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Monster Energy drink is hassling indie game Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals over its name and logo
Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals hasn't ever crossed our desk before, not being anything resembling an MMORPG, but it's multiplayer with PvP and co-op...
US Department of Justice and Activision-Blizzard reach a settlement over an esports salary lawsuit
It would apparently not be enough for Activision-Blizzard to treat its employees poorly; it also has been found to treat those who compete in...
PvPvE dungeon crawler Dark and Darker was booted off Steam over stolen code allegations
Back in February during the Steam Next Fest demo event, we cast a light on Dark and Darker, a first-person PvPvE dungeon crawler from...
FTC finalizes fine for Fortnite’s dark patterns as Epic talks up NFT ‘games’ on EGS
Usually when people says things are going "pretty well," your first sympathetic instinct is to ask about what might be troubling them; those words...
Antitrust lawsuit filed by gamers against Microsoft is tossed, but lawyers say they’ll resubmit
During the latter half of December, we reported on an antitrust lawsuit filed by gamers against Microsoft. The suit argued that Microsoft's buyout of...
Canadian court rules lockboxes aren’t illegal gambling, ‘deceptive acts’ suit continues
Back in October 2020, we reported on a class action lawsuit filed in Canada against EA that covered over 70 different titles that used...
Austrian court finds FIFA lockboxes violate the country’s gambling laws, orders Sony to issue refunds
The question of whether the lockboxes in the recent run of FIFA soccer titles constitute gambling has been one that many nations around the...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft is just coasting down the mountain
In November 1994, Marvel Comics launched a new comic book spin-off from the main X-Men series. Generation X, written by Scott Lobdell, was in...
Chronicles of Elyria boss justifies website rebuilding, communication, and re-opening the Discord
Last month, Soulbound Studios' Jeromy Walsh wrote another long-form address discussing the merging of design documents for Kingdoms of Elyria and its erstwhile (i.e.,...
Singapore detains teen for playing on Roblox terrorist worlds
You know how they say that "all publicity is good publicity?" Maybe that's not quite true in the case of Roblox and... well, everything...
Destiny 2’s Bungie is awarded $4.3M in arbitration against aimbot maker
It's a very good day for Bungie and a not-so-great day for AimJunkies, the maker of a popular Destiny 2 cheat software. Games Industry...
Subreddit founder who started the 2021 Gamestonk craze sues Reddit over his ouster
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...
Chronicles of Elyria apologizes for ‘toxic’ Discord, aims to test Kingdoms of Elyria again soon
In Chronicles of Elyria's second public missive for 2023, Soulbound Studios' Jeromy Walsh took his unjustifiably patient fans through the process of bringing both...
Survival MMO The Day Before struggles to secure trademark as YouTube bans its videos
Boy, we hope that you're not holding your breath for The Day Before because what was once Steam's most-anticipated title is a hot mess of...
Sony argues Microsoft’s doc request in FTC lawsuit is tantamount to harassment
The legal claws are coming out between Microsoft and Sony, apparently. Legal filings placed by both companies that involve Sony trying to fight Microsoft's...
Workers call out Activision-Blizzard management as it reaches $35M settlement with SEC
A Better ABK, the proto-union workers group that supports the developers at Activision-Blizzard, has once more thrown a spotlight on management malfeasance, sharing its...
Gamer lawsuit over Activision-Blizzard buyout proceeds as Microsoft puts billions into OpenAI
Last month we reported on a lawsuit filed by self-described gamers who were trying to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard; the filing used several...
WoW Factor: Brian Birmingham’s ousting and the ever-deepening rot at Blizzard
Talking about this company is always so exhausting, but let's do a quick recap: Brian Birmingham was, up until recently, one of the top...
Survival MMO The Day Before is abruptly delayed to November over an apparent trademark dispute
Just a few days ago, we refreshed your memory on The Day Before, a survival MMO that was supposed to be releasing raw gameplay...
Roblox CEO celebrates 2022’s 56M daily global users and investments in AI-powered ‘safety and civility’
Roblox is choosing to look back at last year with a very selective lens. Founder and CEO David Baszucki penned a letter that proudly...
