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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 […]
News of the Week; July 18, 2018
GAMES Tencent awarded $2.9M in case against dev of allegedLeague of Legends clone Tencent awarded $2.89 million in lawsuit against Mobile Legends CEO: Riot Games parent company wins non-compete suit in China Capcom Wins Judgement to Uphold Patent in Lawsuit to Rescind Decision for its Patent #3295771 Star Citizen backer loses court case for $4,500 refund: […]
News of the Week; July 11, 2018
GAMES Nintendo, Valve, Sony, and EA reported in Norway for breaching European consumer law – UPDATE: NCC reports Nintendo to German authorities after dropping other complaints We need parents on board if we want to protect their children: Following news of a sexual assault in Roblox and ‘addiction’ to Fortnite, parents want to cut kids […]
News of the Week; July 4, 2018
GAMES Bethesda Suing Warner Bros. For ‘Blatant Rip-Off’ Of Fallout Shelter Warner Bros. calls Bethesda lawsuit against Westworld game ‘baseless’ Warner Bros is READY TO FIGHT over “Baseless Accusations” Warner Bros surprised by Bethesda’s “baseless accusation” in Westworld lawsuit: Publisher claims developer Behaviour Interactive has confirmed allegations are untrue Blog: The Westworld fallout – A discussion […]
News of the Week; June 27, 2018
GAMES PUBG Corp. drops lawsuit against Fortnite creator Epic Games PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds dev drops lawsuit against Fortnite: No word on whether a settlement has been reached, but PUBG Crop has withdrawn from the legal battle Epic is suing former employee for leaking Fortnite spoilers Epic Games sues former QA contractor over Fortnite leak: Thomas Hannah admits breaching NDA but […]
News of the Week; June 20, 2018
GAMES A Claim of Epic Proportions: Epic Games Hits Back in Suit Against 14-Year-Old ‘Gaming Disorder’ officially listed in World Health Organization diagnostic doc WHO makes ‘gaming disorder’ diagnosis official: Final version of World Health Organization’s 11th International Compendium of Diseases includes gaming addiction for the first time Games industry trade bodies concerned by ‘gaming […]
News of the Week; June 13, 2018
GAMES Valve removes AIDS Simulator, other controversial games from Steam Store: Games taken down offer slight clarification on what company means by “straight up trolling” AIDS Simulator kicked off Steam as Valve grapples with “trolling” definition Valve clarifies what games count as ‘straight up trolling,’ sort of Op-ed: Valve takes a side by not “taking sides” […]