Toxicity
Survey shows slight reduction in toxic and threatening behaviour towards women gamers year-on-year, but majority say there still aren’t adequate processes in place to deal with it
65% of female gamers experienced toxicity whilst playing on console, PC, and laptop games, a slight 7% reduction compared to […]
June 1, 2024
Ubisoft launches ‘Good Game Playbook’ with UK video game mental health charity Safe In Our World to counter toxicity in Rainbow Six Siege and For Honor
Ubisoft has joined forces with UK-based video game mental health charity, Safe In Our World, to promote positive […]
November 2, 2023
Teams.gg adds Overwatch 2 to in-game team-finding service, introduces extra anti-toxicity measures for under 16s
UK-based game matchmaking company Teams.gg has added Overwatch 2 to the roster of games on its platform and […]
February 17, 2023
Ubisoft and Riot Games announce ‘Zero Harm in Comms’ research project to detect harmful content in game chat
Game publishers Ubisoft and Riot Games have today announced the ‘Zero Harm in Comms’ research project, which aims […]
November 16, 2022
Toxic League of Legends players to be automatically muted in chat as part of new ‘zero tolerance’ language detection system update
Riot Games has introduced a big update to tackle player toxicity in League of Legends’ in-game chat. Those […]
October 19, 2022
Teams.gg adds Apex Legends and Fortnite to in-game team-finding service which aims to help players avoid toxicity, becomes official team finder for Valorant in Northern Europe
British gaming company Teams.gg has brought its free bespoke team-finding and friend-finding service to popular battle royale shooters […]
June 21, 2022
Riot issued 40,000+ Valorant player bans and 400,000 chat restrictions in January as part of clampdown on toxic behaviour, plans for ‘real-time text moderation and harsher punishments’
Riot Games hit toxic Valorant players with 40,000 bans and 400,000 chat restrictions (or mutes) in January 2022. […]
February 10, 2022
London company eBlitz hopes to reduce in-game toxicity with new matchmaking service
eBlitz, a new company based in London, UK, hopes to prevent toxicity in competitive video games with its […]
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November 1, 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
Rainbow Six streamers swear more than any other type of content creator, study finds, as XQC is named most foul-mouthed streamer
Holy ****, it’s official, Rainbow Six Siege streamers and YouTubers swear more than content creators in other games. […]
September 14, 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
Do those who make toxic comments deserve a second chance in esports? Should VayneGod and Wilhelm have been allowed to play in the UKEL?
Photo by Vladyslav Cherkasenko on Unsplash Update (February 23rd 2021): The UKEL has banned Demise academy player Sultan […]
January 31, 2021
Gross Gore reacts to Voyboy rant video on the state of solo queue, reveals ‘genius idea’ that will fix toxicity in League of Legends for good
UPDATE (May 8th 2020): Riot Games has put out an update on game-ruining behaviour and changes it plans […]
May 5, 2020
UK Rainbow Six player Doki banned for severe toxicity: ‘To all fellow players, let my punishment be a lesson to you’
Scottish Rainbow Six Siege pro Jack ‘Doki’ Robertson has been banned by Ubisoft and ESL due to ‘severe […]
October 12, 2019
Rainbow Six Siege heads to Britain as Ubisoft tackles toxicity: What to expect in Season 11's Operation Grim Sky
Rainbow Six Siege’s Season 10 has been one to remember, with the emergence of Villa and its two […]
August 19, 2018