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ARK modders fight over Pokémon projects
Gotta catch 'em all... unless we're talking about Pokémon mods for ARK: Survival Evolved, in which case there might only be one in the...
MMO lockboxes, keys, and booster packs: Gambling or gaming?
Lockboxes have become a hot topic over the last couple of years. Last month, both our writers and readers crowned SWTOR worst business model of...
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will testify in ZeniMax VR trial today
The stakes are high -- $2 billion dollars high -- for the outcome of the ongoing ZeniMax vs. Facebook trial, in which the former...
The $2B ZeniMax Oculus Rift trial begins
Virtual reality headsets may be but babies on the gaming scene, but already one of them has landed in hot legal water. This week,...
Frontier sues Atari over Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 profits
We may associate Frontier with Elite Dangerous these days, but there was a time in the early 2000s when the studio was widely greatly...
Video game voice actor strike continues, union claims it could aid developers
You might not realize this, but the voice actor strike that started last October is still ongoing in 2017. Video game voice actors have been...
Aussie courts have fined Valve $2.16M US over its refund policies
Recall that back in November, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) demanded a $2.16 million US ($3 million AUD) fine from Valve following...
China bans streaming games not approved by the Ministry of Culture
China's Ministry of Culture is the government agency that covers (among other things) what imagery can and cannot be shown in a video game....
Player drops $1M of stolen money on a free-to-play game
If you could spend someone else's money on a free-to-play game without shame, how much would you blow on microtransactions and other in-game advantages?
For...
China is cracking down on MMORPG lockbox vendors
Violently authoritarian government regulates nasty video gaming monetization exploit, and gamers are cheering? Yep, China is cracking down on lockboxes. A notice from the creepy Ministry of...
UK watchdog group dismisses gamer complaints over No Man’s Sky advertising
Back in September, we reported that UK watchdog group Advertising Standards Authority was investigating No Man's Sky following "several" -- we now know it...
Project Genom is back on Steam after DMCA meltdown [Updated]
"We are pleased to announce that Project Genom is now once again available on Steam." That's the news from a new press release this...
Project Genom assures fans it will be back on Steam soon
If you've been following the news swirling around Project Genom, you know that the game got removed from Steam recently over a storm of...
Australian consumer group demands hefty fine for Valve
You're all in the wrong business: You should have become lawyers working for Valve. The company has been the target of more than one...
FIFA hackers charged with stealing millions in spoofing scheme
Don't ever let anyone tell you it's just a game and exploits aren't a big deal: A group of FIFA players are standing trial...
The trial for former Funcom execs charged with insider trading has begun
Back in February, the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime charged former Funcom CEO Trone Arne Aas and...
NCsoft sues Lineage II partner over copyright infringement
Well this will make for awkward encounters in the corporate hallways.
Apparently NCsoft is levying a lawsuit against its own business partner, Netmarble, for infringing...
Valve denies facilitating gambling to state gambling commission
Earlier this month, the Washington State Gambling Commission ordered Valve to "stop facilitating gambling" and "immediately stop allowing the transfer of virtual weapons known...
EVE Evolved: Controversy over gambling bans and charities
It's been a crazy, drama-filled week in EVE Online, starting with a controversial change to the EULA that will ban all gambling sites using in-game currency or assets...
Pokemon Go: The Dutch suspend the case against Niantic
Remember back in September when a community in the Netherlands announced it was taking Niantic to court in The Hague because the company had...
