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Activision-Blizzard labor organizers score win for contractors as the Actiblizz lawsuits continue
Last week, following the brutal Activision-Blizzard investor call that saw the delay of multiple Blizzard titles and a stock plummet, the A Better ABK...
Activision-Blizzard partly meets some worker demands, dramatically cuts Bobby Kotick’s compensation
At 5:15 a.m. EDT this morning, Activision-Blizzard's PR team dropped a lengthy letter from CEO Bobby Kotick, addressing everything from the ongoing pandemic to...
Lawful Neutral: Managing toxicity in the MMO industry
When I'm playing games, I make a lot of use of the reporting function. If I see a moonkin zerg farming a spot in...
Activision-Blizzard requests venue change and pause in DFEH lawsuit, says it’s fired 20 people for misconduct
In the course of our coverage of the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal and the ensuing legal battle, we've noted that multiple state...
Malaysia’s mufti calls out lockboxes as gambling, states buying them is not permissible in Islamic religion
To appreciate this story, one has to first understand the concept behind a mufti and performing something that's against the religion of Islam. A...
Union organizers call Activision-Blizzard’s $18M EEOC settlement a ‘slap in the face’
Monday night, we reported on a planned settlement between Activision-Blizzard and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC was one of four state...
Regulators in China and the UK turn their eyes toward streaming, gaming currency
China isn't content to bulldoze its own local gaming industry by freezing game approvals, blocking kids from gaming outside of tiny windows, and freaking...
Activision-Blizzard says it’s settling with the EEOC, committing $18M to victims and charities
Last week, we covered the revelation that multiple federal agencies, including the US Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, were...
Activision-Blizzard is now being investigated by four state and federal regulators as its top legal VP departs
Yesterday, we covered the news that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is now investigating Activision-Blizzard in the wake of its ongoing sexual harassment...
The Epic v. Apple ruling permanently stops Apple from blockading third-party purchasing
Happy Friday, and happy one more entry in the longrunning Epic-Apple feud, as today, the judge in the Epic v. Apple lawsuit, Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers,...
China’s new kid gaming time regulations are already causing industry trainwrecks
At the end of August, we noted that China was following through on its plan to set extreme limits on minors' gaming time -...
China now limits minors’ gaming time to three hours a week, indicates anti-monopoly policies are forthcoming
The Chinese government is introducing a significant crackdown on gaming for minors as state media has reported that children will only be allowed to...
South Korea plans to abandon its 10-year-old ‘Cinderella law’ gaming curfew for kids
If you can stretch your brain back a decade, you might remember a flurry of articles in the western press about a gaming curfew...
Former developers of 38 Studios are receiving a portion of their final paychecks after a nine year wait
The long, sad story of Curt Schilling's defunct 38 Studios has written its final chapter, and much like the entire history of the game...
Former RuneScape composer sentenced to 22 months in prison for sexual assault
Ian Taylor, the former composer for both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, has admitted to the sexual assault of a young girl and has...
Congress asks publishers to self-regulate lootboxes via a UK regulation that has nothing to do with lootboxes
There are some Democrats in the US Congress that are hoping to do something about lootboxes in the country. That's good. They even went...
Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal day 17: More esports sponsors consider abandoning Overwatch League
In the course of our reporting on the ongoing Blizzard sexual harassment and sexual discrimination scandal that's now prompted multiple lawsuits, we noted that...
Activision-Blizzard Day 14: Brack and Meschuk exits, fraud lawsuit, proto-union, and Q2 financials
It's been a helluva Tuesday in the swamps of the Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal: The day opened with the departure of J. Allen Brack from...
Tencent reacts to Chinese state media calling online games ‘spiritual opium’ by adding new restrictions
Young online game fans in China are going to be facing some new restrictions from Tencent-operated games. That's in response to an article from...
The Chronicles of Elyria class-action lawsuit has been split up between two states now
If you can peel your eyballs away from the gaming lawsuit dominating the headlines this week, there's another one you might want to pay...
