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UK government body issues order that blocks Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard from ‘acquiring an interest’ in each other

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Despite the multi-billion dollar deal between Activision-Blizzard and Microsoft slowly making forward movement in multiple smaller markets and potentially one very large market, the...

Microsoft president and US intel say Russian operatives are targeting gaming for espionage

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Earlier this week, we covered the bizarre but sadly believable news that the military secrets leak every major newspaper is currently focused on may...

Japan drops Microsoft/Activision-Blizzard antitrust probe as lawmakers scrutinize Japanese gaming market

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Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick released a memo to his staff (and everyone else in the entire world) on the ABK Substack (which exists) last...

UK regulator finds Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout won’t harm competition or Call of Duty on PlayStation

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The see-saw ride of findings and statements from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority continues, as the governing body has now put forth an...
Massively Minecraft

Minecraft console dev studio argues buyout of Activision-Blizzard is ‘a natural evolution of the industry’

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Responses to findings by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard are continuing to be revealed, following the paranoid scenarios...

Austrian court finds FIFA lockboxes violate the country’s gambling laws, orders Sony to issue refunds

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The question of whether the lockboxes in the recent run of FIFA soccer titles constitute gambling has been one that many nations around the...

EU Parliament adopts resolution to regulate games industry harms from lockboxes to manipulative design

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Call them lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, or gachapon: The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution "ensuring a safe online environment for online...

Microsoft buyout faces pushback from the UK as Google and Nvidia express concerns about the deal to the FTC

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The billion-dollar buyout of Activision-Blizzard from Microsoft was likely never going to be a smooth transaction, but we suspect all parties involved weren't expecting...
Nope.

US Senator calls out Steam’s lax moderation of neo-Nazis and hate

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The fact that Steam is extremely hands-off in regard to moderation isn't really news. Readers will recall it was referenced in a video report...
why does this continue

FTC orders Epic Games to pay $520M for privacy violations and deceptive ‘dark patterns’ in Fortnite

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Epic Games has just received a walloping from the US Federal Trade Commission in the form of two massive payout settlements for violating the...

Members of US Congress send letters to game companies about combating extremism in online gaming

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According to a December report from the Anti-Defamation League, extremism in online gaming is on the rise for the fourth year in a row....
Mature, intelligent decisions.

Australian lawmaker proposes bill that would classify games with lockboxes for adults only

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There is at least one lawmaker in Australia who feels very strongly about the matter of gaming lockboxes, apparently. Andrew Wilkie, an independent member...

UK regulatory body puts out a call for public evidence and opinions on the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout

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The ongoing scrutiny of Microsoft's enormous purchase of Activision-Blizzard by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has entered its next phase. The CMA has...

Epic Games joins hands with beauty brand and activists to expand representation in video games

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There's a new initiative being spearheaded by the beauty and skin care brand Dove called Real Virtual Beauty, which seeks to launch "a series...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

Singapore creates a government body to regulate lootboxes, citing a blurred line between gambling and gaming

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The government of Singapore is becoming another country that's less friendly to the monetization practice of lootboxes thanks to the formation of a new...
This was all funny until it happened to us!

Indonesian government blocks access to Steam and EGS for failure to meet a database registration deadline

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The government of Indonesia is drawing attention and ire after it implemented new regulation for internet services and digital games storefronts that have resulted...
Curse you.

UK government will ‘consider legislation’ unless game companies add parental controls to lootboxes

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The UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has seen enough evidence related to the harm that lootboxes have on children and...

Destiny 2 celebrates summer as Bungie addresses healthcare, racial justice, and its acquisition by Sony

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We're deep into the summertime here in the northern hemisphere, and Destiny 2 is preparing to mark the season by bringing back its Solstice...

GDC joins the chorus of game studios and publishers supporting access to reproductive healthcare

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Whether it's major studios speaking up or indie devs creating a charity bundle, the subject of supporting reproductive healthcare rights and bodily autonomy in...

These are the online gaming companies supporting reproductive choice and healthcare for workers

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When news of the impending overturn of Roe v. Wade in the United first leaked in early May, so few games companies spoke up...

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