As if the previous lawsuits brought against its users wasn’t enough indication, three more hackers found themselves on Blizzard’s bad side, legally speaking. The software giant filed suit in a District Court of Los Angeles against programmers who allegedly created and sold hacks to Starcraft II. The company has already permanently banned over 5,000 cheating […]
In a sales report listing a slight decline in overall profits, developer Southpeak Interactive cites the CDV litigation as what increased their losses for the fiscal year (which ended June 30th.) Overall, however, losses were at a 32% decline over last year’s numbers.
While Rock Band revolutionized the music-rhythm genre, it was not even close to be the first time such gameplay mechanics were tossed around the idea table. Back in 2008, Japanese game publisher Konami sued Viacom, the parent company of Rock Band devs Harmonix. Konami’s case argued that the music-rhythm game infringed on patents previously utilized […]
Activision Blizzard recently won a default judgment verdict in the case against Alyson Reeves, the operator of an unauthorized server on World of Warcraft. The case accused the defendant of circumvention of copyright protection systems and copyright infringement, among other charges, and was originally filed last October.