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Star Citizen threatened with class-action lawsuit
Internet Warlord Derek Smart is at it again: This morning, the dev behind Alganon and Line of Defense ramped up his crusade against Star Citizen and Chris Roberts with...
Zenimax’s Oculus lawsuit will proceed to trial
Fans of the Oculus Rift might be disappointed to learn that judge Jorge Solis has rejected the motion to dismiss a lawsuit leveled against Oculus...
Rhode Island strikes a $12.5 million deal with four 38 Studios defendants
Instead of producing an MMO, 38 Studios produced an ongoing legal battle of finger-pointing and agony over the state of Rhode Island's $75 million...
Derek Smart calls for FTC investigation of Star Citizen’s finances, presents Chris Roberts with list of demands
Game developer Derek Smart continues to be terribly concerned over the future fate of Star Citizen. After an epic-sized rant last week, Smart posted...
MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s defiance (July 12, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
Following...
Blizzard, Snail Games are part of a Russian nesting doll-type lawsuit
Blizzard. Lawsuit. The World of Warcraft studio seems to be constantly dealing with some legal action or another. But now it may have gotten...
Oculus VR hit with a lawsuit
The actual consumer version of the Oculus Rift isn't coming out until next year for those eagerly anticipating a VR headset release that will...
Elder Scrolls Online begins cracking down on ‘fradulent’ game keys
It could be one of the most heart-dropping emails an MMO player could get: a notice that the game key he or she purchased...
Diablo III item thieves make ‘$0,’ get prosecuted anyhow
A couple of Diablo III miscreants felt the long arm of the law in 2014, according to a Fusion article that calls the proceeding a...
Blizzard ordered to pay costs in stymied lawsuit against gold seller
It's not always a foregone conclusion that Blizzard will emerge triumphant from its many court cases. Recently, it chalked one up in the "loss"...
Final 38 Studios auction brings in $90,000 for Rhode Island
If there was ever any hope of recovering most of the massive $75 million debt left by the collapse of 38 Studios, it's gone now. A last...
Blizzard sues Chinese mobile games studio for Warcraft infringement
Chinese mobile game studio Lilith Games is the target of a new lawsuit by Blizzard Entertainment for allegedly infringing on copyrighted material from the...
Embezzlement scandal hits NCsoft
Three NCsoft employees have been caught embezzling funds from one of the company's newer titles, a multiplayer mech shooter named Project HON.
The theft, which...
Indie Harry Potter MMO slapped with cease and desist
Let this be an important lesson to any would-be game designers: If you try to make a game based on a very well-known IP...
The EFF wants to exempt some emulated game servers from copyright laws
How many times have you dusted off an old game you used to love to play online, only to find that the official servers...
Nexon pressures NCsoft as largest shareholder
While Nexon and NCsoft may be competing developers in the MMO space, business has made strange and hostile bedfellows of both.
After purchasing enough shares...
