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Months after survival game Palworld has been languishing in Early Access form, the Big N and Pokemon Company will be filing a lawsuit against the game's maker PocketPair. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against the Japanese company on 18 September. Both juggernaut companies are se...
In a significant legal move, Valve Corporation, the operator of the popular digital distribution platform Steam, is facing a collective action lawsuit in the UK. The lawsuit, filed on 5 June at the Competition Appeal Tribunal by digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt, claims that Valve has been exploiting its dominant market position to the detri...
Bandai Namco Holdings will be suing a former employee for allegedly embezzling 600 million yen/US$4.65 million in damages (via Gamebiz.jp). Why? Because the employee sold internal company smartphones (for test/dev kits & playtesting upcoming mobile games) for personal profit and without permission. According to its Bandai Namco Entertainment...
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission planned to file a lawsuit to stop Microsoft's US$69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which it argues would enable the company to "suppress competitors" to its Xbox consoles and its subscription content and cloud gaming business. The deal could reduce PlayStation's ability to compete since ...
When a whole city is sueing you, a video game company, things are not heading your way in the slightest. Such is the case of Activision Blizzard, which is facing a lawsuit filed by New York City. More specifically, the lawsuit is courtesy of the New York City Employees' Retirement System and pension funds representing the city's fire department,...
The hits just keep on coming for Activision Blizzard. And it's not the good kind. Following the massive workplace harassment investigation and controversy that spanned for a year or so, Activision Blizzard is facing hot water yet again. This time, it's being sued by the family of an employee who died by suicide. According to the Washington Po...
This month is turning into a legal battlefield between corporations as Epic sues Google and Apple. Both Google and Apple are also countersuing as a result. According to a ZDNet report, Google has claimed that it is owed money for purchases made on versions of Fortnite downloaded from the Google Play Store. Epic has evaded a contractual servic...
Update [4th March 2021]: Nacon has made a public response. The story is updated with the latest. Adventure game The Sinking City is getting quite a bit of buzz as of late, but for different and legal reasons. Previously, there was a contractual dispute that happened between the game's developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon, which resulted in...
For every few steps forward Sony takes with its PlayStation brand, it does take a couple more back. Sony is being given a class action lawsuit by Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP for an alleged PS5 DualSense controller drifting problem (via IGN). See, there has been online forum reports about the DualSense controller's analog ...
After almost decades of making games that feel like interactive movies, Quantic Dream finally found success in the release of Detroit: Become Human last year. The studio has resurfaced in the news but not exactly for the right reasons. A recent tweet from the official Quantic Dream Twitter page reveals that the company has been ordered by the La...
The name Gary Gygax will always be remembered by nerds all around the world. Widely considered the "Father of role-playing games" for co-creating Dungeons & Dragons, Gygax passed away in 2008 and ever since then, his widow Gail Gygax has been working hard to preserve his legacy. [caption id="attachment_42441" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] ...
I'm not a big Fornite fan but it has to be admitted that the black hole event that ushered in Fortnite - Chapter 2 was definitely one of the craziest stunts in gaming history. Returning with a new map and bunch of other new features, the new chapter is definitely a breath of fresh air for longtime fans. As per usual of any anticipated reveals in g...
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