Latest Lawsuit Google hit by £13.6 billion lawsuit over alleged "self-preferencing" and anticompetitive behaviour
Epic Changes Epic Games demands Google Play opens up to alternative payment systems after antitrust win
February 12, 2024 Lawsuit Triumph Jury delivers Skillz a $42.9 million victory in AviaGames patent lawsuit "We’re very pleased with the verdict. It’s a step in the right direction to promoting fairness in our industry," said Andrew Dahlinghaus, general counsel of Skillz
January 17, 2024 Successful Defence Homa wins Craft Island court case against Voodoo, ending almost three years of uncertainty Voodoo had accused Homa of "maintaining confusion" through similarities between Homa's Craft Island and their own Lumbercraft
December 12, 2023 Guilty Google An Epic victory: Google found guilty of illegal monopoly in Epic lawsuit The Epic vs Google case has reached a verdict with a unanimous jury vote finding in favour of CEO Tim Sweeney's anti-App Store crusade
November 7, 2023 Epic Vs Google Game on: The Epic vs Google antitrust trial is officially underway Epic is taking on Google regarding it's ongoing quest against the big mobile gatekeeper's App Store fees and monopolies
October 31, 2023 Lawsuit Landing AviaGames accused of using bots to win its own cash prizes A lawsuit from Big Run Studios and Skillz alleges that AviaGames Bingo Clash not only copied their Blackout Bingo but use bots to deprive winners
October 23, 2023 Zynga Trial Zynga emerges triumphant in patent trial The trial concerned allegations of patent infringement levied by gambling technology company IGT
October 13, 2023 Acquiblizz Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: The complete timeline From inception to lawsuits - how has the biggest deal in gaming history progressed?
August 10, 2023 Apple Vs Epic The US Supreme Court sides with Apple in its ongoing battle with Epic The court has decided to block a federal injunction that would have forced Apple to change its payment practices
July 31, 2023 Apple V Epic Epic Games appeals to the US Supreme Court in latest Apple legal clash The move follows Apple’s own appeal filing earlier this month as Epic seek to make a 2021 ruling stick
July 26, 2023 Apple Vs. Consumers Apple's "anti-competitive" App Store woes continue with a $1 billion class action lawsuit The suit accuses the company of acting anti-competitively with its imposition of a 30% fee on in-app purchases
July 12, 2023 Acquiblizz California judge denies the FTC’s preliminary injunction against Microsoft The FTC’s attempts to scupper Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard have hit a roadblock
July 7, 2023 Netease Lawsuit NetEase emerges victorious in Onmyoji lawsuit The court found that the film Soul Gods League of Masters had plagiarised the game
July 7, 2023 Threads Pulling the Threads: Inside social media's latest trend Meta’s Twitter competitor has launched to great success with over 50 million users so far. But what are its aims and what's its story?
June 12, 2023 Apple Vs Epic Apple and Epic ask US court to reconsider the ruling in their dispute The ongoing battle between the companies takes yet another turn
May 17, 2023 Legal FunPlus face another lawsuit for misleading advertising in King of Avalon The latest suit is being filed by same firm as the previous suit
May 4, 2023 Legal Krafton & NetEase get their day in court over PUBG inspiration dispute Despite being settled back in 2019 Krafton still claims that two of NetEase’s titles infringe their copyright
April 26, 2023 Legal Now NetEase aren't suing Activision Blizzard The suit was actually raised by a serial litigator naming NetEase, while Activision Blizzard express their puzzlement in a new statement
April 25, 2023 Legal NetEase to sue over Blizzard breakup for $43.5m The lawsuit comes months after their fallout, attempted make up, and heated disagreements
April 25, 2023 An Epic Battle Apple emerges victorious in antitrust appeal against Epic Games But the ruling also opens the door for developers to include links in apps and side-step App Store fees
April 24, 2023 Buzzfeed Vs. Versusgame Buzzfeed sues mobile quiz platform VersusGame for $647,000 The website alleges that VersusGame has failed to pay invoices as part of a previous deal agreement
April 13, 2023 Netease Lawsuit Pop star Jay Chou sues NetEase for copyright infringement Chou claims that NetEase’s latest campaign for Tianxia III led fans to believe the game had a “specific connection” to his music
