Apple and Epic Games have been battling it out in court for three long years now, but the latest ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seems to have landed a win for Apple. In case you missed the previous rounds, here's a quick rundown: Epic Games updated Fortnite to allow players to make purchases outside of the App [...]
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In a bizarre turn of events, a story about a $43 million lawsuit filed by NetEase against Blizzard in a Shanghai court was recently found to have been a filing error all along. It all started when a legitimate Chinese financial website reported on the case, but it turns out that the information provided by financial website Sina Technology was [...]
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After walking back on its earlier findings, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) once again does a full 180 as it formally rules against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s high-profile merger. According to the CMA, the merger, valued at almost $70 billion USD, could “alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice [...]
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Now-defunct Boss Key Productions co-founder and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski is apparently looking to revive LawBreakers five years after it was shut down. The game failed to capture the attention of the gaming community and was sunsetted back in 2018 after just over a year in operation. The last time the flopped first-person shooter caught the community’s eye [...]
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It's game on for a group of employees at Sega of America who have decided to level up their rights by unionizing. The group, comprised of 144 workers based in Sega's Irvine, CA office, has filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The Verge, who spoke with some of the workers ahead of their announcement, [...]
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NetEase and Blizzard’s feud has gone beyond destroying statues and personal attacks between its executives as the former takes the latter to court in China, suing Blizzard Entertainment for violating their licensing agreements. In a Shanghai court, NetEase is seeking a whopping $43 million in compensation for prepayments, unsold inventory, and consumer refunds related to Blizzard's now-defunct MMOs. They're also [...]
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Ubisoft continues to bring back its games to Steam as the French publisher announces that four more games scheduled for release on the platform this summer: Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Extraction, Riders Republic, and Monopoly Madness. Here are the Steam release dates for the said games: Far Cry 6 – May 11 Riders Republic – June 8 Rainbow Six [...]
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Despite the unsuccessful launch of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic is stubbornly pushing forward with not one, but two new MMOARG titles - Marvel World of Heroes and Monster Hunter Now. The studio first teased Marvel World of Heroes last year with a rather ambiguous live action trailer that failed to show much in terms of the gameplay and hasn’t [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment is facing a massive case of brain drain that’s not only affecting the company as a whole but also World of Warcraft in particular. One of the long-running MMORPG’s producers took to Twitter to air his grievances and point fingers at upper management for the loss of another talented employee. “Blizzard is losing amazing talent because someone in [...]
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Riot Games’ untitled MMO has lost another key developer as Principal Designer Justin “Xenogenic” Hanson announces that he’s parting ways with the company. “Today is my last day at Riot,” tweeted Xenogenic last Friday. “Emotions are a hell of a thing. Very sad to be leaving, on the one hand, yet excited for a new adventure on the other. The [...]
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