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FTC settles CS:GO Lotto influencer corruption complaint
It's not enough for the CS:GO community to bleed players to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds; nope, this week it's taking another blow in the form of...
Korea’s FTC to investigate Blizzard’s StarCraft: Remastered hourly fees
The Korean StarCraft community is up in arms this week over Blizzard's rerelease of the game -- more specifically, its plan to effectively double-dip...
League of Legends skin based on soccer player Edgar Davids is going to cost Riot money
See the charming dark-skinned gent in the header image? That's the Striker Lucian skin in League of Legends. It also strongly resembles the kit,...
Crunch mode caused a young Netmarble game developer’s death, Korean government says
South Korean MMO studio Netmarble is being criticized this week for contributing to the death of an overworked game developer in 2016.
The Korea Times...
Pokemon Go is being sued over the disastrous Chicago live event
If you live in the midwest and are out only a ticket and a tank of gas for your trip to the botched Pokemon...
Pokemon Go: Milwaukee County lawsuit injunction and preparing for legendaries
Back in February, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, tried to prevent Pokemon Go player-inflicted park damage by requiring ARG developers, including Niantic, to acquire permits before implementing games within the park....
Riot Games files a lawsuit against the developer of an alleged League of Legends clone
Once upon a time, a studio named Riot Games made a game called League of Legends, which was essentially a Warcraft III map given...
With the Lord of the Rings lawsuit settled, LOTRO moves on with sunflowers and Weatherstock IX
It looks like things are cooling down on the legal front following a protracted court lawsuit between Warner Bros. and the Tolkien Estate concerning...
Survival sandbox Rust has refunded $4.38M to players so far
Have you ever wondered how many copies of any particular game players return for refunds on Steam? In the case of the popular survival...
ZeniMax seeks another half billion bucks in Oculus injunction hearing
The Oculus/ZeniMax Media lawsuit still isn't over, all these years after the start: ZeniMax is this week arguing before a Texas district court that...
The MOP Up: EVE Valkyrie lowers its price point (June 11, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
CD Projekt Red claims Cyberpunk 2077 design docs are being held hostage by thieves
CD Projekt Red, the maker of the acclaimed Witcher RPG series, claimed that cyber thieves have made off with "internal files" and "early designs"...
World of Tanks apologizes for threatening to censor YouTuber
World of Tanks developer Wargaming has apologized for essentially threatening to abuse YouTube's copyright law to retaliate against an unpaid promotional partner who published a video...
The jury is out on whether or not DOTA 2 actually belongs to Valve
It's not very interesting to see a big company take knockoff companies to court to argue that the knockoff companies are violating intellectual property....
World of Tanks demonstrates how to chill games criticism on YouTube in three easy steps
The World of Tanks community is in uproar this week over the removal of a prominent YouTuber from the game's developer-backed promotional program and...
Second Life bunnies doomed to death
If Second Life had a mascot, other than a pile of soiled sex toys, it might just be Ozimals. These are adorable little bunnies that...
RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy name change was provoked by a trademark lawsuit
If you were a little bit puzzled by Trion's announcement this week that it was changing the name of RIFT's latest expansion from Starfall Prophecy...
Russian Pokemon Go player sentenced over blasphemy law
The 22-year-old Russian vlogger convicted of playing Pokemon Go inside a church has been hit with a 3.5-year suspended sentence.
Ruslan Sokolovsky was found "guilty of inciting...
Pokemon Go player faces up to 3.5 years in Russian penal colony over blasphemy law
A 22-year-old Russian vlogger is facing prison time for playing Pokemon Go inside a church.
Last summer, Ruslan Sokolovsky recorded himself playing Pokemon Go on...
Former Funcom execs convicted, sentenced in insider trading case
The insider trading case that's embroiled the former leadership of MMORPG studio Funcom has finally come to a close today with convictions and sentences...
