Crytek’s latest legal maneuvering against CIG suggests Squadron 42 won’t release this summer
ArcheAge players score $420,000 in ancient class action suit over consumer law violations
CIG fires back in response to Crytek’s request to pause Squadron 42 lawsuit
Lawful Neutral: Examining the ArcheAge class action lawsuit – and what it means for gamers
Riot Games’ $10M settlement could climb to $400M due to California state agency filings
Blitzchung: No regrets for speaking up for Hong Kong despite Hearthstone suspension
MMO Business Roundup: Tencent, Ubisoft, Rockstar, energy, Creativerse, and Cold Iron Studios
US Court of Appeals upholds decision that a RuneScape player’s muting did not violate free speech
Kentucky high school athletic commission bans Fortnite from high school esports competition
Lawful Neutral: Examining DDoS attacks and their impact on MMOs
New French lawsuits accuse EA’s FIFA franchise of promoting illegal gambling
Lawful Neutral: Examining the infamous MMO lockbox, 2020 edition
The IRS deleted guidelines citing Fortnite’s Vbucks as virtual currency like Bitcoin
Star Citizen explores microTech’s moons and Anvil Carrack as the Crytek lawsuit reaches a settlement
The mayor of Boston asks Sony to reconsider withdrawing from PAX East
Activision is trying to locate its Call of Duty leaker via Reddit subpoenas
Plaintiffs in the Riot Games class action discrimination lawsuit take up new counsel, withdraw settlement plans
Lawful Neutral: Cheating, copyright law, and the WoW Glider lawsuit
Lootbox regulation recommended by Australian parliamentary committee
Popular Chinese MMO JX3 Online will close in Taiwan following COVID-19 protest
Call of Duty wins a ‘first amendment’ lawsuit, Tencent sues cloud company for hosting its games
Make My MMO: Following Chronicles of Elyria reports, state attorney general addresses crowdfunding scams
Player who claims a mobile RPG’s gacha mechanics were falsely advertised loses court case
Lawful Neutral: Leakers, trade secrets, and lawsuits in the online gaming world
ROSE Online’s Japanese operator filed for bankruptcy while promising new content
Cartoon Network successfully shut down FusionFall’s rogue servers
Ubisoft takes Google and Apple to court over an alleged Rainbow Six Siege mobile clone
Australian retailer admits to misleading customers about refunds for Fallout 76
Sony will need to pay Australia $2.4 million in fines due to digital refund obfuscation
English lawmakers may classify lockboxes as straight-up gambling
Class action lawsuit alleges Apple promotes gambling via lootboxes through its storefront
Who really owns RuneScape? A new Chinese lawsuit in the UK is poised to find out
Pakistan becomes the latest country to crack down on PUBG for the children
Chronicles of Elyria backers have now hired a lawyer to file a class action suit
Ubisoft devs speak out on their ‘inability to feel safe or protected within’ the studio
Former Bungie composer Martin O’Donnell calls the deal with Activision ‘bad from the start’
Chinese fraudsters posed as a famous chili sauce brand to get free keys out of Tencent — and it worked
Lawful Neutral: No really, who owns Jagex and RuneScape?
EU study recommends taking on lockboxes as a consumer issue rather than a gambling issue
Epic Games is suing Apple (and probably Google too) over its payment monopoly
Epic Games could lose almost $50M every month the Fortnite Apple/Google lawsuits go on
This is the weirdest Fortnite lawsuit you’re going to read about all week
The $420K ArcheAge class action lawsuit settlement is finally paying out
So Epic Games is taking on Apple and Google – but can it win?
