IGN staff at war with publisher

Go to http://expressvpn.com/roundup to get an extra 3 months of ExpressVPN FREE with a 1-year package. IGN and it’s owners Ziff Daivs and J2 Global are at ends this week as the later committed a corporate overreach to censor a blog IGN posted in support of those suffering in Palestine. The blog post went up on IGN last Friday and listed a number of charities like, Doctors Without Borders, as a means to aid those impacted by the increased military aggression and bombings from the Israli military. The post vanished over the weekend and now a large number of IGN staffers have organized and signed an open letter to their owners and parent companies asking for answers. The story is currently developing and more should shake out next week. In other news the Discovery Warmer merger could break up the WB Games Studios, CD Projekt Red is now facing a combined lawsuit, the Call of Duty Warzone developers have now banned over 500k malicious player accounts, there’s a new TimeSplitters in the works, and Twitch is cracking down on the hot tub meta. This week’s 5-Second Review is a double feature in which Brian reviews Mass Effect Legacy Edition and also… space? It’s another monster of a coming soon section this week so get ready to hear about some new games! Have a great weekend and thanks for watching. Watch more roundup! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4L4joG3Ycs&list=PLdBe6gw9Ydok7DM7HaEyPBnRSM5K0hWA5 Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [Washington Post] - IGN Palestine letter explained https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/05/17/ign-palestine-letter-explained/ [Web Archive] - Original IGN Palestine Support post https://web.archive.org/web/20210515071028/https://www.ign.com/articles/how-to-help-palestine [Medium] - IGN Employees https://ignemployees.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-leadership-at-ign-ziff-davis-and-j2-global-f7171d5… [Twitter] - IGN Tweet about Palestine post https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1394176331668070401?s=20 [IGN Israel] - Statement form IGN Israel https://il.ign.com/ign-israel/57147/news/a-statement-from-ign-israel-hrgshnv-shmgy-lkvlkm-hsbr-l-mh-… [GameSpot] - GameStop Palestine Aid post https://www.gamespot.com/articles/help-palestinian-civilians-in-need-by-donating-to-charity/1100-649… [YouTube] - Tamoor Hussain industry address https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=g9F4trpHzKo&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=TamoorHussai… [Twitter] - Julia Alexander tweet about WB Games https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1394339533542539277 [GamesIndustry.biz] - Warner Media merging with Discovery https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-17-warnermedia-merging-with-discovery-in-usd43bn-deal [VGC] - CD Projekt Red gets Mega Lawsuit https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/four-class-action-lawsuits-over-cyberpunks-troubled-launch-… [Twitter] - Raven Software puts down ban hammer on cheaters https://twitter.com/RavenSoftware/status/1393280159642308609 [VG247] - Warzone Anti Cheat Updates https://www.vg247.com/2021/02/03/call-of-duty-warzone-regular-anti-cheat-updates-bans/ [Call of Duty] - Anti Cheat Blog https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2021/04/warzone-anti-cheat-progress-report [IGN] - New TimeSplitters is in the works! https://www.ign.com/articles/new-timesplitters-officially-announced-from-new-studio-founded-by-origi… [Twitter] - Amouranth loses ad revenue https://twitter.com/Amouranth/status/1394699159983243268