Actually, from what I have read, it was all caused by a bunch of SJW's (Social Justice Warriors), a fancy name for leftist control freaks trying to take control of the development of new online games. They really, really do not like the military themed games that are the most popular. These SJW's control all the gamer publications.
An ambitious, but lazy girl, wrote an awful dreck of a dark emo type game that was roundly panned and avoided by 99.9% of all serious gamers. She whined to the three reporters in different magazines she was sleeping with, so they wrote articles slamming all those who slammed her game.
The gamers did not turn the other cheek. Most of them seem to love online flame wars. Many make ol' Goob look tame. The publications hit back, and really went over the line by calling all gamers bad names and calling for more girls, queers, and folks of color to participate. The gamers really hit back again, and this time they pressured Intel and other equipment manufacturers to pull advertising from these publications. They succeeded, and are working on the game houses now.
This parallels the leftist march into science fiction that is also now running into resistance.
My money is on the gamers to win this little kerfuffle.
