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Activision faces $680M lawsuit from Call of Duty esports pros over allegedly monopolist tourney terms

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The way in which Activision has been managing its esports tournaments for Call of Duty is now undergoing legal scrutiny, as last week saw...
Hmm. Appears I'm still alive.

Korean Court rules man isn’t a conscientious objector because he likes PUBG

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We admit that the headline for this story is pretty wild, so allow us a few moments to lay some contextual groundwork: South Korea...

Epic and Apple appeals are rejected by the Supreme Court, making the original 2021 ruling final

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The past few years' worth of gaming news have been something of a whirlwind to say the least, so let us take a moment...
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Former Activision-Blizzard exec files lawsuit that alleges the studio fired him for being old and white

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Discrimination can certainly take a wide assortment of forms, but the culture that has been fostered within Activision-Blizzard has mostly been one that threatens...
Boo, says I.

Police use a World of Warcraft account to track down and arrest a man allegedly hiding a minor

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We have our first Florida Man story of 2024 on our corner of the internet, primarily because tracking down and finding him involved using...

Korea’s FTC fines Nexon $8.9M over MapleStory’s deceptive gear upgrade probabilities

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Care for a little smile to start off this first week of 2024? Then feast your eyes on a hefty $8.9M (â‚©11.6M) fine levied...

British police open investigation into an in-game sexual assault in a virtual reality metaverse

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Virtual reality games are intensely immersive, putting their players into their worlds and surrounding them in the experience rather convincingly. Unfortunately, that immersion has...

Activision-Blizzard settles its 2021 California Civil Rights department lawsuit for $50M

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Who here wanted one final reminder before the end of the year that we live in a cursed capitalist hellscape where justice can be...

Myth of Empires resolves ARK Survival Evolved copyright lawsuit, paving the way for its return

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Who here had "Myth of Empires resolves its legal woes to the point it gets to re-release" on their 2023 bingo card? We certainly...
why does this continue

The ESRB seeks a COPPA provision to let apps scan children’s faces for age verification

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You might have heard the legal disclaimer "ask your parents' permission before going online" in some advertisements aimed at children, which is understandable because...
well then

The FTC suspends its administrative challenge of the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard merger

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It would seem as if the US Federal Trade Commission has read the suggested writing on the wall: The government body has officially withdrawn...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard file a legal request for the FTC to drop its August hearing

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Now that the US Federal Trade Commission has been handed two big losses in its challenge of the $69B merger between Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard,...

Rainbow Six player responsible for a swatting of Ubisoft sentenced to three years of community service

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Back in 2020, the developers of Ubisoft Montreal were faced with a frightening and harrowing experience when the office building they work at was...

Magic to Master dev threatens to sue Gameforge, cancels Kickstarter, and releases new trailer

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Laniatus LLC, the company that's trying to revive 2009's Magic to Master, continued to make headlines a couple of weeks ago when Gameforge hit...
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Microsoft is hit with $20M fine for collecting the personal information of children on Xbox

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Microsoft has earned the ire of the US Federal Trade Commission and has been slapped with a $20M fine by the government agency for...

Microsoft is reportedly considering pulling Activision out of the UK market over regulatory block

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The locking of horns between Microsoft and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority over Microsoft's billion-dollar acquisition of Activision-Blizzard appears to be reaching a...

Riot Games’ $100M discrimination settlement payouts officially claimed by over 1500 affected people

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This could be considered an epilogue or the final chapter of a long and sordid ordeal for affected employees of Riot Games. Back in...
why does this continue

Appellate court reaffirms Apple’s store is not monopolist but must still allow third-party purchasing options

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The three year-long legal fight between Apple and Epic finally made another step forward yesterday, but since it has been that long, allow us...

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...
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Antitrust lawsuit filed by gamers against Microsoft is tossed, but lawyers say they’ll resubmit

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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...

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