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Blizzard seeks $8.5M from cheat software company Bossland
It's all fun and games... until you start selling software to help players cheat, then it's all lawsuits and court dates.
Blizzard is asking the...
John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for breach of contract as the Oculus drama lingers on
One round of the Oculus lawsuit may be over, but the saga isn't going away.
Oculus CTO John Carmack is now suing ZeniMax Media for...
Shooter denied bond in Virginia Pokemon Go murder case
Back in January, we reported on the tragic case of Jiansheng Chen, a 60-year-old Virginia resident who was playing Pokemon Go in his family's...
Shots are still being fired in the Oculus/ZeniMax lawsuit
All right. The Oculus/ZeniMax lawsuit ended, ZeniMax was awarded $500 million in Oculus money by the courts, and while the plaintiffs got less than...
Aussie courts have fined Valve $2.16M US over its refund policies
Recall that back in November, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) demanded a $2.16 million US ($3 million AUD) fine from Valve following...
China is cracking down on MMORPG lockbox vendors
Violently authoritarian government regulates nasty video gaming monetization exploit, and gamers are cheering? Yep, China is cracking down on lockboxes. A notice from the creepy Ministry of...
UK watchdog group dismisses gamer complaints over No Man’s Sky advertising
Back in September, we reported that UK watchdog group Advertising Standards Authority was investigating No Man's Sky following "several" -- we now know it...
Project Genom is back on Steam after DMCA meltdown [Updated]
"We are pleased to announce that Project Genom is now once again available on Steam." That's the news from a new press release this...
Australian consumer group demands hefty fine for Valve
You're all in the wrong business: You should have become lawyers working for Valve. The company has been the target of more than one...
FIFA hackers charged with stealing millions in spoofing scheme
Don't ever let anyone tell you it's just a game and exploits aren't a big deal: A group of FIFA players are standing trial...
Pokemon Go: The Dutch suspend the case against Niantic
Remember back in September when a community in the Netherlands announced it was taking Niantic to court in The Hague because the company had...
Valve ordered to ‘stop facilitating gambling’ by regulatory body; CS:GO gambling class action dismissed
The Washington State Gambling Commission is cracking down on CS:GO skin gambling and ordering Valve to "stop facilitating gambling" and "immediately stop allowing the transfer...
A whole bunch of people filed FTC complaints over Pokemon Go
How many times are we going to have to use the word "watchdog" this week? I believe we're on the third now, and this...
UK watchdog group investigates No Man’s Sky advertising
Eurogamer reports today that UK watchdog group Advertising Standards Authority is investigating No Man's Sky following "several" complaints over the game's advertising practices.
Readers will...
Curt Schilling settles 38 Studios lawsuit with Rhode Island
Ready your "beating a dead horse" memes one last time, MMORPG readers, because baseball star and video game mess Curt Schilling has finally settled...
A British telecom is suing Valve over Steam
UK-based corporation British Telecom is apparently suing Valve in the US state of Delaware over its claim that Valve violates multiple patents held by...
ZeniMax amends Oculus lawsuit to accuse Carmack of stealing documents and tech
Back in 2014, ZeniMax Media filed a lawsuit accusing Palmer Luckey's Oculus of essentially stealing trade secrets, code, and intellectual property in the development of...
Rhode Island investigators will not criminally charge 38 Studios
Neither Curt Schilling's 38 Studios nor the state of Rhode Island will be subjected to criminal charges after years of investigation into the bankruptcy...
Man drives a car into Nexon’s headquarters
So... last week we reminded you all that you should not threaten to hurt people over a video game. You also should not actually...
Cease & desist letters issued to multiple Steam gambling sites
Last week, Valve announced that it was going to start taking action against the various Steam-based gambling sites, but no details were announced at...
