ESRB Opposes Utah's Violent Game Legislation
Entertainment Software Rating Board president Patricia Vance has penned an open letter to Utah citizens, urging them to oppose legislation that...
READ MORE >California Violent Game Law Again Deemed Illegal
The U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld an earlier ruling that found a 2005 California state law, meant to restrict the sale of violent games to...
READ MORE >"Only on this site can a serious discussion about video games and the law turn into a discussion ..."
see all 33 commentsSimBin a Little Angry with Slightly Mad
Slightly Mad Studios' claim that it "includes developers and designers that worked on the critically acclaimed games GT Legends and GTR 2" hasn't...
READ MORE >"maybe they have a patent for 'transmission of information from reality to end users by means of ..."
see all 8 commentsNFL Union Ordered to Pay $28M in Madden Royalties to Retired Players
The National Football League Players Association has been ordered to pay retired NFL players $28.1 million following a legal dispute over...
READ MORE >"The EA/NFL exclusivity deal has really hurt both the NFL and EA. It has cost everyone involved ..."
see all 14 commentsDisappointment Over Wii Gift Ends in Christmas Brawl
A couple in Portsmouth, New Hampshire were arrested on Christmas Day when disappointment over the gifting of a Wii led to an open brawl. Heath...
READ MORE >"I think it would of been awesome if she put the wii inside a RC plane box."
see all 75 commentsHarmonix Responds to Latest Rock Band Lawsuit, Labels It 'Opportunistic and Baseless'
Rock Band developer Harmonix and owner MTV Games have responded to a $5 million-plus lawsuit regarding defective Rock Band kick pedals, labeling...
READ MORE >"and since most people that play these games are NOT musicians.... tada! broken pedal."
see all 20 commentsHarmonix Gets Rock Band 2 Class Action Lawsuit
Everybody involved in the making of music-rhythm phenomenon Rock Band--developer Harmonix, publisher MTV, MTV owner Viacom, and distributor...
READ MORE >"not a conspiracy, just u cant make a good solid pedal for the cost of what they wanted to make ..."
see all 15 commentsCapcom Wins Dead Rising Trademark Lawsuit
Capcom has won a lawsuit over film production company MKR Group, who alleged that Capcom stole from MKR's Dawn of the Dead (1978) to make Dead...
READ MORE >"It is one of those situations where you have to take a little time to accept and work around the ..."
see all 26 commentsBrash Sued by Two Studios for Unpaid Work
Brash Entertainment, the licensed game publisher which shut down last week, has been sued by two of its contracted studios for work that has gone...
READ MORE >"what a bunch of retards. who thought making games based off of movies did so well. There have ..."
Add a commentNintendo Served With Motion Control Patent Lawsuit
Nintendo, which has been hit with a plethora of patent lawsuits in the last few years, has been served another: a "small Ohio technology company"...
READ MORE >"They got no hope like you said nintendo have worked on this for year's there is no way they ..."
see all 15 commentsEA Hit With Two More DRM Class-Action Lawsuits
Electronic Arts is the recipient of two additional lawsuits related to SecuROM DRM technology, this time in relation to Spore Creature Creator and...
READ MORE >"See that's why I said "I never INTENTIONALLY buy anything from these companies" Other than my ..."
see all 45 commentsIllegal California Game Law Faces Appeal Wednesday
This Wednesday, California lawmakers will attempt to resurrect the violent video game legislation that cost the state $282,000 after it was ruled...
READ MORE >"Damn you, Leland Yee! Stop wasting my tax dollars on this crap!"
see all 12 commentsDistributor Steals Unreleased Games, Arrested
Over 900 unreleased video games and DVDs were found in the apartment of a Technicolor employee on Friday, according to a Memphis Commercial Appeal...
READ MORE >"LOL, here's some games that were more than likely a part of that list Fracture, Saints row 2, ..."
see all 18 commentsESA Spent Over $1 Million Lobbying American Government in Q3
The Entertainment Software Association, known more simply as the government lobby for the video games industry, spent $1,090,000 in the...
READ MORE >"Democracy in action: An apathetic public elect officials who spend their time trying to please ..."
Add a commentBlizzard Wins $6M in World of Warcraft Bot Case
Adding to its existing mountain of money, World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has been awarded $6 million due to MDY Industries' sales of the...
READ MORE >"another guy going bankrupt because of WOW, blizzard are horrible nazi hitlers"
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"No offense to you personally... but Utah is the most backwardsly repressed state in the Union. ..."
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