Guitar Hero
Consumers brought a federal class action against Activision Publishing for announcing that it will shut down Guitar Hero TV and the game’s online servers on Dec. 1.
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App Maker Accused of Tracking Data About Kids
New Mexico’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit claiming the maker of a children’s gaming app sends kids’ location, demographic and other personal information to advertisers without parental consent, risking their safety and violating their privacy.
Read moreGame Developer Claims Kevin Hart Killed Its Dream
Comedian Kevin Hart’s teary online confession to adultery destroyed a golden opportunity for a gaming developer Hart agreed to partner with before the clip went viral, a lawsuit filed in a federal Virginia court claims.
Read moreVideo Game Sharks
A superior court class action accuses Blizzard Entertainment of unfairly and deceptively tricking video gamers, “mainly … children, teenagers and young adults,” into buying “Packs” or “Loot Boxes” for real money while playing the games “Overwatch” and “Hearthstone.”
Read moreNintendo Sues Pirate
Nintendo USA sued Jacob Mathias and Mathias Designs in Phoenix Federal Court, claiming he’s sold “a staggering number of unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s video games” on the internet, in a “brazen and mass-scale infringement of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights.”
Read moreTinseltown
Tom DeSanto — producer of “Xmen” and “Transformers” — sued Gail Gygax — the widow of Gary Gygax, creator of “Dungeons & Dragons,” claiming they formed a partnership to exploit the brand, but she tried to negotiate a video game deal without him, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read more‘Westworld’ Accused in Court of Ripping Off ‘Fallout Shelter’
Coinciding with the official release of the “Westworld” mobile game, Warner Bros. was hit with a federal complaint Thursday that says the game is a wholesale imitation, down to its bugs, of the mega-hit “Fallout Shelter.”
Read morePlayStation Settlement
A federal judge approved a $3.75 million class action settlement between Sony and purchasers of the PlayStation 3 who believed it ran a Linux operating system along with its built-in gaming system, even though a 2010 update wiped Linux.
Read moreInvasion of Privacy
A Michigan man filed a federal class action claiming Game Informer magazine, without permission, shared demographic and lifestyle information about thousands of its subscribers with third parties.
Read moreRetired NFL Players Continue Fight Against Video Game Company
Back in federal court on Thursday over retired NFL players’ right of publicity, the players’ case against video game maker Electronic Arts again comes down to whether the average gamer would be able to tell who they are.
Read moreGame Over for ‘World of Warcraft’ Hacker Headed to Prison
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Romanian man who launched a cyberattack on the servers of the popular online role-playing game “World of Warcraft” to a year in federal prison.
Read moreEnd of the Road for Lohan’s ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Suit
New York’s top court dismissed privacy claims Thursday over a supposed caricature of Lindsay Lohan depicted in the video game “Grand Theft Auto V.”
Read moreJudge Winnows Claims in ‘Warcraft’ Infringement Saga
Video game behemoth Blizzard’s legal fight with Chinese competitor Lilith Games ended in a draw Thursday, with a federal judge finding it failed to show Lilith’s mobile game “Soul Hunters” rips off its hit franchises Starcraft and Diablo.
Read moreNew York High Court Reviews Lindsay Lohan Video Game Spat
Attorneys for Lindsay Lohan and “Mob Wives” star Karen Gravano pushed New York’s highest court Wednesday to revive claims about the unsanctioned use of their likenesses in “Grand Theft Auto V.”
Read morePokemon Went
A federal judge granted Niantic’s motion to dismiss patent claims from Location Based Services, which claimed that Niantic’s Pokémon Go game infringed four of its patents.
Read moreTattoo Artist Wants Cut of ‘NBA2K’ for Copied Ink
As video game makers hone the digital versions of basketball superstars for the franchise “NBA 2K,” a tattoo artist claims in a federal complaint that they are profiting off the unsanctioned reproductions of his original work.
Read moreJudge Gives Early OK to Reworked Sony PS3 Deal
A federal judge has preliminarily approved a rejiggered Sony PlayStation 3 class action settlement, after denying final approval because the deal made it too difficult for PS3 users to claim their money.
Read moreStocks Slow as Week of Predicted Upheaval Sets In
As indictments rock Capitol Hill on Monday, the stock market braces for its own upheaval, including the naming of the next head of the Federal Reserve and a decision from the world’s biggest central banks on interest rates.
Read moreNintendo Hit With $10M Verdict in Wii Patent Case
A federal jury found Thursday that video game giant Nintendo must pay $10.1 million for its Wii and Wii U controllers infringing on a Dallas company’s motion-sensor patent.
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