Over $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 […]
Proving yet again why he has become an icon amongst developers both independent and not, Markus “Notch” Persson has issued an official – and completely serious – challenge to Bethesda. The Zenimax-owned studio behind The Elder Scrolls franchise have threatened to go to court should the new game from Persson’s studio proceed with its current […]
It now seems more than likely that Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella’s lawsuit against former parent company Activision will head to trial. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge deemed their claims as having merit this past Thursday, one of the last stages before a case heads into court. Their lawsuit was originally […]
[Initial reporting done by Eli English] Phillip James Holland, the 23 year old who was sued by Evony LLC (the creators of the free-to-play MMORPG of the same name) last month, has received his verdict of having to pay Evony LLC $300,000. The verdict was originally going to be $800k, but the judge found that […]