Bethesda Regains All Rights to ‘Fallout’ MMO
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012Following the announcement of a settlement between Bethesda and Interplay, the former’s parent company Zenimax Media has announced that all rights for an MMO based on the Fallout license have now reverted back to Bethesda Softworks. Interplay will receive $2 million in consideration from Bethesda, but will be tasked with paying for all of their [...]
Comments OffBattlefield Claims First Amendment Protection for Helicopter Likeness in BF3
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012According to a report by Gamesindustry.biz, EA has was approached late last year by lawyers representing Textron, a conglomerate that includes military helicopter-manufacturer Bell Helicopters. Textron demanded that three of the Bell models included in Battlefield 3 are removed from the game, though documents recently submitted to a North Carolina court suggest that an agreement has not been reached [...]
1 CommentBethesda v. Interplay Fallout Suit Settled
Saturday, January 7th, 2012The four-year long battle between Bethesda Softworks (and parent company Zenimax Media) and Interplay – over the right for the latter to produce Fallout Online – has finally been settled. According to sources from Duck and Cover, Bethesda has dismissed with prejudice their suit from Interplay, a legal term which means a permanent stay of [...]
Comments OffEpic Games Doesn’t Support SOPA, ESA Working with Congress on Bill
Friday, January 6th, 2012The Stop Online Piracy Act currently making its way through the various chambers of the US government has divided not only the gaming populace at large, but the gaming development community. Epic Games recently announced its refusal to support the bill on the company’s official forums. The studio’s senior PR Manager Dana Crowley posted a [...]
1 CommentHarmonix Wins $383 Million In Case Against Viacom
Friday, January 6th, 2012The sale of Harmonix almost exactly one year ago came with a lot of financial baggage. Former parent company Viacom later sued the former shareholders of Harmonix for a refund of $131 million in bonuses that were previously paid out to the developer. The shareholders then counter-sued the media conglomerate for a hefty $700 million [...]
Comments Off2009 ‘Final Fantasy XI’ Class Action Suit Dismissed
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a 2009 class action lawsuit against Square Enix and its MMO Final Fantasy XI, the publisher’s US office recently announced. The suit, filed by San Francisco resident Esther Leong, alleged that the publisher used “deceptive advertising, unfair business practices, and fraudulent concealment with respect to the online [...]
Comments OffCD Projekt Taking Legal Action Against ‘Witcher 2′ Pirates
Thursday, December 29th, 2011Late last month CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski estimated that for everyone who purchased a copy of their RPG The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, there were four to five that pirated the software. The developer has since mounted a legal campaign against these pirates, although it has assured the press it is only going [...]
Comments OffCourt Denies Bethesda ‘Fallout Online’ Appeal
Friday, October 28th, 2011It’s got to be tough for Bethesda’s legal division. First Mojang’s victory in the “Scrolls” case, and now it has been revealed that the United Court of Appeals denied the right to appeal an earlier decision that dismissed an injunction against Interplay and their Fallout MMO. Bethesda and parent company Zenimax Media (the current rights [...]
2 CommentsMojang Wins Interim Injunction Against Bethesda
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011Markus “Notch” Persson proclaimed victory for Mojang on Twitter earlier today, stating that the minds behind Minecraft won the interim injunction against Bethesda Softworks and its parent company Zenimax Media. No official court documents have been released to the public yet, but we’re going to assume “Notch” isn’t one to fabricate legal procedure. The case [...]
1 CommentTeam Bondi Shutting Down
Thursday, October 6th, 2011With most of its staff already moving over to similar jobs at George Miller’s Kennedy Miller Mitchell studio, and the rest of the company name swamped in the fallout of an IGDA investigation, there wasn’t much left for Team Bondi to cling onto. According to report out of Develop, what little remains of the studio [...]
Comments OffBethesda v. Mojang ‘Scrolls’ Suit Heading to Court
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Looks like a Quake 3 match isn’t going to cut it for Bethesda Softworks. The Elder Scrolls developer’s lawsuit against the Minecraft makers at Mojang is heading to the court system. Bethesda issued the suit waiting to change the name of Mojang’s upcoming collectible card game, simply known as Scrolls, which the company believes infringes [...]
Comments OffViacom Brings Ex-Harmonix Shareholders to Court for Refund
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Over $150 million hangs in the balance in the aftermath of MTV’s selling off of Harmonix earlier this year. MTV’s parent company Viacom has taken the former shareholders of the Rock Band studio to court over a refund of the bonus payments given out at Harmonix’s initial acquisition. Viacom is asking for $131,827,980 of the [...]
1 CommentActivision Wins ModernWarfare3.com Dispute
Saturday, September 10th, 2011Back in July, Activision filed an official complaint against the owner of www.modernwarfare3.com, a site which became known after the URL redirected traffic to rival shooter Battlefield 3‘s official front page. The specifics of the case were that the site’s owner, Anthony Abraham of Florida, had intentionally -and in bad faith – filed a “confusing [...]
Comments OffHUD: TF2 Goes F2P and Not Everyone is Happy, Operation Rainfall Updates, and More
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.
Comments OffGaming Industry Victorious in Supreme Court
Monday, June 27th, 2011The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Entertainment Merchants Association today, in a historic case that resulted in video games being granted the same first amendment rights as books, films, and music. More information on the ruling is included after the jump.
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