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South Korean legislation would make online sexual harassment a criminal offense
According to a recent report from PCGamesN, South Korean legislators are considering a bill that would make sexual harassment in online games a crime...
China’s delays on video game licenses may last another 4-6 months
It's been a bit of a rough go for games in China recently; Monster Hunter World was the first massively popular game we watched...
Take-Two scores in lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto franchise hack distributor
US courts have once again aligned with game companies in a lawsuit against cheaters and purveyors of cheat programs.
This time, it's Take-Two Interactive doing...
A judge has mostly denied Star Citizen studio’s motion to dismiss the Crytek copyright lawsuit
MMO-watchers will recall that just before the turn of the new year, Crytek filed to sue Cloud Imperium, the company behind the sprawling and...
Netease calls PUBG Corp’s copyright lawsuit ‘shameless’, Riot and Tencent win non-compete lawsuit against alleged cloner
Remember back in April, when Korea-based PUBG Corp. accused China-based Netease of ripping off PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with its battle royale titles Knives Out (which...
German courts rule against companies using ‘coming soon’ marketing for preorders
Making its way through the German court system right now is a case that could be of considerable importance to consumer protections, and not...
Star Citizen backer took CIG to small claims court over his refund request – and lost
The Star Citizen refunds subreddit is often the home of big words and tall tales, but Redditor firefly212 did more than just talk: He...
France’s gambling authority condemns but does not ban lockboxes
The international community is becoming aware of the problems of lootboxes, and that means that laws are being formed in response to the business...
PUBG Corp drops plagiarism lawsuit against Epic Games as Fortnite’s Playground goes live
It looks like the big legal feud between PUBG and Fortnite is already drawing to a close, as Bloomberg reports PUBG Corp. has withdrawn...
Overwatch: Another hacker sentenced, a new hero teased, and an algorithm patent sought
Way back in January, Blizzard Korea announced that it was working with Korea's National Policy Agency cyber crime unit to track and arrest the...
Two teens who allegedly contributed to Call of Duty swatting murder plead not guilty
Reuters has an update on the ongoing criminal cases against the some of the defendants in the Call of Duty swatting incident from last...
Call of Duty swatting murder sees three men charged in federal court
At the end of 2017, a Call of Duty swatting incident in Kansas took the life of a completely innocent man after police killed him following...
Expect e-sports betting to blossom thanks to new Supreme Court ruling
Gambling and gaming are two sides of the same coin. You guys wouldn't believe how many gambling companies request to put ads on MOP...
Daybreak update: Renova boss questioned over Columbus Nova’s alleged payment to Michael Cohen
MMOs and politics once again collide this week as last night CNN broke the news that Robert Mueller's FBI team has zeroed in on...
World of Warcraft DDOSer sentenced to a year in prison, Blizzard chats about Battle for Azeroth’s latest round of faction wars
Blizzard is not messing around with DDOS attacks. The BBC has a piece out on a World of Warcraft player from Romania, Calin Mateias, who...
Niantic stages a second attempt at a summer Chicago Pokemon Go Fest after settling class-action lawsuit
It's no exaggeration to say that last year's Pokemon Go Fest was a complete and total disaster. It made a ton of money -...
Chinese authorities arrest 15 more accused PUBG hackers, fining them over $5M
Bluehole and PUBG Corp are apparently continuing their government-backed crackdown on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds cheaters.
Last week, PUBG Corp told Steam players that it takes cheating...
Kids these days: Fortnite fights a 14-year-old in court, signs 13-year-old to e-sports team
Epic Games is still doggedly pursuing supposed Fortnite cheaters. As we reported back in November, one of the defendants in Epic's many lawsuits is...
Ragnarok Online shuts down in Europe due to new regulations [Update: US servers blocking EU access]
Update: This story was a miscommunication in the media. It turns out that while the servers are staying up, Ragnarok Online's North American servers...
Belgium orders Overwatch, CSGO, and FIFA 18 to remove lockboxes or face criminal penalties
Back in 2017, at the height of mainstream outrage over lockbox shenanigans, Belgium became one of the very first countries to take the problem...
