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MMO Business Roundup: Arcane in Fortnite, Ubisoft and accessibility, and the Roblox dance lawsuit
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news of the week!
Ubisoft and accessibility - Proving a stopped clock is...
After going dark for months, Camelot Unchained will preview its progress in an April stream
MMO players have been worried and frustrated over the state of Camelot Unchained for ages now, but we're finally getting some movement.
Readers will surely...
Ubisoft’s legal response to The Crew class action argues players don’t own the games they buy
Readers may remember that a pair of gamers have been pursuing Ubisoft to court via a class action lawsuit over The Crew's sunset and...
Roblox reselling site argues the corporate lawsuit trying to shut it down is anti-competitive
Back in February we reported on a lawsuit filed by Roblox that sought to shut down PlayerAuctions, a third-party site that lets players trade...
Pokemon Go players report cash and coin windfalls following class-action lawsuit settlement
If you're a Pokemon Go player and haven't looked at your account in a while, you might want to do so, as you might...
Chronicles of Elyria dev addresses fumbled deadlines, the missing website, and press coverage
Updates on Chronicles of Elyria, the Kickstarted MMORPG that was canceled and then brought back even as backers attempted to sue for relief, have...
Jeff Strain lawsuit accuses NetEase of spreading ‘defamatory rumors’ that led to his studios’ closure
Throughout last year we watched the slow implosion of Prytania Media, a company owned by former ArenaNet founder Jeff Strain, and its various sub-studios...
Take-Two Interactive files lawsuit against GTA Online site that sells infringing digital items and services
Nobody likes a cheater, especially in the madcap digital playground that is offered by Grand Theft Auto Online, but Take-Two Interactive is attacking what...
Fortnite faces a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged use of FOMO-inducing item shop timers
Fortnite has been found to utilize dark patterns to get money out of its players previously, so the allegations that its developer Epic Games...
Dark and Darker was yeeted from the Epic Games Store following Nexon lawsuit
Last month, we covered what appeared to be the messy middle of the ongoing legal saga between Nexon and Ironmace over the Dark and...
Epic successfully sued a Fortnite cheater – and forced him to post a public apology video
Ten years ago, then-Daybreak-president John Smedley created some fun MMO drama when he went on Twitter and ranted his heart out over the nearly...
Palworld celebrates over 32M players as Nintendo continues to push for patents against the game
The full year of early access life for Palworld has hit yet another big milestone, as developer Pocketpair recently announced that the critter-capturing survival...
Korean court finds Dark and Darker studio infringed Nexon’s trade secrets
Over the last couple of years, we've been covering the seemingly endless lawsuit drama between Nexon and Ironmace over Dark and Darker. Nexon accused...
Roblox stock dips after the company misses earnings projections for the fiscal year
Apparently a game company missing earnings forecasts by what looks like a rounding error is enough to cause its stock to drop now. That's...
Following painful layoffs, Camelot Unchained is apparently still planning to resurface in Q1 2025
Earlier this month, we expressed serious concern over the fate of Camelot Unchained when it became clear that studio Unchained Entertainment had laid off...
Lawful Neutral: All the big MMO-related law stories from 2024, from Palworld to Blizzard
2024 was another quiet year on the gaming legal front. I think various AI dramas and associated legislative hand-wringing sucked all the air out...
Chronicles of Elyria dev claims development is ‘progressing steadily,’ but no, you can’t see it
When last we heard from Chronicles of Elyria, Soulbound Studio's Jeromy Walsh explained that the company was once again struggling financially and that he...
Ubisoft shareholders are apparently still in buyout negotiations – under Guillermot family control
Rumors of an Ubisoft buyout have popped up multiple times in recent memory - in fact, the last one was back in October, when Bloomberg...
Ubisoft is shuttering XDefiant already, along with multiple studios – around 277 workers affected
Dreadful news for XDefiant fans and Ubisoft workers tonight: The game is closing down permanently, and several hundred Ubisoft employees are being laid off.
Ubisoft...
The MOP Up: New World’s deadly laser turkey
"What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI...
