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News of the Week; February 3, 2021

News of the Week; February 3, 2021

GAMES Valve loses controller patent case, must pay $4m in damages Valve on the hook for $4 million over Steam Controller patent infringement Is Steam really conspiring to price fix? Riot Games pushes for arbitration in gender discrimination lawsuit Riot Games pushes gender discrimination case back towards arbitration Ubisoft Toronto co-founder Alexandre Parizeau departs Ubisoft […]

News of the Week; January 27, 2021

News of the Week; January 27, 2021

GAMES Québec law firm files latest Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift lawsuit: Lambert Avocat seeking compensation for all Québec consumers who bought Switch controllers since August 2017 European Commission called to investigate into Joy-Con drift BEUC calls for Joy-Con Drift investigation after receiving 25,000 complaints Valve on trial for allegedly infringing controller patents: The Steam Controller […]

News of the Week; January 20, 2021

News of the Week; January 20, 2021

GAMES CD Projekt faces a second class-action lawsuit over Cyberpunk 2077 CD Projekt Red exec disputes Cyberpunk 2077 demo were “almost entirely fake” CD Projekt vows ‘vigorous’ defense as investors launch second Cyberpunk class action Inside Cyberpunk 2077’s Disastrous Rollout Epic Games takes legal action against Apple and Google in UK Epic submits claims against Google and […]

News of the Week; January 13, 2021

News of the Week; January 13, 2021

GAMES ESA suspends political contributions after assault on U.S. Capitol ESA PAC to pause political contributions following insurrection at US Capitol Twitch suspends Trump account following insurrection at US Capitol Updated: Twitch, Discord suspend Trump-related accounts after Capitol assault Twitch removes popular emote after pro player’s support for Capitol Hill mob Twitch pulls Pogchamp emote […]

News of the Week; January 6, 2021

News of the Week; January 6, 2021

GAMES The Sinking City returns to stores as legal dispute over publishing rights continues CD Projekt gearing up for ‘vigorous action’ against investor lawsuit Apple removes 39,000 games from the App Store in China Apple removes 39,000 games from China store in biggest single-day takedown Microsoft calls for Xbox drift lawsuit to be handled by arbitration […]

News of the Week; December 30, 2020

News of the Week; December 30, 2020

GAMES CD Projekt Red investors sue company over Cyberpunk 2077 debacle Apple reportedly warns devs of more app takedowns in Chinese App Store What makes for a good game publishing contract? Nier: Automata surpasses 5 million shipped Steam’s end of year bonanza gets ‘experimental’ Blackstone makes big investment in mobile ad firm Liftoff Parents Who Gift Quest 2 […]