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MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem

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Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings! FIFA...
Because this was the part that was personally resonant for you.

A laid-off Telltale employee is suing the company for violating state and federal labor laws

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Though we've streamed some Telltale games with interactive/multiplayer elements, we seldom cover the studio, but we figure you'll forgive us today: At the tail...
No video games out there.

Here’s what’s going on with China’s video game approval process in simple terms

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We all know that China is a big and expanding market for video games, and you probably know that this year has seen a...

Old School RuneScape boots employee for in-game cheating, police are involved

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Jagex has apparently fired a member of the Old School RuneScape mod team for "gross misuse of moderator privileges." "During our rigorous routine system checks,...
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France fines Valve and Ubisoft over consumer protection laws

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Valve's been fined in yet another consumer protection case, this time in France, and this time with Ubisoft in tow. Gamers will recall that Valve...

Fortnite player arrested for threatening to kill an 11-year-old opponent

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This week in why we can't have nice things, a grown man apparently threatened to kill a little kid who beat him in Fortnite. Yesterday,...
We never like these things.

International regulators co-sign declaration to investigate lockboxes and skin gambling

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If you thought Belgium and The Netherlands were going to keep on standing alone in the fight against lootboxes, you were very much mistaken,...

NetEase’s blockbuster battle royale game Knives Out is porting to PlayStation 4

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Knives Out, which deserves an award based on the fact that it has the best battle royale game name ever, is coming to the...
ride eternal shiny and chrome

China’s delays on video game licenses may last another 4-6 months

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It's been a bit of a rough go for games in China recently; Monster Hunter World was the first massively popular game we watched...

Belgium begins criminal investigation into EA’s noncompliance with gambling laws as lockboxes remain in FIFA

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Activision-Blizzard and Valve may have cooperated with European nations' lockbox demands, but apparently EA won't be playing ball. You'll recall that at the end of...
oh gosh

One of the Madden tourney shooting victims is suing EA

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If EA thought that setting up a victims fund for the gamers killed and wounded at the Jacksonville Madden esports tournament would shield it...

Take-Two scores in lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto franchise hack distributor

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US courts have once again aligned with game companies in a lawsuit against cheaters and purveyors of cheat programs. This time, it's Take-Two Interactive doing...

A judge has mostly denied Star Citizen studio’s motion to dismiss the Crytek copyright lawsuit

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MMO-watchers will recall that just before the turn of the new year, Crytek filed to sue Cloud Imperium, the company behind the sprawling and...
Such a compelling narrative of 'gun'

Netease calls PUBG Corp’s copyright lawsuit ‘shameless’, Riot and Tencent win non-compete lawsuit against alleged cloner

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Remember back in April, when Korea-based PUBG Corp. accused China-based Netease of ripping off PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with its battle royale titles Knives Out (which...

Lawsuit continues against Trion Worlds and ArcheAge’s 10% discount snafu

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Three years in, a player-led lawsuit against Trion Worlds concerning false advertising and lockboxes in ArcheAge continues to bounce around the California court system. The...

German courts rule against companies using ‘coming soon’ marketing for preorders

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Making its way through the German court system right now is a case that could be of considerable importance to consumer protections, and not...

Star Citizen backer took CIG to small claims court over his refund request – and lost

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The Star Citizen refunds subreddit is often the home of big words and tall tales, but Redditor firefly212 did more than just talk: He...

Warner Bros. denies wrongdoing in Bethsoft’s Fallout Shelter/Westworld copyright lawsuit

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Last week, we reported on an emerging lawsuit lodged over the new Westworld mobile game. Bethsoft is suing Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. over what it...
This is someone else's problem.

France’s gambling authority condemns but does not ban lockboxes

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The international community is becoming aware of the problems of lootboxes, and that means that laws are being formed in response to the business...

PUBG Corp drops plagiarism lawsuit against Epic Games as Fortnite’s Playground goes live

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It looks like the big legal feud between PUBG and Fortnite is already drawing to a close, as Bloomberg reports PUBG Corp. has withdrawn...

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