 2018
Gross Gore vows never to talk to women at events again following harassment accusations around Runefest
Update (January 2nd 2025): Gross Gore says him and Skiddler have made up over the situation, in this […]
October 9, 2018