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Nexon formally files a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dark and Darker studio Ironmace

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Considering the very public back-and-forth between Nexon and Dark and Darker developer Ironmace, this development seems like a foregone conclusion, but it is now...

Gamer antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft is resubmitted with additional sales data and internal documents

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Last month, an antitrust lawsuit filed by gamers against Microsoft was temporarily kicked to the curb, as the judge hearing the case ruled that...

Dark and Darker studio claims Nexon is trying to ‘bleed [it] dry in court fees’

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Readers who were following the brewing legal drama between Korean publisher Nexon and Dark and Darker developer Ironmace might have suspected it would be...

A year after FTC complaint, Roblox will now hide ads for players 13 and under

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Last year, the watchdog group Truth in Advertising (TINA) filed a complaint with the FTC over Roblox's "deceptive advertising" reach towards younger players, claiming...
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Labor board moves forward on union’s labor law charges against Activision-Blizzard

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We admit that it's hard to keep track of all of the malfeasance that the Communications Workers of America has been calling out against...

Australian parliament proposes ratings changes to games with lootboxes and ‘simulated gambling’

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It appears that the Australian parliament is looking to make some moves against games with lockboxes, or at the very least a half-measure: The...

Canadian court rules lockboxes aren’t illegal gambling, ‘deceptive acts’ suit continues

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Back in October 2020, we reported on a class action lawsuit filed in Canada against EA that covered over 70 different titles that used...

Sony legal docs suggest hypothetical ways Microsoft could hurt Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles

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There are plenty of tinfoil-y ways that people can paint Microsoft as a mustache-twirling villain, but those can be mostly associated with Redditor ramblings...

Austrian court finds FIFA lockboxes violate the country’s gambling laws, orders Sony to issue refunds

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The question of whether the lockboxes in the recent run of FIFA soccer titles constitute gambling has been one that many nations around the...

Lawful Neutral: What MMO gamers need to know about Section 230

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You might have seen something in the news last week about a thing called Section 230 and lots of panic over the "end of...

CWA files charges against Activision-Blizzard over latest unionbusting efforts

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Activision-Blizzard's unionbusting reputation precedes it, I'm afraid, as the company has been playing a very public whackamole game with its burgeoning workers' movements over...
Oh, great.

Subreddit founder who started the 2021 Gamestonk craze sues Reddit over his ouster

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One of the many, many weird stories to come out of 2021 was the one about Gamestonk, a memelord-led stock market charge that ballooned...

EU Parliament adopts resolution to regulate games industry harms from lockboxes to manipulative design

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Call them lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, or gachapon: The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution "ensuring a safe online environment for online...

Lawful Neutral: Recapping 2022’s MMO and gaming law dramas

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Fam, it's been a year. I know we've been saying that pretty much every year since 2016, but we'll stop saying it when it...
Oops.

Microsoft claims the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit violates its fifth amendment rights

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The beginning of this month saw Microsoft's big money buyout of Activision-Blizzard hit a US federal government-level snag when the FTC filed an antitrust...
Nope.

US Senator calls out Steam’s lax moderation of neo-Nazis and hate

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The fact that Steam is extremely hands-off in regard to moderation isn't really news. Readers will recall it was referenced in a video report...
Mature, intelligent decisions.

Australian lawmaker proposes bill that would classify games with lockboxes for adults only

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There is at least one lawmaker in Australia who feels very strongly about the matter of gaming lockboxes, apparently. Andrew Wilkie, an independent member...

Raven workers accuse Activision-Blizzard of ‘continued intransigence’ during union negotiations

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Yesterday, we went in-depth on some of the ways Activision-Blizzard is attempting to obstruct the union forming within Diablo IV substudio Blizzard Albany, but...

Activision-Blizzard continues obstructing QA worker unionization with latest appeal

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A few weeks ago, the QA division of Blizzard Albany - that is, the studio formerly known as Vicarious Visions that is working on...
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Lawful Neutral: How extremism and terrorism slither into online gaming

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Back in 2014, something happened in the gaming space, something whose impact was so damaging that even almost 10 years later, I realize that...

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