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News of the Week; August 22, 2018

GAMES Liftoff: Women make in-app purchases at a 79% higher rate than men – iOS user acquisition more expensive, but also more lucrative than Android Analyst: More players are making in-app purchases (with less nudging) 2K tweaks loot boxes in NBA 2K to comply with new Belgian gambling laws Loot Box Regulation: The State of Play China’s […]

News of the Week; August 15, 2018

GAMES Bethesda defends legal action against man selling pre-owned copy of Evil Within 2: Publisher says sale of sealed and unopened games still constitutes unauthorised reselling if listed as new Bethesda hits Amazon seller with legal threat over reselling pre-owned game as ‘new’ Bethesda reluctant to bring Elder Scrolls: Legends to systems that don’t offer cross-play Bethesda […]

News of the Week; August 8, 2018

GAMES Tired of legal threats, emulation hub EmuParadise drops its ROM library Inside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games Current and former Riot employees discuss the toxic feedback culture of the studio Riot Games responds to sexist work culture exposé: “We haven’t lived up to our own values,” says League of Legends developer as […]

News of the Week; August 1, 2018

GAMES Detroit dev Quantic Dream loses in court case brought by ex-employee Former Quantic Dream employee wins court case against developer: Court rules in favour of employee who quit due to circulation of offensive photoshopped images SimCity 2000 remake removed by EA for using copyrighted assets EA shuts down open source SimCity 2000 over lifted assets: “The […]

News of the Week; July 25, 2018

GAMES Two Researchers Challenged a Scientific Study About Violent Video Games – and Took a Hit for Being Right: How two researchers paid a price for challenging a retracted study about violent video games. Nintendo files lawsuit against two popular ROM websites Nintendo to ROM sites: Forget cease-and-desist, now we’re suing Nintendo files copyright infringement […]