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2026-09-27 2 stories

• PUBG Crisis Worsens in Vietnam as KRAFTON Stares Down Regulatory Impact
• Epic Games Trademarks “Megaverse” After Losing A Case Over The Same Word

2026-09-26 2 stories

• US court orders Redditor to pay Nintendo £3.4m over Switch piracy
• Major League Baseball Is Headed For A Lockout: What Happens To The Video Games?

2026-09-25 3 stories

• Nintendo of America awarded $4.5m in lawsuit from Redditor for pirating Switch hardware and software 5 sources
• GTA veteran's MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has entered administration, following yet more reports of layoffs 3 sources
• Colourful JRPG Armed Fantasia has been cancelled, four years after a successful Kickstarter campaign descended into delays and lawsuits

2026-09-24 3 stories

• Dutch consumer group files lawsuit against Epic for misleading young players on Fortnite, seeking more than €100m in compensation 2 sources
• Discord takes a second swing at age verification, but don't worry, this time it'll guess how old you are with 90% accuracy 2 sources
• Reddit mod ordered to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in Switch piracy lawsuit

2026-09-23 7 stories

• 'We hacked the FBI' says previous Rockstar-breaching hacking group: 'We hold data on all FBI employees and applicants' 2 sources
• Scrapped GTA 5 Story DLC Might Have Taken the Series Overseas for the First Time in 15 Years
• On the podcast: Oakever Games shenanigans, King and the Xbox cuts, Hipster Whale, One State, Monopoly Go, more
• Microsoft's approach to age verification in Australia is further proof that Valve is taking the everloving piss
• Microsoft Files Patent Which Could Bring Game-Pausing Ads To Xbox
• 72-Year-Old Pokémon Collector Arrested After Illegally Tracking Woman Who Restocked Local Stores
• ‘Vice City’ Trademark Abandoned by WWE ahead of GTA 6 launch

2026-09-22 2 stories

• Pokémon TCG Scalper Reportedly Arrested For Punching A Man In Latest Pathetic Incident
• “Vice City” Trademark Abandoned By WWE

2026-09-21 6 stories

• Vita Mahjong, Amaze Go and Meowdoku maker Oakever Games fights cloning accusations
• Rockstar Games Is Taking Down Footage and Images of Scrapped GTA 5 DLC And Early Version of Leaked GTA 6 Map
• Rockstar Games Email GTA 6 Actors To Say They’re Still Under NDA, It’s Claimed
• Pokémon Scalper Reportedly Arrested After Punching Man in the Face Over 30th Anniversary Target Drop
• Paramount Settles Lawsuits Against Warner Bros. Acquisition
• Indie Game Developer Accuses Studio of Using AI to Rip Off His Viral Potato Peeling Game

2026-09-19 1 story

• 'The largest theft of labor in human history:' Court docs reveal Microsoft exec predicted AI 'doom loops' could hollow out the internet

2026-09-18 4 stories

• Denuvo are suing a prolific cracker for bypassing their DRM on 26 videogames, despite not knowing their real identity 2 sources
• Take-Two Says It Does Not Want NBA 2K VC to Carry Over Each Year
• Single player games might require age verification if they use Steam under EU Kids Act's current draft, according to MEP's senior policy adviser
• MiHoYo awarded $112,000 by Chinese court after AI voice service dupes Genshin Impact characters

2026-09-17 4 stories

• Draft of new EU law proposes sweeping restrictions on online games 2 sources
• Remedy Files New ‘Alan Wake’s Return’ Trademark After 10 Years With a Few Changes
• Epic boss Tim Sweeney says the EU's social media ban for under-13s 'would be terrible for the next generation of humanity'
• Denuvo is on the hunt for DRM cracker 'voices38' as the company attempts to take one of its biggest foes to court

2026-09-16 3 stories

• Ultra Pro Wrestling: New Evidence Raises More Questions About the Game’s Development
• Pirate Who Cracked Denuvo Games Like Resident Evil Requiem Plans to Keep Doing So Despite Being Sued
• Activision Blizzard sued by former employee over sexual harassment

2026-09-15 4 stories

• The PlayStation Blackout Protest Didn't Move the Needle
• King staff could strike after the Candy Crush maker rejects collective bargaining agreement
• European Commission's proposed EU Kids Act could see online games forced to enact stricter age verification amid new rules around accounts for under 15s
• Admitting the OGL fiasco was a 'rug pull', D&D head says 'bluntly, we're recovering from a lot of missteps—very loud, very public missteps'

2026-09-14 3 stories

• A multiplayer mod for The Last of Us 2 was reportedly cancelled "at Sony's request" 5 sources
• Rockstar and IWGB outline arguments at start of tribunal
• EU Kids Act Could Require Gamers to Prove Their Age Before Playing Certain Games

2026-09-13 1 story

• Sony Just Killed The Last of Us Multiplayer Yet Again 3 sources

2026-09-11 5 stories

• 'It would have been insanity to take no action' - Fiery opening statements reveal Rockstar's culture of secrecy as tribunal over sacked GTA 6 employees begins 6 sources
• Nintendo Secures Legal Victory Against Sale of Switch Game Piracy Devices 2 sources
• GTA 6 online mode appears to receive Rockstar's first public acknowledgment, via mention of in-development "32 player format" in legal docs
• An honest opinion or defamation? A solicitor outlines the legal nuance
• After Sony tells fans they don't own digital games, one Consumer Rights group is tracking all the times PlayStation said the opposite