The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has reported that the legal firm Calex Légal has applied for authorisation to enact a class action lawsuit against Epic Games. The basis for the suit is pretty inflammatory too, as it alleges that Epic intentionally preyed upon human psychology and the naivety of their users when designing their flagship shooter. The
Bobby Prince, the well-known designer on a variety of games, has filed suit against Valve, Gearbox and several other high-profile names in the games industry over alleged copyright infringement. Prince has worked in the games industry for a long time, racking up quite the resume of titles that he has contributed to. The stable of
Nintendo is well-known for a litigious legacy, and that’s just been reinforced by another ruling in the gaming giant’s favor this week. The company is infamous among many gamers for going after piracy in all its forms. Nintendo has already gone after piracy sites and ROM sharing communities in the last few months. The more
Pokémon Go may be insanely popular, but it hasn’t been without its own share of problems and controversies. Then there was the incredible festival of cringe that was the Pokémon Go Fest in Chicago. The event was plagued by huge problems and in 2017 it rather spoiled a bunch of public perception of the game
Once again, Blizzard has become involved in a length court process dealing with a company compromising their IP rights and making money by exploiting their work. Although this time it isn’t cheaters they’re going after, this time the gaming giant is pursuing a Chinese company which allegedly copied many of the RTS titles Blizz is
Riot Games, the team behind the massive MOBA League of Legends, has a new development, and it’s not a new game. The controversy over this “cultural” malfeasance began following an investigative report by Kotaku in August 2018. The report alleged an extremely toxic culture and work atmosphere choked by sexism, harassment and retaliation against those who
Fortnite is an incredibly popular game, and as the game only continues to grow in reach and value, the incentive for black-market activities within the game grows as well. Account hacking is a pretty major endeavor for scammers in any game, and that’s doubly true for the most popular battle royale title. That means that
So Nintendo has finally formally weighed in on the drifting issue affecting Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons, and there’s some good news. The company has acknowledged the ongoing issues with the controllers, namely the drifting issue, and is offering comprehensive repair services. And the best part is that they’re completely free. VICE has obtained an internal memo
Joy-Cons are great, except when they stop working. And for a lot of gamers using the Nintendo Switch, that’s a growing number of people. Switch owners across the globe are well aware of this issue, but for those not in the know, here’s the rundown. It comes down to one major problem, drifting. The rumblings
Niantic has filed suit against a wide array of people who they claim are behind Pokemon GO++, a popular unofficial derivative of the popular Pokemon ARG. Pokemon GO++ allows players to run an altered version of the games code, and by passing the connections through Niantic servers, the players using the hack are able to
So for a while now, there has been ongoing controversy at League of Legends maker Riot Games LA studio and beyond over a forced arbitration clause being enforced by the games company. Riot Games has been the subject of ongoing issues such as gender discrimination lawsuits and other claims of abuse and mistreatment of their
Loot boxes, long a source of frustration and addiction for some gamers, have become an increasingly problematic system for publishers and developers as well. Despite earning billions of dollars collectively for the games which include them, loot boxes are a font of anger and litigation as more public pressure mounts against the mechanics, which many
DeAndre Cortez Way, known by his rapper persona Soulja Boy, has landed in some hot water recently over his attempts to operate a “dropshipping” business to peddle various cheap electronics. The practice of dropshipping is the idea of selling products to customers, but instead of maintaining active inventory, the point is to offload all the
Rockstar Games and its parent company Take-Two have had a tumultuous history with modders over the past few months. With the absurdly successful GTA Online mode literally making billions of dollars for the company, they have an incentive to protect player confidence in the service, and it seems that incentive has manifested in a new
So it turns out that LoveROMs.com and LoveRETRO.com have lost the lawsuit against them, to no one surprise. The total paid damages to Nintendo currently stand at $12.33 million. The two sites were run by two people in Arizona, and hosted large amounts of pirated games, including many older Nintendo titles. The duo agreed to
YouTube personality Brandon Lucas (aka “Golden Modz”) and his frequent partner Colton Conter (“Excentric”) are the first targets of a new lawsuit from Epic Games targeting those distributing Fortnite cheats. According to the suit, the two conspired to violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, breached contract and engaged in “tortious interference” by posting videos of
The Witcher developer CD Projekt has told original author Andrzej Sapkowski that the company will not pay additional fees to license his content. In a notice issued to CD Projekt he demanded 60 million Polish zlotys (more than 16 million US dollars) from CD Projekt, Sapkowski also demanded a share of profits from games and
DRM maker Denuvo has launched an offensive against cracking groups in response to repeated cracks made for games in which its DRM is included. The latest casualty comes from Bulgaria, where an infamous member of cracking group REVOLT is based. Voksi, as many in the scene know him, has been hit with a legal case
Two hugely popular ROMs websites have been taken offline by their owner, LoveROMs and LoveRETRO, are the target of a recent lawsuit by Nintendo (a pdf of which is hosted at TorrentFreak). There’s a ton of information included within the 27-page document, but here’s an explanation of why these sites in particular have been chosen,
Flight Sim Labs, makers of various add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, has landed in some hot water over malware allegedly included in one of their products. Flight Sim Labs makes various planes for popular flight sims, like the Concorde-X. Or other tools, like one that lets you control the lights on your aircraft. But
In 2016 an Australian court ruled against Valve to the tune of $2.16 million, finding that Valve insufficiently advertised and refunding Australian Steam customers for purchases on the platform, which ran afoul of the country’s consumer laws. “This case sets an important precedent that overseas-based companies that sell to Australians must abide by our law.
The makers of a Twitch “viewbot” that enabled users to fraudulently rack up large viewer counts and thereby get into its lucrative Partner program have been ordered to pay nearly $1.4 million to the company for trademark violation, unfair competition, cybersquatting, and breach of contract. Twitch filed the suit in 2016 against multiple alleged defendants.
Crytek, makers of CryEngine, have brought a potentially ruinous lawsuit against the makers of Star Citizen and Squadron 42, Cloud Imperium Games. The complaint names Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) and Roberts Space Industries (RSI) as the defendants. Both companies were co-founded by Chris Roberts, the creator of the Wing Commander franchise. Crytek alleges CIG and
Blizzard has triumphed in the German courts against Bossland GmbH, creators of the World of Warcraft bot Honorbuddy. As a result of the ruling. Bossland will now have to cease selling Honorbuddy in Germany and there will be a settlement which has not been revealed. Bossland GmbH will be moving their offices outside of Germany,
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