The world’s richest man has paid to boost his online warriors into global leaderboards, raising questions about his prowess — and his need for digital praise.

SAN FRANCISCO — On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the CEO of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player.

The close Donald Trump ally boasted about being the 15th highest-ranked account on Path of Exile 2. Some internet sleuths are casting doubt on his claim.

Grimes, despite a contentious custody battle, defended her ex Elon Musk's gaming skills in a social media post.

One of the biggest stories in gaming last year was when 13-year-old Willis Gibson became the first person to ever beat the original Tetris.

First, for those of you who might have missed it when I first started using the term a few weeks ago, let me define the Old Game. Simply put, the Old Game is the practice of throwing out sleaze as a means of discrediting messengers whose substance is inconvenient.

Karl Jobst, a notorious debunker of video game cheating, says Elon Musk’s story hasn’t been told quite right — and dives into the psychology of gamer boasting.

X owner Elon Musk is earning the wrath from some in the gaming community after online sleuths exposed him purportedly cheating at popular games such as "Diablo 4" and "Path of Exile 2." The Washington Post reports that Musk in recent weeks has copped to paying others to level up his characters in these games while insisting that it was the only

Elon Musk already called himself a “video game god,” and for years claimed on high and low that he achieved sky-high high scores in numerous video games. But now it turns out that the richest man on earth is a cheater.