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PUBG Corp’s infringement lawsuit against NetEase may not be completely ridiculous after all
Last week, we wrote about how PUBG Corp is suing NetEase (and NetEase is threatening to sue everyone) over alleged copyright infringement in regard...
The 2015 ArcheAge class action lawsuit continues, snarled in arbitration appeals
Waaaay back in 2015, a group of ArcheAge players filed a lawsuit against Trion Worlds over the Patron perk mess. Veteran MMO players will...
South Korea continues to hand out fines for deceptive lootbox practices
Nexon isn't the only Korean studio that has been targeted by the government and fined for dishonest practices with its online games and lockboxes. The...
Nexon is fined for using shady lootbox ‘gachapon’ techniques in South Korea
If you've ever been frustrated over online games refusing to disclose the odds of winning anything in lockboxes, then get ready to do a...
Here’s how Netmarble’s fighting crunch after multiple developer deaths
Last year, Netmarble came under fire from South Korean authorities following the death of a game developer under its banner. Korea Workers' Compensation and...
Extra Credits raises concerns over lootbox legislation
Just for the record, we are not the only ones engaged in the discussion and controversy surrounding lockboxes and lootboxes as of late. YouTube...
The ESA is fighting proposed DMCA exemptions that would preserve sunsetted MMORPGs because of course it is
Over the last couple of years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been petitioning for changes to the DMCA to help preserve old video games...
New Hampshire senator Maggie Hassan has picked up the lootbox and gaming addiction cause
Up until now, the political grumblings about video game gambleboxes has been mostly limited to state governments, specifically Hawaii's Chris Lee, who submitted four...
Hawaii state rep Chris Lee has now introduced four bills regulating lockboxes
Hawaii State Representative Chris Lee has made good on his plan to write and submit bills to the state legislature regulating the sale of...
Star Citizen: Subber PTU access ‘perk’, developments in the Crytek lawsuit, and patch 3.0.1
Who says subscriptions are dead? Not Star Citizen. The alpha MMORPG has long taken a page out of the Pathfinder Online playbook by offering...
Affidavit names two more gamers involved in fatal Call of Duty swatting incident
More details about the fatal Call of Duty swatting incident that took place in Kansas at the tail end of 2017 are coming to...
Washington state senator proposes lockbox gambling investigation in new bill
Hawaiian politicians are getting some company on the lockbox front from a compatriot in Washington state.
State Senator Kevin Ranker has introduced legislation there that...
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...
Trademarks, copyrights, and patents: What they mean for you and for video games
Has the pace of news moved so quickly that we've already forgotten about Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene's statement that video games lack any IP copyright...
Blizzard Korea helps Seoul cyber crime police arrest 13 Overwatch hackers and cheaters
The MOP comment crew was understandably creeped out by last week's news that Tencent was going after PlayerUnknown's Battleground cheaters by working with the...
Tencent helps Chinese law enforcement arrest 120 people linked to PUBG cheats
If you thought Epic Games was being too rough on cheaters in Fortnite by smacking kids with personal lawsuits, wait until you hear what...
Accused Call of Duty swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter
Just before the new year, the gaming community was mortified to learn that an innocent Kansas man had been shot by police following a...
Creditors lay claim to nearly $700,000 in Gazillion assets in bankruptcy case
We named the sad death of Marvel Heroes the greatest MMO disappointment of 2017, and it appears it's not even over yet. Redditors noticed that on...
Fortnite addresses Meltdown vulnerability, settles another cheater lawsuit
Were you thinking you'd escaped all impact from the Meltdown vulnerability afflicting Intel systems? Fortnite players should think again, even consolers, as Epic Games...
Korean prosecutors target former NCsoft VP for insider trading
Former NCsoft Vice President and Blade & Soul lead producer Bae Jae Hyu has landed in legal hot water thanks to an ongoing insider...
