Legal Disputes themes
2026-07-01 5 stories
- Publisher Krafton finally agrees to pay bonuses to every Subnautica 2 staffer as Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill leaves again 10 sources
- Existing Unauthorized Steam Machine Companion Cubes Are Being Destroyed After Release Fiasco 2 sources
- UK workers request voluntary union recognition at Rockstar
- Deadpool: Samurai and other Marvel manga are being removed from storefronts
- All Palworld 1.0 Platforms—Can You Play On PlayStation, XBOX, PC, Or Switch?
2026-06-30 6 stories
- GTA 6 developers at Rockstar Games pushing to pursue official union recognition following 2025 sackings: "The union is now stronger than ever" 7 sources
- Minecraft, Call Of Duty Community Servers Are “Illegal,” Claims ESA Rep 3 sources
- Memory manufacturers sued in class action suit alleging price and supply fixing 2 sources
- Company that made a Steam Machine wrap based on Valve intellectual property without asking forced to take it down 2 sources
- "We were only three votes away": Stop Killing Games-backed California bill to keep online games playable fails to win over senate committee 2 sources
- UK regulators could force Apple and Google to remove steering restrictions by the end of the year
2026-06-29 5 stories
- The largest RAM and storage component manufacturers are being sued for alleged price fixing and stoking "supracompetitive prices" 8 sources
- Steam Machine’s Unlicensed Companion Cube Canceled, Dbrand Owns Up To Huge Mistake 8 sources
- Quote of the day by Gabe Newell: "Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" — Sony just proved why digital storefronts are broken
- PlayStation once again pulls purchased Studio Canal content from user libraries because of "licensing arrangements"
- Are developers actually making money on third-party app stores?
2026-06-27 2 stories
2026-06-26 4 stories
- S1mple Handed One-Year Ban For Teaming with Russian Player
- PlayStation Users Losing Access to Purchased Studio Canal Films
- D&D and Magic owner Hasbro is reportedly trying to get child actors from Peppa Pig to sign away their voices to AI
- 'Regrettably, This Is Going to Be Our Version of the Dark Age of Technology' — Games Workshop Is Going After Tabletop Simulator Steam Mods That Recreate Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition
2026-06-25 5 stories
- SEGA faces backlash as Sonic the Hedgehog ARG sneakily asks for consent to train gen-AI on your data
- Peppa Pig Owner Hasbro Faces Backlash After Reportedly Trying to Force Child Actors to Sign Away AI Voice Rights
- Microsoft and OpenAI are still playing the fair use card — even as ChatGPT and Copilot fuel the "death knell for local journalism"
- FromSoftware parent CEO keeps position following activist investors' disappointment in firm's handling of Elden Ring
- Former Halo art director who complained about "fraud" and "cronyism" warns looming Xbox layoffs are a chance for bosses to settle scores
2026-06-24 2 stories
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2026-06-19 3 stories
- The US is worried China could have a top-spec chipmaking machine despite export restrictions, but the machine maker ASML denies it
- The Outer Worlds 2 studio Obsidian accused of "violating state wage and hour laws" for profit in California lawsuit
- European Commission aims to facilitate code of conduct for managing "end of life" for games following Stop Killing Games petition
2026-06-18 4 stories
- UK employment tribunal denies Rockstar's request to have 'blacklisting' claims removed from upcoming trial
- Dispatch tackles Nintendo's Switch censorship requirements with a brilliantly named HR Violations update and an oozing jam donut where the dong should be
- A New Free Steam Game Is Topping the Most-Played Charts, But It's Also Leading to False Bans
- "The details are inaccurate": Oracle denies $3 billion Microsoft cloud deal collapse over security and compliance concerns
2026-06-17 3 stories
- "Rockstar thought they could control the narrative. They're wrong" - tribunal rules against GTA 6 developer's request to remove union's blacklisting claims from ongoing legal dispute 4 sources
- Stop Killing Games suffers setback following European Parliamentary hearing - but all is not lost
- KeSPA Fines Ruler ₩20m and Demands 40 Hours of Community Service
2026-06-16 4 stories
- Hacker Group Steals Nintendo Employee Data, Posts $2 Million Ransom 2 sources
- The European Commission will not legislate Stop Killing Games, but the campaign isn't dead yet, say its organisers
- Investors say Microsoft inflated Copilot's success and OpenAI partnership — as Azure stumbles with growth concerns
- Banned horror title Horses begins recouping development costs after selling 30,000 copies