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I started regularly playing competitive online games in 2007, with the launch of Halo 3. Back then, participating in in-game voice chat was harrowing for a 17-year-old girl whose voice betrayed her ...

Proximity chat has become an essential feature in many multiplayer games, allowing players to communicate effectively with ...

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The new Nintendo Switch Online service has finally made its big debut. To give Switch players an even bigger reason to subscribe, Nintendo is adding official voice chat support to more of its own ...

Activision Blizzard Inc. is taking a stronger role in dealing with voice chat toxicity in its games with a partnership with Modulate, the developer of machine learning voice technology that can ...

Gaming is no longer about who owns which device. Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and even mobile—players are connected in ways that seemed impossible a decade ago. Cross-play changed everything. Yet, one ...

GGWP, a brand safety platform for online communities, has added proactive voice moderation tools and been selected by Unity to be the safety partner of Vivox voice chat. On top of that, Another Axiom ...

Anyone who has played an online game on Xbox is probably aware that the voice chat can be far from clean and nice. To help tackle this issue, Microsoft has announced a new platform feature for Xbox ...

Everyone has had that moment where they felt the rage inside them when a teammate is showing a lack of skills, but this does not mean they are permitted to be toxic and abusive in their words. A new ...