April 4, 2023 Riot X Netease Netease’s Hyper Front to shut down following Riot lawsuit The suit alleged that Hyper Front infringed on its intellectual property
March 22, 2023 Loot Box Lawsuit Loot boxes: not gambling, says Canadian judge But by allowing the rest of the class action suit to continue, Electronic Arts aren’t out of the woods yet
March 6, 2023 Acquivision Blizzard Microsoft may be winning the Activision war A new decision by the FTC shows the tides may be turning in the tech giant’s favour
March 6, 2023 Loot Boxes Austrian Court classifies loot boxes as gambling The country’s court has issued a fine against Sony in a provisional ruling
February 2, 2023 Google Vs. The Doj “Google abuses its monopoly power". The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google explained The DoJ and eight US states are suing the tech giant for anticompetitive behaviour
January 2, 2023 2022 Highlights 2022 In Review – December’s Best Bits As the year draws to a close, we take a look back with our pick of the stories that shaped the last twelve months. Time for December
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December 21, 2022 Lawsuits This time it's personal: 10 gamers launch a lawsuit to block Activision-Blizzard deal As if it couldn't get any worse. Now Activision-Blizzard is facing another lawsuit, this time from a small group of gamers
December 13, 2022 Riot Vs Netease Riot aims at NetEase in latest copyright infringement claim The suit points out similarities between Valorant and NetEase title Hyper Front
November 29, 2022 Don’t Be Evil 21 million consumers launch class action lawsuit against Google The users claim Google Play violated US anti-competition laws
November 28, 2022 Tencent On Trial Tencent to stand trial in copyright infringement suit tomorrow The company has been accused of infringing on the rights of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang by Moonton
November 18, 2022 Google Vs. Epic Lawsuit claims Google struck a $360 million deal to prevent Activision Blizzard creating its own app store The lawsuit claims Google has struck at least 24 deals to prevent competition
October 14, 2022 Company Vs. Consumer FunPlus and KingsGroup face class action lawsuit for misleading prices The suit alleges that State of Survival falsely advertises discounted items
October 13, 2022 Allegations Against Activision Blizzard Latest lawsuit against Activision Blizzard alleges sexual harassment, sexual battery and blackmail Plaintiff calls Activision Blizzard "a massive video game company with a massive sexual harassment problem"
October 13, 2022 Tencent Vs. Moonton Tencent to pay $31 thousand to Bytedance subsidiary Moonton following defamation dispute The court found in Moonton’s favour, but the legal battle continues between the two companies
October 10, 2022 Lawsuit Epic and Match Group are expanding their lawsuit against Google The two companies have stated that Google is violating US antitrust laws
September 1, 2022 It's Super Effective! The Pokémon Company sues six Chinese companies The lawsuit is being filed due to copyright infringement
July 25, 2022 Gender Discrimination In Gaming Riot Games set to pay $100 million in gender discrimination suit $80 million going to the women affected and $20 million going towards court fees
July 5, 2022 Mihoyo Vs Minmetals MiHoyo sues Minmetals in business trust dispute Minmetals trust firm has been separately sued by Lilith Games
July 4, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: layoffs at Unity, Niantic, and Adjust and AppLovin, 505 acquires D3, and Google's $90mil developer fund The hottest news articles on PG.biz
July 1, 2022 $90 Million Fund Google and app developers reach lawsuit agreement, with $90 million developer fund "Vast majority" of US app developers eligible to receive money from fund
May 30, 2022 Latest Lawsuit Apple loses bid to dismiss app store lawsuit Alternative app store Cydia originally accused Apple of continuing an unlawful monopoly in January 2020
May 23, 2022 Play Store Policy Google to permit third-party payment systems for Match Group Following lawsuit from Match regarding payment systems and revenue share
May 11, 2022 Likely More Than 5v5 Lawyers Riot Games sues Moonton over sustained Wift Rift copyright infringement Riot Games is again suing Shanghai Moonton Technology Company (Moonton), but this time is alleging infringement on its mobile MOBA, Wild Rift
May 5, 2022 News New York City files suit against Activision Blizzard Suit states acquisition by Microsoft severely undervalues ActiBlizz, and CEO Bobby Kotick “was unfit to negotiate a sale of the company”