Tag Archives: lawsuit

Darryn Bonthuys

Aliens: Colonial Marines is being sued

May 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm | 37 Comments

Are you still angry about Aliens Colonial Marines not living up to expectations or agreed gameplay footage? Well good news then, because I can help YOU get back at Gearbox and Sega for that travesty. It’s time to get your legal pants on, because we’ve got a lawsuit to file!


Gavin Mannion

The Motorola / Xbox case is finally over… we won

April 29, 2013 at 11:15 am | 19 Comments

It was about a year ago that a judge in the US ruled that Motorola would be allowed to stop all imports of the Xbox 360 into America until a patent lawsuit was completed. Thankfully some logic prevailed and the imports weren’t stopped but the case has been rumbling on and has finally come to a close..


Darryn Bonthuys

German group sues Valve over Steam game ownership

February 4, 2013 at 1:30 pm | 1 Comment

Second hand games. They make the world go round, gamers love ‘em for the fact that they can use them as a form of currency and publishers despise them for the fact that they cannot ring out any extra cash from them when they go into that previously owned market. That’s something that you see a lot of in console games, and to a much lesser extent, PC games. Except for digital versions of games that is, because there is zero resale available on that format. None, nada, zilch! And that’s something that ze Germans aren’t too happy about at all.


Gavin Mannion

Has Microsoft stolen IllumiRoom?

January 11, 2013 at 9:00 am | 55 Comments

Microsoft stole a lot of headlines this week with their IllumiRoom reveal where they projected a 360 degree image across the room to enhance the immersive nature of gaming and other entertainment forms… but did they steal this idea from someone else?


Darryn Bonthuys

Silicon Knights has to destroy their games

November 12, 2012 at 2:00 pm | 1 Comment

Cast your mind back to 2007. The final Harry Potter book arrived, the Writers Guild of America went on strike and the Japanese discover a 2100 year old melon. In other, more gaming related news from that year, Silicon Knights also launched a lawsuit against Epic over issues with the Unreal Engine. Did the developers of Too Human win that case? Nope! And now, they not only have to fork over some cash to Epic, but they’re going to have to destroy all their hard work as well.


Yolanda Green

Blizzard being sued over Battle.net Authentication

November 12, 2012 at 1:00 pm | 12 Comments

Hold the phone! Bell is suing Blizzard over the Authenticators for their games, seeking damages for "consumer fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, breach of contract and bailment,”


Darryn Bonthuys

Activision, West and Zampella finally settle their lawsuit

June 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm | 1 Comment

 

You might recall that a couple of years ago, two of the big brains behind Infinity Ward had a bit of an argument with publisher Activision, over some royalty payments which amounted to quite a few million dollars.

That led to the departure of Modern Warfare creators Jason West and Vince Zampella, a move which also resulted in a massive court case. It’s been dragging on for years now, or in the gaming industry, what is known as several epochs.

But it looks like that case has finally been settled.


Geoffrey Tim

Silicon Knights shafted in Epic trial

May 31, 2012 at 11:30 am | 11 Comments

Five years ago, following the release of the maligned Xbox 360 exclusive Too Human, developer Silicon Knights instituted legal proceedings against Unreal Engine provider Epic Games.

After 5 years of legal  to-and-fro, the trial is finally over - and sees Silicon Knights get a kick in the teeth.


Gavin Mannion

Assassin’s Creed 3 will release on time

May 30, 2012 at 11:30 am | 9 Comments

Back in April Geoff posted up an article about how an author of a little know book had started legal proceedings against Ubisoft to stop the release of Assassin’s Creed 3 and to claim back royalties from all the previous releases.


Gavin Mannion

Harmonix shareholders awarded $383 million from Viacom

January 4, 2012 at 10:15 am | 0 Comments

Now this is how you really do business in the real world.

Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band, Dance Central and Guitar Hero, sold itself to Viacom in 2006 for a cool $175 million plus bonuses and profit share over a certain level.


Nick de Bruyne

EA Going To Court For PS3 Battlefield 1943 Mess

November 21, 2011 at 8:30 am | 15 Comments

EA are going to visit Judge Judy’s friends soon because, well… because they were complete idiots at handling a mess that they already shouldn’t have gotten themselves into in the first place.

Battlefield 1943 was supposed to come free with Battlefield 3 on the Playstation 3. It didn’t… and EA seem to think that its no big deal, especially after they totally announced it to everyone on Twitter and everything.


Darryn Bonthuys

Respawn is feeling empowered thanks to their IP ownership

September 2, 2011 at 12:15 pm | 1 Comment

If anyone mentions video game controversy, its hard not to remember the whole debacle that happened between former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella, and their then employer Activision. While the two parties are still locked in a legal battle that involves unpaid royalties and illegal enemy fraternising, West and Zampella have started their own development studio, Respawn Entertainment, and have begun work on a new IP which they are determined to have complete control over.


Nick de Bruyne

Sony slapped with lawsuit over PSN ordeal

April 28, 2011 at 8:45 am | 8 Comments

It was only a matter of time and we all knew it. The first lawsuit has been filed against Sony for this entire Playstation Network date breach mess. The suit stems from a very upset man in Alabama, who in short, pretty much reckons that Sony done gone made a right ol' mess of his there Playstation dee-tales and in-fer-may-shun. I might be joking, but the people who filed the lawsuit really aren't. More info after the jump.

Gavin Mannion

Did Geohot take his donations and go on holiday?

March 24, 2011 at 10:00 am | 10 Comments

There are mixed rumours coming out of America around what has happened to the infamous hacker Geohot, The first rumours were that he had fled the USA to South America to avoid the court case, but apparently this isn’t true and he’s just on holiday there.

What’s disturbing about this however is that a few weeks back he was begging everyone online to help fund his legal defence fund against Sony and now’s he’s sunning it in South America and sending gangsta pictures of himself back to prove he’s not hiding.


Geoffrey Tim

Sony granted access to PS3 hacker’s Paypal

March 17, 2011 at 2:30 pm | 9 Comments

The back and forth between Sony and famed PS3 hacker George Hotz – aka GeoHot – is hotzing up (apologies). Not content with seizing his equipment and slapping him with a lawsuit, they’ve now been given access to his Paypal account – and will be sifting through it to see if he’s profited at all from his hacks.
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