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MMO Business Roundup: Blizzard Albany’s union, BioWare Pride, Sony’s antitrust lawsuit, and the P2E ‘hustle’
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Activision-Blizzard: Another group of QA testers within Activision-Blizzard have announced they're...
Bungie accuses Destiny 2 player of cheating and harassment in latest lawsuit
The development studio of Destiny 2 is once again in the news thanks to yet another lawsuit being filed against one of its players....
MMO Business Roundup: Preservation, charity, modding, memes, and Microsoft’s merger
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business.
Microsoft ABK: It's not just the US digging into Microsoft's...
Officer involved in 2017 Call of Duty swatting death is denied qualified immunity appeal
Way back in 2017, the gaming industry was shocked by the news that a gaming-related swatting incident had actually resulted in the death of...
Bungie talks up the return of Freelance Trials of Osiris to Destiny 2 as it sues a DMCA troll for $7.6M
For those who want to take on the Trials of Osiris PvP mode in Destiny 2 but don't really feel like forming a group,...
Destiny 2 tentatively scores $13.5M in settlement with makers of cheat software
Bungie has seen yet another court case it leveraged against the makers of some cheat software for Destiny 2 wrap up. The studio brought...
Wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of an Activision-Blizzard employee is dropped
One of the many legal clouds that hang over the head of Activision-Blizzard has cleared: The family of Kerri Moynihan, which alleged in a...
Another group of Activision-Blizzard workers has issued demands for corporate change
In just two months, we'll be coming up on the first anniversary of the Activision-Blizzard scandal, and if you're wondering which one, well, that's...
Hearthstone class action lawsuit targets ‘deceitful’ marketing practices
Behind the jaunty art designs and goofy voice quips of Hearthstone lies another headache-in-the-making for Blizzard Entertainment. Polygon reports that the studio is getting...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s gaming crackdown, NetEase Connect, Wild Rift plagiarism, and Valve’s anti-trust lawsuit
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news.
China: The Chinese government is continuing to widen its long-running crackdown on...
Gravity is apparently cracking down on Ragnarok’s rogue server community
The Ragnarok Online rogue server community is in uproar this week as Ragnarok's Korean developer and publisher, Gravity Co., has filed at least one...
New York City just lodged a new lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard
A new lawsuit filed in Delaware by multiple New York City retirement and pension funds alleges in court something that's seemed like an open...
CWA says Activision-Blizzard management threatened workers for discussing labor rights
If a complaint filed to the National Labor Relations Board has any merit, the management of Activision-Blizzard has been working behind the scenes as...
ABK shareholders approve Microsoft buyout, World of Warcraft gets new executive producer
We've got some hefty Activision Blizzard news for you today, so buckle up and let's go for a ride.
Shareholders approve Microsoft buyout: On our...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2022: Revenues plummet, Blizzard loses another 2M players
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials.
As of this morning, we have Q1's results, comprising January, February, and March 2022, a...
DFEH attorney accuses California governor of interfering in the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit
The Activision-Blizzard scandal just keeps on scandaling - and drawing more people and agencies into its ugly orbit. Bloomberg has a piece up today...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s freeze, ABK’s new diversity officer, and Sony and Epic’s metaverse
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
China has ended its latest gaming-approval freeze after nine months of regulators locking out...
Myth of Empires opens a server with no building decay and lands on the Humble Bundle store
Angela Game appears to be hard set on operating the survival sandbox Myth of Empires as if there's no ongoing legal issues happening whatsoever,...
Don’t worry, Apple, Roblox likes you instead of Epic in the appeals process
So back when Epic appealed against the ruling in the Epic vs. Apple case - you know, the case that you thought was over...
Activision-Blizzard’s $18M settlement with the EEOC is officially finalized
Yesterday saw the long fight among the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and Activision-Blizzard over an $18M...
