News Bungie pays Halo composer $95k over dismissal Marty O'Donnell compensated for unpaid work, vacation and damages July 22, 2014 Matthew Handrahan 4 comments
News Vivendi considered firing Kotick Emails show Activision CEO was willing to quit or be fired over his insistence on being part of any purchasing group for Call of Duty publisher July 16, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 4 comments
News Former dictator Manuel Noriega is suing Activision Military ruler of Panama and convicted criminal wants damages for negative portrayal in Black Ops II July 16, 2014 Matthew Handrahan 5 comments
News FTC suing Amazon over children's in-app purchases US govt body seeks full refunds for all affected customers July 11, 2014 Dan Pearson 12 comments
News Ubisoft wins Uplay DRM patent suit Publisher proclaims victory against patent troll in case where Valve, EA, and Zynga all settled July 1, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 2 comments
News Oculus: Zenimax seeking to correct a "massive missed opportunity" VR firm has filed an official response to Zenimax's lawsuit, noting that it's a "transparent attempt" to take advantage of sale to Facebook June 25, 2014 James Brightman 6 comments
Feature Net neutrality the biggest issue facing games - Lanning Oddworld creator worries gaming community won't shake political apathy until it hits their bottom line June 25, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 3 comments
News Nintendo loses UK patent ruling to Philips Update: Nintendo UK issues official response June 20, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 2 comments
News Nintendo wins another patent battle over Wii controls A federal appeals court confirmed a victory against Triton Tech, which alleged Nintendo had infringed its patent June 16, 2014 James Brightman
News Former Halo music composer files suit against Bungie Marty O'Donnell accuses studio and its boss Harold Ryan of failing to pay him for vacation time and other benefits June 6, 2014 James Brightman 1 comment
News NCAA athletes could get thousands each from EA settlement Agreement would see ex-players given $951 per year they were featured in EA Sports games June 2, 2014 Brendan Sinclair
News Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Sweden Peter Sunde re-apprehended after 2 years on the lam June 2, 2014 Dan Pearson 2 comments
News Former CEO of Atlus parent arrested for fraud Management of Index Corporation under investigation for manipulating financial records May 28, 2014 Matthew Handrahan 1 comment
News Oculus, Palmer Luckey sued by Zenimax Zenimax and id Software allege that Oculus stole trade secrets relating to virtual reality tech May 21, 2014 James Brightman 8 comments
News Nintendo wins DS patent case Judge tosses case after USPTO cancels plaintiff's patent claims; charges against Sony not dismissed yet May 20, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 1 comment
News Oculus "disappointed, but not surprised" by Zenimax claims VR headset-maker says id Software canned VR support for Doom 3 BFG when it was denied equity stake in upstart company May 5, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 3 comments
News Massachusetts town lifts arcade game ban Marshfield residents vote to do away with limitations on coin-op games after 32 years May 1, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 3 comments
News 38 Studios debt starts to hit Rhode Island coffers $2.4 million due to be paid from general fund as state continues to explore financial, reputational impact of defaulting May 1, 2014 Brendan Sinclair
News ZeniMax claims Oculus uses its IP UPDATE: John Carmack reveals lines of ZeniMax code used in Oculus: "Zero" May 1, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 11 comments
News FTC OKs Facebook purchase of Oculus US trade regulator grants approval for $2 billion acquisition to proceed April 23, 2014 Brendan Sinclair
News King resolves trademark disputes CandySwipe, Banner Saga devs reach agreements in separate issues with Candy Crush Saga creator April 17, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 4 comments
News 3D Realms responds to Gearbox suit Developer claims it still owns Duke Nukem trademark and right to produce new Duke Nukem game March 27, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 4 comments
News State Senator Leland Yee arrested California politician who penned game law that went before Supreme Court up on corruption charges March 26, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 12 comments
News Cut the Rope dev takes aim at King trademark ZeptoLab challenges Candy Crush Saga maker's claim to "candy" in European Union March 25, 2014 Brendan Sinclair 1 comment
News Feds get first US convictions for app piracy Florida men plead guilty to distributing 1 million Android apps worth more than $700,000 March 25, 2014 Brendan Sinclair