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Are ‘Spoilers’ Illegal? China’s Supreme Court Recognizes Leaking Unreleased Game Characters as Trade Secret Infringement
Hi everyone, I came across this interesting article published by the legal department of miHoYo, the company that makes Genshin Impact and the Honkai series. You can find the original text on their WeChat public account. These game, due to their influence, has many people who dig up unreleased designs and future version information to […]
AI and Gaming: Microsoft Tests the Waters
Hi everyone, I came across an article on Microsoft experimenting with AI recently and thought that I might make a quick post about it, given our discussions around AI in gaming. Microsoft recently released an AI gaming model called Muse AI that “can dynamically create gameplay visuals and simulate player behavior in real-time”, which, in […]
Switch 2 Prices Set Worrying Precedent For the Future of Gaming
Last week Nintendo dropped their Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, which announced many of the new games releasing alongside the hotly-anticipated console. While the Direct itself was met with overwhelming positive reception (if you haven’t already, please see the Moo Moo Meadows cow becoming a playable character in Mario Kart), much of this excitement was dampened […]
“Liberation Day” hits the video game industry
President Donald Trump ran on a promise to lower prices, and he finally delivered on that promise on April 2, 2025 through the introduction of global tariff policies which dramatically lowered the value of many stocks. These new tariffs caused losses in the stock market that haven’t been seen since March 2020, and are causing […]
Billy Mitchell, the Former “Donkey Kong Champion” Wins Defamation Case
Hi everyone, The topic I am covering today was more popular a couple years ago but is gaining traction once more. Some of you may be familiar with Billy Mitchell the “Donkey Kong Champion” who previously held world records for scores in Donkey Kong and Pacman in the Guinness Book of World Records. The records […]
The End of Steam’s Arbitration Agreement – When Class Action is Preferred
In 2024, gaming company Valve removed the mandatory arbitration clause from the subscriber agreement for its online gaming platform Steam. In a shift in legal policy, Valve now directs users to the courts to resolve disputes instead of through arbitration. The updated terms take effect either on user agreement, which includes actions like purchasing a […]
Video Game Emulators and Game Preservation – Presentation Discussion Outline
We have all probably experienced seeing gameplay of an old game and thinking it would be fun to play that game, only to find out how unrealistic buying the game really would be. Even trying to play an old Pokemon game from our childhoods, on its original hardware has become very difficult. As a result, […]
The EU is Taking Action Against Virtual Currencies in Video Games
We have all probably come across virtual currencies in video games before. Fortnite has V-Bucks, League of Legends has RP (Riot Points) and Call of Duty has COD Points. Since microtransactions have become so prevalent in modern gaming, many companies have come up with their own in-game currency that players have to use in order […]
Consumer Protection in Video Games
The world of video games is vast, with a multitude of genres to entertain any member of society who wishes to delve into them. This vastness, however, allows for games including violent, crude, and destructive content to be widely available. While it could be argued that this is a positive, allowing for those who wish […]
Video games and Children : The Roblox case
Although video games are played by both children and adults and there are many video games that are solely for adults, you could be forgiven as a parent for presuming a video game that your child is playing won’t include sexual content. This is especially prevalent as a lot of age-inappropriate video games at the […]