Timeline/2019/January

January 1-10

• 7th: OAG - KOTAKU’S NATHAN GRAYSON DEFENDS PUBLISHING OVERWATCH FAKE NEWS STORY [1]
• 8th: OAG - MY EROTIC SUMMER BANNED FROM STEAM [2]
• 8th: OAG - MOE REVERSI BANNED FROM STEAM, VALVE DOESN’T PROVIDE REASON [3]
• 8th: RedState - United They Fall: Why The Game Industry Shouldn’t Unionize [4]
• 9th: OAG - U.K. AGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR PORN SITES SET TO GO LIVE IN APRIL [5]
• 9th: OAG - FOOD GIRLS, ALL-AGES STEAM RELEASE INDEFINITELY DELAYED DUE TO VALVE [6]
• 9th: OAG - HENTAI SCHOOL LIFE BANNED FROM STEAM, NO REASON GIVEN [7]
• 10th: OAG - D20: SWEET ROLL CLUB, ECCHI VISUAL NOVEL BANNED FROM STEAM [8]
• 10th: OAG - FORMER BLIZZARD EMPLOYEE AIRS GRIEVANCES OF SEXIST RACISM FROM FEMALE EMPLOYEE [9]
• 10th: OAG - BUNGIE SPLITS FROM ACTIVISION AND TAKES THE DESTINY IP WITH THEM [10]
• 10th: OAG - SAKU SAKU: LOVE BLOOMS WITH THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS PS4 JAPANESE RELEASE GETS CENSORED [11]
• 10th: Reuters - Games industry asks WHO to hold fire on 'gaming disorder' [12]

January 11-20

• 11th: TechCrunch - Unity pulls nuclear option on cloud gaming startup Improbable, terminating game engine license [13]
• 11th: OAG - CHAD GETS PERMA-BANNED FROM GAMES DONE QUICK AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
• 11th: BIC - Crunchyroll’s The Rising Of The Shield Hero Anime Attacked by Feminists and Social Justice Warriors! [14]
• 11th: OAG - Game Journalists Denigrate Trans Gamers to Attack Rimworld Dev [15]
• 11th: Kotaku - Former Gearbox Lawyer Accuses CEO Randy Pitchford Of Taking Secret $12 Million Bonus In Lawsuit Gearbox Calls 'Absurd' [16]
• 11th: OneAngryGamer - Court documents allege Gearbox president Randy Pitchford USB stick contained child porn [17]
• 12th: OAG - ACTIVISION IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR MARKET FRAUD [18]
• 14th Slate Business - Wired Very Quietly Laid Off Five Journalists Last Week [19]
• 14th: ArsTechnica - Gearbox CEO allegedly mocked ex-lawyer’s Christianity with slurs, “ridiculing” gifts [20]
• 14th: Gillette releases ad chastising men, sparks controversy
• 15th: NicheGamer - US Justice Dept. Declares All Online Gambling Illegal [21]
• 15th: EFF - Even the Rightsholders Think Europe’s Article 13 is a Mess, Call for an Immediate Halt in Negotiations [22]
• 15: US Gamer - Sony Fined 2 Million Euros by Italy Over "Misleading" PlayStation Plus Subscription [23]
• 15 Breitbart - William Barr Interested in ‘Reassessing’ Anti-Trust Policies Towards Silicon Valley ‘Behemoths’ [24]
• 15: OAG - MOE REVERSI GETS CENSORED, REMOVES ECCHI CONTENT IN HOPES OF GETTING STEAM RELEASE [25]
• 15: VPeSports - The Ellie-Fant In The Room: Why We Should Never Forget This Particular Overwatch Embarrassment [26]
• 16: BBC - YouTube bans dangerous or harmful pranks [27]
• 16 Breitbart - LEAK: ‘Huge Teams’ Engaged in Manual Interventions on Google Search Results [28]
• 16 OAG - CALIBER DEV CALLS GAME JOURNALISTS WORTHLESS PARASITES PEDDLING CLICKBAIT [29]
• 16 Daily Caller - EXCLUSIVE: HOW THE WORD ‘FAMILY’ TRIGGERED A MELTDOWN AT GOOGLE [30]
• 16 RPS - Riot Games declare new company values, continue to miss the point [31]
• 16 OAG - SJWS TARGET HALO COMPOSER MARTY O’DONNELL FOR ABANDONING GILLETTE DUE TO THEIR ANTI-MALE PROPAGANDA [32]
• 17 Hewlett Packard - Building a more inclusive gaming community [33]
• 17 OAG - IMOLICIOUS SEQUEL CANCELLED DUE TO ORIGINAL GAME BEING BANNED FROM STEAM [34]
• 17 TrueNorthWire - SHEPHERD: Public libraries: the new free speech battlegrounds? [35]