PewDiePie uses N-word during live stream, game developer takes action

PewDiePie is at the centre of a controversy, once again. 

YouTube's highest paid and most prominent personality, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, used a racial slur during a livestream video playing Battle Royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. 

In the video, PewDiePie can be seen getting frustrated with another player and shouting to him: "“What a fucking n-” , before immediately correcting himself: "“Sorry, but what the fuck. What a fucking asshole.”

The YouTuber, whose channel has over 57 million subscribers, has a history of making racial statements. Back in February, the Wall Street Journal posted a review of several of his recent videos that included multiple anti-Semitic "jokes" and Nazi imagery. Read more...