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May 24, 2023 2 min read
Nintendo could be facing a new class action lawsuit over its usage of loot boxes in mobile racer Mario Kart Tour. The suit, filed by a guardian on behalf of their minor, is looking to force Nintendo to refund all loot box purchases made by minors since the free-to-play title's release in September 2019.
As reported by Class Action.org, the lawsuit essentially alleges the common...
May 04, 2023 2 min read
Bungie has succeeded in the latest of an increasing line of lawsuits targeting online cheat sellers — The Destiny 2 developer was awarded $12 million in damages this week in its case against website VeteranCheats and its owner, Mihai Claudiu-Florentin.
As reported by The Game Post, Bungie filed suit against Romanian Claudi-Florentin in 2021, accusing the...
April 14, 2023 2 min read
A legal challenge, issued by a party of video game fans against the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, has returned to cause more headaches for the publishers concerned — The so-called "Gamers' Lawsuit" was initially filed in December 2022, but, (as noted by GamesIndustry.biz) was dismissed by a judge last month.
The suit, put together by 10...
March 24, 2023 3 min read
A Kansas court has settled the 2017 case in which a Witchita resident was shot dead by a police detective after officers responded to a fake "hostage situation" taking place at the man's house — the result of a "swatting" incident perpetrated by Tyler Barriss and concerning Call of Duty players Shane Gaskill and Casey Viner.
On the evening of...
March 15, 2023 3 min read
Disco Elysium developer Studio ZA/UM has, to various effect, resolved numerous lawsuits filed against it within the past year. These include a case with the game's executive producer, Kaur Kender, as well as several Unfair Dismissal suits filed by several key members of the studio, who left the team in fall 2022.
The Kaur Kender lawsuit saw the former ZA/UM producer...
January 25, 2023 2 min read
A Californian judge has rejected Microsoft's request that a lawsuit opposing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard is "paused" until after the publisher completes its pending lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) — itself a lawsuit opposing the $68.7 billion merger.
The so-called "Gamer Lawsuit" was filed by Alioto Law Firm and the Joseph Saveri Law Firm in December 2022,...
January 19, 2023 2 min read
Another day, another bout of controversy for Activision Blizzard — This time around, the subject is the publisher's free-to-play mobile title Diablo Immortal, which is now seemingly in the sights of a possible class-action lawsuit due to one of its microtransaction-based gemstones.
According to a report by Polygon, Washington D.C. law firm Migliaccio & Rathod LLPis...
January 13, 2023 2 min read
In the latest chapter of a story set to run throughout 2023 and beyond, industry giants Google and Nvidia have reportedly expressed concern to the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard by publisher Microsoft.
According to a new report by Bloomberg, internet developer Google and graphics card company Nvidia...
January 06, 2023 2 min read
Microsoft has filed a revised version of its response to the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit over the Activision Blizzard merger. While similar in broad strokes, it does specifically remove a series of points questioning the constitutionality of the FTC's actions.
In a revision spotted by Axios, Microsoft removed a sectionclaiming that...
January 06, 2023 2 min read
The class action lawsuit that was filed against CD Projekt RED for the disastrous launch state of its mega-selling RPG Cyberpunk 2077 has been settled for $1.85 million USD.
The suit, filed on December 24, 2020 by New York's Rosen Law Firm was launched by a party of investors who accused CDPRof misleading its shareholders over the quality of the title, which famously...
December 21, 2022 2 min read
Long-standing UK consumer watchdog Which? has called on Nintendo to refund all customers who purchased alternate Joy-Con peripherals as a result of the packaged units suffering from "drift".
"Joy-Con Drift", as you will no doubt remember, referred to a frequent problem in the Switch's lifespan which would see one or both thumbsticks roll...
December 10, 2022 2 min read
Riot Games is suing over the similarities it's found in a NetEase game to its own Valorant. A new suit filed by Riot claims that NetEase's Hyper Front is a copy of the tactical shooter Valorant.
As reported on by Polygon, Riot has field suit over NetEase's Hyper Front, which is also a team-based tactical shooter. According to the filing,...
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