Code of Conduct

Welcome to the Eurogamer community!

Our goal at Eurogamer is to offer a space where it's fun and interesting to talk about video games and all the issues that surround them. We want to create an inclusive, respectful community that's a pleasure to be a part of. We want to foster conversations that are informative and entertaining.

These guidelines exist to help everyone in the community - users, moderators and staff - achieve that goal.

That means that we don't offer a space where you can say whatever you like. There are guidelines for good conduct here, and we employ moderators to enforce them. If your comment isn't helping the conversation, it will be deleted and your ability to post further may be removed.

The short version:

Be positive and polite

Bring positive, thoughtful contributions that add to the conversation. Be nice. Respect others. When you disagree with an article or comment, do it politely. Don't be rude. Don't insult other users, moderators or staff. Don't use racist, sexist or other discriminatory language. Don't troll, and don't respond to trolls. Avoid relentless negativity. Don't waste other people's time with spam.

You are our guest

You are welcome here, but we make the rules, and moderators and staff have total freedom to decide how those rules will be interpreted and enforced. Ultimately, all moderation decisions are at the editors' discretion.

Got a complaint or query? Get in touch

If you want to query a moderation decision or discuss anything to do with the moderation process, please email contact@eurogamer.net. Please don't do it publicly on the site.

The full guidelines

Spam: Obviously off-topic, purely promotional posts, whether posted by a human or a bot
Breaking the law: Anything that offers, encourages or solicits illegal activities, including piracy, copyright infringement, hacking and illegal drug use
Personal attacks: Threats, personal abuse and disrespectful language directed at another user or a member of staff
Discrimination: racism, sexism and any other form of discrimination; anything that encourages discrimination, harassment or violence based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or physical characteristics
Sharing private information: Any personally identifiable information, whether relating to you or someone else, and any content that violates another person's reasonable expectation of privacy
Sexually explicit content and other NSFW material: Including pornographic and excessively violent images and links, and some explicit language (though swearing is tolerated)
Other unsuitable topics: We reserve the right to prevent discussion on any topics which we deem unsuitable for the ethos of the site
Trolling: Going out of your way to create arguments or take threads off-topic, and using language specifically intended to rile other users
Complaining about moderation: Don't post this publicly - if you have an issue, email us at contact@eurogamer.net
Complaining about our coverage: We welcome constructive feedback on our articles, but repeated complaints, criticism of our topic selection and site remit, the number of articles on a topic, review scores, and low effort posts (ie. "slow news day") are rarely constructive
Multiple accounts: We don't allow more than one account per user, which means no alts, no sockpuppets, and no using accounts to promote your own posts, argue with other users, impersonate other users, or take extreme or indefensible positions

Enforcement

Any of the above may result in your comment being deleted or your posting privileges being removed, temporarily or indefinitely, with serious or repeated breaches liable to prompt a permanent ban. We will take a zero tolerance approach to harassment or insulting language aimed at any of our staff.

Last updated: 30th June 2023