12 Nov
Executive vice president of auction organizer Heritage Global Partners, Nick Jimenez has told Gamespot that the 38 Studios intellectual property auction has been moved to December, pending court approval. The auction was originally scheduled to take place this month. The auction includes assets such as MMO Project Copernicus, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sequel rights and also […]
26 Oct
Depositions began this week in the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.’s lawsuit against Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios, the Associated Press reports. EDC lead attorney Max Wistow said the first deposition began on Thursday with an executive at First Southwest. First Southwest was a financial adviser to the EDC in its $75 million loan guarantee to […]
18 Oct
A federal court in California has ruled in favor of Blizzard Entertainment in a two-year legal battle with Ceiling Fan Software regarding World of Warcraft bots. The court has also awarded Blizzard a $7 million judgement. Blizzard filed the lawsuit against Ceiling Fan in December 2011 for developing bots which allowed users to automate aspects of […]
11 Oct
The Delaware Supreme Court has overturned the preliminary injunction that was preventing Activision Blizzard from buying Vivendi Universal’s stake in the company, GI International reports. Activision Blizzard reached a deal with Vivendi in July to acquire its own shares for over $8 billion. The acquisition was halted by the Delaware Chancery Court in September when […]