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Dev Interviews October 6, 2021

Sharon Fisher on harassment and toxic behaviour in video games: “The old-fashioned approach to moderation needs to be re-thought”

Just over a month ago, Unity bought AI-driven audio analysis platform OTO to fight toxic behavior in multiplayer games. A month before that, Discord acquired Sentropy, a company behind AI-powered software to detect and remove online harassment. We sat down with Utopia Analytics‘ Sharon Fisher, a veteran in the games moderation space, to discuss the challenges the industry is facing in its quest to make the gaming environment safer.

Industry News June 28, 2021

Chinese gamer tried to sue girl after spending over $22K to play League of Legends with him

The weirdest story of the day came from China where a male gamer spent over $22,000 on in-game gifts for a girl he wanted to play League of Legends with. After she refused to go out with him, he tried to sue her.

Industry News December 6, 2019

Riot Forge to publish third-party single-player titles in League of Legends universe

League of Legends company Riot Games announced a new publishing label, Riot Forge. It will publish games by external indie studios that “create bespoke ‘completable’ League of Legends games.”