Reports 14 December 2021 Internal report reveals “moral harassment” at Brazilian gaming unicorn Wildlife Studios The free-to-play gaming company valued at $3 billion has struggled with allegations of gender discrimination and unequal pay, according to a 2020 report. By Nick Ellis, Jon Peltz and Alex González Ormerod
Features 30 September 2021 How Istanbul became the Silicon Valley of the mobile gaming industry Overworked and underpaid developers are helping fuel Istanbul's mobile gaming bonanza. By Kaya Genç
Reports 28 October 2021 An esports revolution is sweeping through Brazil’s favelas Gamers have made social mobility and digital inclusion very profitable in the country's favelas. By Beatriz Miranda and Luiz Queiroga
Features 20 July 2021 Fraud on the Farm: How a baby-faced CEO turned a Farmville clone into a massive Ponzi scheme Farm Bank let players make money, while supporting real farms. Then the CEO vanished with $80 million. By Paul Benjamin Osterlund
News 30 September 2021 Some Axie Infinity players amassed fortunes — now the Philippine government wants its cut Hundreds of thousands of players are being dragged into an internet-age tax experiment. By Vittoria Elliott
Reports 19 August 2021 Workers in the Global South are making a living playing the blockchain game Axie Infinity Part Pokémon Go, part NFT economy, the online game has replaced regular jobs for many players By Vittoria Elliott
News 8 April 2021 Zanzibar’s project to put itself on Google Street View has angered a legion of European video game streamers During lockdown, the travel game GeoGuessr went viral, inadvertently highlighting inequalities in Google Maps. By Andrew Deck
Features 24 August 2020 She’s got game As Saudi Arabia loosens gender restrictions on esports, the country’s female gamers are stepping up to meet the challenge. By Mehr Nadeem
News 21 September 2020 Designed in Minecraft, built IRL In Gaza, citizens are imagining what public spaces could be, and then actually building them. By Lauren Kelly
Reports 15 November 2021 The future of Brazilian gaming: shopping Sea, a Singaporean giant, has leveraged Free Fire's massive success to open new markets in Latin America. By Leo Schwartz