News of the Week; December 25, 2019
GAMES Arsenal’s Mesut Özil removed from PES 2020 after criticising China’s treatment of Muslims: NetEase also pulls the midfielder from two other Chinese version of Konami’s football game Mesut Ozil removed from Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 in China: NetEase said Ozil’s comments ‘hurt the feelings of Chinese fans and violated the sport’s spirit of love […]
News of the Week; December 18, 2019
GAMES Russia’s Rambler Group suing Twitch for $2.8 billion: Internet giant takes takes legal action against streaming service in the region over pirated football broadcasts Twitch facing $2.9 billion lawsuit over broadcast of pirated soccer streams Nreal files motion to dismiss Magic Leap copycat suit Company fined nearly $100k for publishing unapproved game in China: […]
News of the Week; December 11, 2019
GAMES German regulator prompts Valve crackdown on Steam Nazis: Valve pledges to better train moderators after media agency finds dozens of banned symbols, slogans, anti-Semitism Epic Games files preemptive lawsuit against Dancing Pumpkin Man: Fortnite developer responds to cease and desist letter with a lawsuit Epic Games Store implements in-game purchases for third-parties: Developers who […]
News of the Week; December 4, 2019
GAMES Riot Games to pay $10 million in gender discrimination settlement Riot Games to Pay $10 Million to Settle Gender-Discrimination Lawsuit Riot Games offers female employees $10 million in settlement Riot Games to pay out $10m to former employees in gender discrimination settlement: Total will be spread across up to around 1,000 former women employees […]
News of the Week; November 27, 2019
GAMES Blizzard and NetEase win Overwatch copyright lawsuit in China Patent Infringement Suit Over Apex Legends and Anthem The Pokemon Company is suing unknown parties over Sword and Shield leaks The Pokemon Company sues Pokemon Sword and Shield leakers: Unknown US individuals sought for posting early, unreleased images of new Pokemon on Discord, 4chan What happens if loot box regulation passes […]
Class 12 – 11/27/19; “Mass Effect-s”
Video and slides below… Jon
It’s not April 1st…is it?
Sometimes you simply have no choice but to post. This is one such story… Jon
News of the Week; November 20, 2019
GAMES Game On: FaZe Clan’s $20 Million Lawsuit Against eSports Gamer Will Continue To find new games, more women value social circles, while men look to influencers – Newzoo: More women than men tend to value games that are easy to pick up and play quickly Bobby Kotick: Games are not a platform for my […]
Implications of Forthcoming YouTube Policy Updates on Gaming Content
YouTube is looking to update their policies so as to better differentiate between real-world violence and gaming violence. In her quarterly letter, the platform’s CEO said the policy changes look to include fewer restrictions on violence in gaming content and matching interested advertisers with ‘edgier content’. The existing policy has seen a crackdown on violent […]