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News of the Week; July 29, 2015
GAMES 1. ESL cracking down on ‘performance enhancing drug’ use in league events + World’s largest e-sports group to start drug testing in wake of Adderall scandal + Winners can’t use drugs: Anti-doping tests are coming to eSports: Various leagues move toward policing use of pills like Adderall. 2. Razer buys out Ouya + Report: Ouya ‘Free the Games’ indie […]
News of the Week; July 22, 2015
GAMES 1. $60 million settlement approved in EA-NCAA athlete suits 2. Nintendo triumphs in handheld patent suit: Deems the case “unnecessary and inefficient,” calls for patent reform in the US 3. Microsoft can’t make Xbox 360 console defect litigation go away: Three years after console’s debut, Microsoft racked up 55,000 scratching complaints. 4. UK agencies CMA and ASA looking […]
News of the Week; July 15, 2015
GAMES 1. Nintendo asks GitHub to make Javascript-based Game Boy emulator disappear: More than 20 games— Pokémon Silver and Gold included—were formerly available. 2. Randy Pitchford on ‘Aliens Colonial Marines’ lawsuit: ‘a huge waste of time’ 3. Multiple Epic Games forums suffer security breach 4. Time study: boys think women are over-sexualised in games 5. Tale of Tales takes aim at game industry’s support […]
News of the Week; July 8, 2015
GAMES 1. Vegas casinos going for video-game gambling 2. Daybreak CEO rages at hacker on Twitter + Lizard Squad member ordered to fight against other hackers, gets no jail time for Xbox Live and PSN attacks 3. Square Enix pulls Mac Final Fantasy XIV from sale + Square Enix blames OpenGL for Final Fantasy 14 Mac refunds: Publisher Square Enix pulls game […]
News of the Week; July 1, 2015
GAMES 1. Report: Apple reinstating historical war games on Apple App Store that use confederate flag 2. Australia sees surge in banned games 3. Parents of rampage killer Elliot Rodger sued by one of his victims 4. A Brief History Of Gay Marriage In Video Games 5. Cliff Bleszinski makes a business case for diversity 6. France reforms cultural tax breaks […]
News of the Week; June 24, 2015
GAMES 1. Bandai Namco overhauls US executive team 2. Over 12,000 sign petition to cancel Metroid Prime: Federation Force 3. Game-over HTTPS defects in dozens of Android apps expose user passwords 4. Sony’s Yoshida admits he was nervious about a female lead in Horizon 5. HoloLens’ field-of-view may be a problem without a solution 6. Warren Spector on E3: VR is […]
News of the Week; June 17, 2015
GAMES 1. YouTube Announces YouTube Gaming, A Standalone App To Compete With Twitch 2. Shenmue 3 Raises More Than $1M On Kickstarter In Less Than Three Hours 3. Winko Games raises $1.4 million for core mobile title 4. €2m for eSports startup Dojo Madness 5. No Man’s Sky E3 2015 Gameplay Shows Universe-Sized Sandbox 6. Arc System Works buys Double Dragon […]
News of the Week; June 10, 2015
GAMES 1. Report: some ‘The Witcher 3’ Xbox One owners can’t play the game at all 2. Dota 2 breaks e-sports prize record with $11.5 million crowdfunded pot 3. Steam refunds: Young Horses and The Indie Stone react 4. Desura to devs: “We are not refusing to pay you” 5. ‘Rock Band 4’ not planned for PC, because piracy 6. XCOM 2 […]
News of the Week; June 3, 2015
GAMES 1. Rockstar sues BBC + Take-Two sues BBC over ‘Grand Theft Auto’ movie 2. These two Diablo III players stole virtual armor and gold — and got prosecuted IRL 3. ‘League of Legends’ player admits swatting and stalking multiple victims in the U.S. and Canada + 17-year-old pleads guilty to swatting: British Columbian admits to 23 offences, harassment mostly aimed […]
News of the Week; May 27, 2015
GAMES 1. Rockstar sues BBC + Take-Two sues BBC over ‘Grand Theft Auto’ movie 2. These two Diablo III players stole virtual armor and gold — and got prosecuted IRL 3. ‘League of Legends’ player admits swatting and stalking multiple victims in the U.S. and Canada + 17-year-old pleads guilty to swatting: British Columbian admits to 23 offences, harassment mostly aimed […]