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Court grants FTC temporary restraining order to block Microsoft/ABK merge ahead of ongoing lawsuit
Yesterday, we reported on the FTC's appeal to the US District Court of Northern California to block Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard. The FTC maintained...
FTC asks US court to block alleged Microsoft/ABK plan to ‘consummate’ merge despite ongoing lawsuit
So remember how the Microsoft buyout of Activision-Blizzard was supposed to be all wrapped up by June of 2023? We're kinda there now, with...
California’s DFEH files an objection to the settlement between Activision-Blizzard and the EEOC
It probably seemed like Activision-Blizzard had actually finally dodged a bullet in its ongoing lawsuit drama when it reached a settlement with the EEOC...
An MMO character ‘worth’ $1.4M was sold in China for $552
So here's a fun story of people being particularly... odd. Let's go with odd. Player A, hereafter referred to as "Scrooge McDuck," spends the...
Gamer involved in swatting murder gets 15 months in prison and a two-year gaming ban
This past August, we followed up on efforts in Wichita, Kansas, to stop swatting after one such Call of Duty-related "prank" saw 28-year-old Andrew...
Facebook lawsuit reveals ‘friendly fraud’ tactics it employed against underage online gamers
For many of us, Facebook use is something we do grudgingly -- we're never quite liking the social platform, but we're also unable to...
Valve asks Australian High Court to set aside consumer law ruling that fined it over $2M
Stretch your brain allllll the way back to 2016, when Australian courts fined Valve $2.16 million US at the behest of the Australian Competition...
The jury is out on whether or not DOTA 2 actually belongs to Valve
It's not very interesting to see a big company take knockoff companies to court to argue that the knockoff companies are violating intellectual property....
Student lands jail time for 2012 RuneScape robbery
Way back in 2012, Fordham University student Humza Bajwa was busted by New York cops for holding a pair of RuneScape players at (what...
