This latest incident is the second such moment in 2017 where PieDiePie has found himself in hot water over something he has said or done. A few months ago, the popular YouTuber drew criticism after he had made a series of anti-Semitic jokes in one of his videos , resulting in a considerable amount of fallout. Most notable, Disney ended its association with him and cancelled his YouTube Red horror s
"You probably won't believe me when I say this but whenever I go online and I hear other players use the same kind of language I did, I always find it extremely immature and stupid. And I hate how I now personally fed into that part of gaming as well. It was something I said in the heat of the moment. I said the worst word I could possibly think of. And it just sort of slipped out. I'm not going to make any excuses as to why it did because there are no excuses for it. I'm disappointed in myself because it seems like I've learned nothing from all these past controversies. And it's not that I think I can say or do whatever I want and get away with it. That's not it at all. I'm just an idi
The Game Awards ' 2017 nominees are exactly the games you’d expect. Horizon Zero Dawn has the most nominations, up for Game of the Year, Best Game Design, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and lead voice actress Ashly Burch has been nominated for Best Performance. Other candidates for Game of the Year are The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Super Mario Odyssey , Persona 5 , and most controversially, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds , a game still in Early Acc
Host and longtime video game journalist Geoff Keighley has outdone himself again for the The Game Awards 2017, a live event that promises to be bigger than any game awards program before it. And you can watch it all online, easily, and for free! 102 games and individuals have been nominated for this year’s awards, and some categories are voted on by YOU, the ga
Bluehole Studio went on to say that while weekly patches for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds may be nixed from here on out, the developer will use the additional time to test for "significantly" longer periods. By doing so, it hopes to produce even more polished patches and updates so as to give the battle royale's user base the best experience possible with each refinement or tweak being m
Bluehole Studio officially made this news regarding PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds known by way of a Steam Community update post, with the developer saying that changes to the game's schedule aims to improve how the company works on the game as a team and that it will be able to set "realistic" expectations for players. Apparently, having to hit preordained deadlines for patch releases caused certain updates and features to be rushed out, causing "more issues than it solv
Following the most recent update in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to add 4-person squad gameplay in the battle royale's first-person servers , Bluehole Studio has now officially announced the decision to abandon the weekly and monthly patch schedule for the game it had once set in place. The reason for doing so comes down to concerns of opening up more space for the developer to maintain a "high standard of quali
The Game Awards 2017 can be viewed live on your phone, TV, or computer. The Game Awards is one of the widest distributed digital events on the planet – filmed in 4K UHD resolution and watchable for free across all major digital, gaming and social platforms. Featuring loads of world premieres and celebrity guests, this isn't something you'll want to m
"Again, we would like to assure you all that we are still on-track to release our game as per our updated timeline, and we want to emphasize to you that we are not winding down the development, or complacent. We have a lot of work to do, and we want this game to be released with as many fun, rich, enjoyable features and mechanics as possible. Our team will continue to be hard at work, and we are always listening to your feedba
It’s impossible to shake the feeling that they’re just one big advertisement, PUBG Map Guide for both upcoming video games and other products. Sponsorships galore throughout the presentation, and trailers for upcoming games blare between almost every award. Imagine if the Oscars ran trailers for films coming in the next year, no one would take them seriou
It's been a controversy-filled 2017 for PewDiePie and it remains to be seen how the popular YouTuber moves on from all the backlash. Given the widespread influence he still wields , perhaps this will cause PewDiePie to rethink how he creates new content from now
Popular YouTube personality PewDiePie recently found himself embroiled in another wave of controversy after he dropped a racial slur during a livestream of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds , resulting in a considerable amount of backlash. In response to the incident, the YouTuber has released a new video on his chan