legal news
Apple lost its latest U.S. appeal over the App Store’s third-party payment systems
They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, but then the legal system can...
Ubisoft’s CEO and HR director must testify before a Paris court in the Ubisoft harassment trial
This past March we reported on the start of legal proceedings in France against former chief creative officer Serge Hascoet, former VP of editorial...
Copyright infringement lawsuit over Destiny 2’s Red War narrative is allowed to proceed
Last October we first reported on a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Destiny 2 developer Bungie in which author Matthew Kelsey Martineau, who was...
Ubisoft’s legal response to The Crew class action argues players don’t own the games they buy
Readers may remember that a pair of gamers have been pursuing Ubisoft to court via a class action lawsuit over The Crew's sunset and...
Roblox reselling site argues the corporate lawsuit trying to shut it down is anti-competitive
Back in February we reported on a lawsuit filed by Roblox that sought to shut down PlayerAuctions, a third-party site that lets players trade...
Take-Two Interactive files lawsuit against GTA Online site that sells infringing digital items and services
Nobody likes a cheater, especially in the madcap digital playground that is offered by Grand Theft Auto Online, but Take-Two Interactive is attacking what...
Fortnite faces a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged use of FOMO-inducing item shop timers
Fortnite has been found to utilize dark patterns to get money out of its players previously, so the allegations that its developer Epic Games...
Tencent pushes back against its classification as a Chinese military company by the US government
Supposedly the Chinese megacorp Tencent is up to more than just working in video games if the US Department of Defense is to be...
Tencent removes its Epic Games board inserts after US Justice Department gives it the stinkeye
If this news story were a Discord conversation, the US Justice Department would have posted the Futurama Frye squint animated gif and Tencent would...
UK regulatory body calls for investigation into Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ of mobile market
Over the past couple of years, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating whether Apple and Google have stymied growth and...
Legal expert argues that Palworld might get legal argument help from an old GTA 5 mod
Readers already know that Palworld developer Pocketpair is gearing up for a legal fight against Nintendo over three alleged patent infringements and $66K, and...
Minecraft and War Thunder military leaker is sentenced to 15 years in prison
Readers might remember a story last year about Massachusetts Air National Guard airman Jack Teixiera, who was caught spreading classified military documents related to...
Nintendo’s patent lawsuit against Palworld studio is hunting for an injunction and $66K
The middle of September saw the megahit monster collecting survivalbox Palworld rouse the boundless litigious ire of Nintendo when the latter slapped the former...
US Copyright Office rules libraries can’t access old games remotely because of ‘market harm’ and recreational use ‘risk’
If you were hoping to research out-of-print video games and wanted to get access to a copy remotely, that's been made difficult thanks to...
Legal analysts paint a grim picture for Pocketpair’s chances in Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit
Last week saw Nintendo's lawyers rouse themselves from slumber and roar forth at Pocketpair's wildly successful critter-catching survivalbox Palworld as the company filed a...
Microsoft calls FTC’s Game Pass filing ‘misleading’ owing to multiplayer functionality and Call of Duty availability
Over the weekend we reported on the FTC putting a fresh legal filing before the US Court of Appeals that argued Microsoft's price hike...
Valve faces an $838M UK lawsuit that accuses Steam of overcharging consumers and monopolizing prices
That's right, it looks like another legal firm is hoping to take a big meaty swing at Valve's enormous and probably jowly face: The...
Lawsuit accuses Activision and Facebook of partial blame in deadly 2022 school mass shooting
The 2022 mass shooting that took place at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is one of the most shameful events in the US...
Activision faces $680M lawsuit from Call of Duty esports pros over allegedly monopolist tourney terms
The way in which Activision has been managing its esports tournaments for Call of Duty is now undergoing legal scrutiny, as last week saw...
Korean Court rules man isn’t a conscientious objector because he likes PUBG
We admit that the headline for this story is pretty wild, so allow us a few moments to lay some contextual groundwork: South Korea...
