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RuneScape DDoS hacker gets two years in U.K. prison
Ever hear that expression, "His name is mud?" It applies on every level to the incarceration of one Adam Mudd this week, who received...
MMOARG dev sues Milwaukee county over Pokemon Go-inspired park ordinance
Remember back in February when Milwaukee County in Wisconsin tried to handle the whole "Pokemon Go players are destroying parks and costing municipalities cash...
U.S. district court hears Pokemon Go trespassing lawsuit
Last summer when Pokemon Go took off, so did the lawsuits from property owners who claimed Niantic was effectively encouraging players to illegally trespass...
Blizzard awarded $8.5M in Bossland WoW and Overwatch bot lawsuit
German bot company Bossland has lost another battle in its war with Blizzard, though that's to be expected since it didn't even show up...
Battlenet’s slow retirement, Overwatch toxicity, and Blizzard’s legal history with ‘modding’
Last night's update saw the end of the Battle.net branding on the Blizzard launcher. You probably shed your tears back in September, when the...
Blizzard seeks $8.5M from cheat software company Bossland
It's all fun and games... until you start selling software to help players cheat, then it's all lawsuits and court dates.
Blizzard is asking the...
John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for breach of contract as the Oculus drama lingers on
One round of the Oculus lawsuit may be over, but the saga isn't going away.
Oculus CTO John Carmack is now suing ZeniMax Media for...
Nexon is heavily affected by China’s new game import laws
Getting non-Chinese games into the Chinese market is a lengthy and challenging ordeal as it is, but the latest set of Chinese restrictions for...
Riot Games wins $10M in a lawsuit against League of Legend cheating software
At least today, cheating does not prosper, particularly for those who attempted to circumvent the rules in League of Legends.
A court awarded $10 million...
Shooter denied bond in Virginia Pokemon Go murder case
Back in January, we reported on the tragic case of Jiansheng Chen, a 60-year-old Virginia resident who was playing Pokemon Go in his family's...
ZeniMax attempts to block Facebook’s use of Oculus Rift code
Not content with a partially (and lucrative) legal victory over Facebook and Oculus Rift, ZeniMax is now looking to block the use of specific...
League of Legends data feature in New York state lawsuit against Time Warner
Remember back in the day when you'd complain about your lag and connectivity issues in an online game, only to have the studio tell...
Valve is working on three VR titles, feeling effects of travel ban
Valve's Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson have confirmed that the company is working on a trio of VR-centric games, not cheapie experiments but full-scale...
Pokémon Go needs park permits in Milwaukee County to use park locations
The Milwaukee County Parks Department had a bit of a problem with Pokémon Go last year. It turns out that when you place various...
FIFA YouTubers plead guilty to charges under UK gambling act
Back in September, we reported on the UK's case against Craig "NepentheZ" Douglas and Dylan Rigby, the YouTubers charged under the Gambling Act with...
Shots are still being fired in the Oculus/ZeniMax lawsuit
All right. The Oculus/ZeniMax lawsuit ended, ZeniMax was awarded $500 million in Oculus money by the courts, and while the plaintiffs got less than...
ZeniMax partially wins Oculus Rift lawsuit, awarded $500M
It may not be the $4 billion that ZeniMax was hoping for, but the studio still made out well today as a jury awarded it...
ZeniMax vs. Facebook trial wraps up as damages sought balloon to $4B
The high-profile legal battle between ZeniMax and Facebook over alleged intellectual theft involving the Oculus Rift VR headset has entered a new stage, as...
Palmer Luckey took the stand in the ZeniMax/Oculus lawsuit
The lawsuit between Oculus and ZeniMax Studios is a complex one, but you knew that the person behind the genesis of Oculus and the...
Blizzard defeats Bossland bot-maker in German supreme court ruling
Score one for Blizzard: The gaming giant managed a win in its long struggle against German bot-maker and plague-on-honest-gaming Bossland GmbH.
The German Federal Court...