Apple’s retaliatory measures against Epic Games threaten Unreal Engine, not just Fortnite
MMO Business Roundup: Gamers have launched a new class action gambling lawsuit against EA
Chronicles of Elyria fans have filed the pre-litigation paperwork necessary to sue Soulbound Studios
Epic’s new #FreeFortnite Cup promo is another cynical dig on Apple
Epic-Apple lawsuit filings reveal Epic’s pre-suit efforts at securing competing payment options
Microsoft general manager says Apple’s block of Unreal Engine ‘will harm game creators and gamers’
Epic secures early win against Apple for Unreal Engine, but Fortnite remains barred
MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite iOS’s lost parity, Halo Infinite’s debunked rumors, Funcom’s movie
Apple officially terminates Epic’s dev account, cutting Fortnite iOS and Mac players from future updates
Path of Exile’s Heist expansion lets players infiltrate Rogue Harbor on September 18
Path of Exile’s Heist expansion will launch on Mac with full crossplay
Kids MMO developer Age of Learning must pay the FTC $10M to settle ‘dark patterns’ complaint
Google seeks to dismiss Epic’s lawsuit as Epic talks up the Fortnite ‘Metaverse’
Massively Uplifting: MMOs from LOTRO to ESO bring comfort, healing, camaraderie, and charity
Apple’s new countersuit decries Epic’s ‘subterfuge’ and ‘brazen’ rule-breaking with Fortnite ‘Trojan horse’
Apple reverses its decision to block ‘Sign In with Apple’ functionality for Fortnite after Apple user blowback
Tim Sweeney insists Epic Games’ legal battle is meant to stop a monopoly
Apple argues Epic’s lawsuit is ‘part of a marketing campaign’ to ‘reinvigorate interest in Fortnite’
Massively Overthinking: How to deal with cheater scum in MMORPGs
The US government is now probing Epic and Riot in relation to Tencent’s data security
Epic ends support for Fortnite: Save the World on Mac because Apple won’t sign patch updates
SuperData August 2020: Fall Guys dethroned League of Legends, pushed WoW to its lowest rank in over a year
City of Heroes rebuild project SEGS expects to have an alpha by the end of the year
MMO Business Roundup: FarmVille’s sunset, Netmarble’s acquisitions, Intrepid hiring, WoW esports, PUBG India
Epic/Apple lawsuit proceeds to trial by jury as early as July 2021, Fortnite still barred on iOS
Epic Games and Apple both ask to have their case be heard by the judge, not a jury
WoW Factor: Shadowlands’ delay is a genuinely good thing – for everyone
Soulbound Studios insists work on Chronicles of Elyria continues in pre-litigation paperwork response
Development of Reckful’s MMORPG Everland is on hold pending probate court resolution
City of Heroes’ SEGS rebuild project releases a pre-alpha version of its engine
Epic Games versus Apple case will go to judge-led bench trial in May 2021
The Game Archaeologist: Deadlands Legends, the western MMO that never saw the light of day
Judge ensures Epic’s Unreal Engine remains on Apple’s iOS while warning of ‘serious ramifications’ for consoles
Perfect Ten: 10 notable MMO developers that shut their doors
Canadian class action lawsuit argues EA’s lootboxes constitute illegal gambling
Epic’s latest legal clapback says it couldn’t steal from Apple something Apple never owned
Counterstrike: Global Offensive players in Australia get a year-long ban for betting on themselves
Lawful Neutral: The Epic vs. Apple lawsuit – when titans are tweens
Judge enforces a Dutch government order for EA to remove FIFA lockboxes or face over $11M in fines
World of Warcraft multiboxing just got a whole lot harder thanks to Blizzard’s new policy
What’s going on with Epic Games’ lawsuit against Google?
iOS players may be able to play Fortnite after all thanks to Nvidia’s cloud gaming service
Judge dismisses Apple’s claim of theft by Epic Games in ongoing litigation
Epic is suing Apple in Australia over Fortnite as Apple halves its profit cut from indie devs
MMO Business Roundup: Activision’s Netflix lawsuit, Tolkien’s house, Roblox in China, and more
MMO Business Roundup: Twitch’s anti-hate policies, Cyberpunk’s concurrency, and the CASE Act
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2020 predictions
Chronicles of Elyria is still in development, new video from Soulbound vows
China’s video game regulators introduce a three-tier age rating system for games
Life is Feudal MMO announces imminent closure, cites ‘reasons beyond [its] control’
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Player Housing
Into the Super-verse: A heroic year of superhero MMO development
Cyberpunk 2077 discovers a new game-ending save bug and investors consider a class-action suit
Massively OP Podcast Episode 302: Your MMO mail, our MMO opinions
CD Projekt Red investors make good on Cyberpunk 2077 class-action lawsuit threat
