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EA, Dawg Apparently Settling $25,000 Madden Lawsuit
9:30AM Owen Good | By the end of this month, Cleveland supafan John “Big Dawg” Thompson should resolve his civil suit against Electronic Arts, alleging the unauthorised use of his likeness in the publisher’s Madden NFL series. More »
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Tim Schafer Responds To Activision’s Brutal Legend Lawsuit
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Activision has filed suit against Brutal Legend developer Double Fine Productions. The publisher isn’t happy about the game going to rival EA, claiming the developer didn’t provide Activision with a game after a $US15 million investment. How does Double Fine president Tim Schafer feel about that? More »
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Activision Sues Brutal Legend Devs To Halt Release
4:30AM Michael McWhertor | Publisher Activision has filed suit against Brutal Legend developer Double Fine Productions to prevent the release of the heavy metal game starring Jack Black, putting the title’s Rocktober release in jeopardy. More »
Judge Upholds $28 Million Award To Retired NFL Players Over Madden Suit
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | U.S. District Judge William Alsup upheld a decision to award retired NFL players US$28.1 million in the group’s lawsuit against the league’s player union over allegations they were cheated by an unfavorable deal with EA. More »
Nintendo, Microsoft Sued Over Parental Control System
12:30PM Luke Plunkett | All three current generation consoles have a form of parental lock-out controls. They’re a good idea. A good idea that has, however, landed Nintendo and Microsoft in court. More »
Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft – Every Other MMO Company To Follow?
5:20AM Mike Fahey | 90’s virtual world developers Worlds.com has fired the first shot in what could be a game company-spanning battle as they file suit against NCsoft for infringing on their patent for multiplayer virtual environments. More »
Microsoft – Less Than 1% Affected By Scratched Discs
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Amidst allegations that the company knew about the Xbox 360 disc-scratching issue all along, Microsoft says that the issue only effects an extremely small segment of console owners. More »
Nintendo, Nyko Settle Wireless Nunchuk Suit
11:20PM Brian Crecente | Nyko will continue to sell a redesigned version of their wireless Nunchuk controller for the Wii under an agreement made between the third-party hardware developer and Nintendo, the companies announced today. More »
Hasbro Drops Scrabulous Lawsuit
1:20AM Mike Fahey | RJ Softwares, the creators of the popular Facebook game Scrabulous, can now rest easy as Hasbro drops the copyright infringement lawsuit they filed in order to protect their precious Scrabble.
