Riot Games COO Suspended for Workplace Misconduct
Riot Games COO Scott Gelb has been suspended without pay for two months following allegations of workplace misconduct, reports Kotaku.
A company email obtained by Kotaku explains that the disciplinary action was handed down after multiple employees reported Gelb had touched subordinates' genitals or butts or farted in their faces in attempts at comedy.
Several employees informed Kotaku that they felt a two-month suspension was far from satisfactory given Gelb's alleged offenses.
Gelb was at the center of an in-depth Kotaku investigative report earlier this year that painted a toxic work culture at Riot Games, one that has been plagued by sexism. These allegations apparently led Riot to contract law Firm Seyfarth Shaw to conduct an investigation into Gelb overseen by Riot's Board of Directors following that report. Following that investigation, the decision was made to keep Gelb at Riot after his suspension and mandatory training.
Afterparty Voice Cast Includes Walking Dead, Horizon Actors
Night School Studio, developer of Oxenfree, has revealed the voice cast for its upcoming adventure, Afterparty.
Alongside the previously announced Janina Gavankar (Star Wars Battlefront II) and Khoi Dao (Detective Pikachu), Night School has confirmed Horizon Zero Dawn's Ashly Burch, Telltale Games' The Walking Dead's Dave Fennoy, and The Wolf Among Us' Erin Yvette are among the voice cast.
Check out the gallery below for a breakdown of the voice cast, alongside full character descriptions, and concept art.
The full cast includes:
Rockstar Giving Out Additional in-Game Gifts to Red Dead Online Beta Players
Rockstar has promised additional in-game rewards of gold bars and cash to Red Dead Online players.
Red Dead Online's latest title update sees beta players getting in-game thank you rewards from Rockstar for participating, including 15 gold bars and varying amounts of cash based on the edition players have purchased.
The rewards come in the wake of other in-game gifts offered to Red Dead Online beta players earlier this month. This first update followed complaints about the game's economy that saw Rockstar promise a re-balance "to ensure all activities are appropriately rewarding and fun."
Sakurai Explains What the Super Smash Bros. Logo Symbolizes
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has used the same circle with two lines through it as a logo since the N64 original, and now fans can finally learn what it symbolizes.
In a recent Japanese YouTube video, series creator Masahiro Sakurai explained that the logo is no random bit of design.
According to a translation from @FarmboyinJapan on Twitter, Sakurai said that the two intersecting lines are a nod to the many franchise "crossovers" present in Smash Bros. The intersection also has the effect of slicing the circle into four sections representing Smash's four-person multiplayer.
Your Name Director’s Next Anime Film Revealed
The next film from anime director Makoto Shinkai has been unveiled.
As reported by Comic Natalie, and revealed on animation studio CoMix Wave Film's official Facebook page, the film is titled Tenki no Ko: Weathering With You and will be released in Japan on July 19, 2019.
The film's official website is now live and the first promotional art has been released. Check it out below.
Tenki no Ko: Weathering With You art, via CoMix Wave Films
Everything We Know About Batman in the Arrowverse After Elseworlds
Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Arrowverse up through "Elseworlds, Part 2."
After the dizzying thrill of Arrow's "Elseworlds, Part 2," (read our review here) which saw a body-swapped Oliver and Barry, plus Kara, head to Gotham City to find answers regarding the crazy reality shift they found themselves in, one thing's for sure: Batman is still off limits.
Much like FOX's Gotham - where everyone else in the Batman bubble is fair game, including any villain who's not the Joker (and Bruce Wayne himself) - Batman is still nowhere to be found within the CW's Arrowsphere. But talking about Batman is all the rage, apparently. That much, they can do!
Logitech’s Latest Gaming Mices and Keyboards Raise the Game
When the difference between victory and defeat is a few milliseconds, it is absolutely essential your hardware matches up to your gaming prowess. You can have the fastest fingers in the game but still be let down by the fundamental issues of latency, stability, and connectivity.
These are problems Logitech G is fighting to solve with the G613 gaming keyboard and its range of gaming mice. Through clever engineering and design, Logitech G has produced Lightspeed wireless, promising a rapid, pro-grade wireless solution delivering wired-level performance.
Logitech G603
Logitech G’s wireless mice produce a 1 ms report rate, and even outperform many wired gaming mice. That is thanks to Logitech G’s Lightspeed wireless connection.
The IGN UK Podcast’s Alternative Games Awards 2018
As the end of the year approaches, we've become remarkably introspective, and retrospective, on this week's IGN UK Podcast.
Yes, lots of people will be dishing out award over the coming month, including IGN's proper ones, but these right here are real awards. Don't worry no one will read this, so that's a little secret between us and you.
Don't tell.
Remember, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, please do: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com
Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4 Pro’s Release Date Announced
Square Enix's limited edition Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4 Pro is launching alongside the newest game in the series on January 29, 2019.
Back at E3 2018, Square Enix unveiled the limited edition Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4 Pro bundle, and now we've been given a release date of January 29 in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as a handful of screenshots to ogle.
The 1TB PS4 Pro features "a special design that features iconic Kingdom Hearts elements, a matching DualShock 4 wireless controller, a copy of Kingdom Hearts III on Blu-ray disc, and access to PS4 exclusive digital content."
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