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Triple Town Developers Sue Rivals Over Facebook, iOS Game-Cloning

11:30AM January 31, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Spry Fox, the game studio behind the Facebook game Triple Town, has filed suit against 6Waves LOLAPPS for their iOS game Yeti Town, describing it as a “blatant copy” of Triple Town. More »


News

The Great Fallout Legal Battle Ends Without A Fallout MMO

9:00AM January 10, 2012 | Mike Fahey

As reported last week, the legal battle between Bethesda and Interplay over the final fate of a massively multiplayer online Fallout game has ended in a settlement, one that leaves full control of Fallout intellectual properties in the hands of Bethesda. More »


News

EA Invokes First Amendment Protection For Video Games In Trademark Dispute

6:00AM January 9, 2012 | Owen Good

Electronic Arts is asking a federal judge to rule that it has a First Amendment right to depict real-life military helicopters in video games such as Battlefield 3 without the permission of the aircraft’s maker. More »


News

Courtroom Setback In Epic Fight ‘Tis A Flesh Wound, Says Silicon Knights

10:00PM January 5, 2012 | Owen Good

Much has been made of a recent ruling adverse to Silicon Knights in its long-running lawsuit with Epic Games, the Gears of War maker whose Unreal Engine was to have been the guts of 2008 flop Too Human. A judge tossed out an expert witness for Silicon Knights; he was going to give his estimates of the losses Silicon Knights suffered when its deal with Epic went in the crapper. More »


In Real Life

There’s No Stopping The Epic Call Of Duty Lawsuit

9:40AM December 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Denying request for summary judgment, the Los Angeles Superior Court gave Activision the green light to go to trial with its $US400 million contract interference lawsuit against Electronic Arts over Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella. More »


News

Namco Bandai Declared The European Distributor Of Xbox Witcher 2

10:20AM December 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Earlier this year Polish developer CD Projekt Red got into a legal scuffle with Namco Bandai over the distribution rights to the Xbox 360 port of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Now a French court has made it quite clear: THQ is out, and Namco Bandai is in. More »


News

$US100m Lawsuit Against Game-Bouncing Beyonce Proceeds

7:30AM December 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Attempts to have the $US100 million lawsuit brought by game developer Gate Five against singer Beyonce for abandoning a project to create a music game featuring her work have been thwarted by judge Charles Ramos of the Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday. More »


News

EA Being Taken To Court Over Broken Battlefield Promise

8:20AM November 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

EA promised PS3 owners a free copy of Battlefield 1943 when they picked up Battlefield 3. When they didn’t come through, they upset a lot of gamers, both for the bait-and-yank and for the shoddy manner with which it was announced. More »


Nintendo

Nintendo Comes Out On Top

8:20AM November 3, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Three years ago Ohio-based technology company Motivia filed a patent lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging the Wii infringed on its ‘Human Movement Measurement System’ patent. Today an International Trade Commission judge ruled that wasn’t the case. Grats, big N.


News

The Elder Scrolls VS Mojang Scrolls Battle Goes To Court

2:20AM September 28, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In spite of lighthearted suggestions by Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson that their differences be settled as gamers, the battle between developer Mojang and The Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda is headed to the courtroom. More »