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Back in 2012, we reported that anyone who had purchased an NFL, NCAA, or AFL-licensed game could claim compensation as part of a class-action lawsuit. Things just got better for those of you who qualify. The initial settlement proposal would have awarded $6.79 for GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation title... More

A former Zynga product manager by the name of Wendy Lee is suing her previous employers over discrepancies in the firm's policies surrounding stock sales. Following the mobile and social game publisher's initial public offering on December 16, 2011, employees and other existing shareholders were... More

In new documents filed as part of the state of Rhode Island's lawsuit against 38 Studios executives, including baseball great Curt Schilling, the state's attorney claims that there is "crushing evidence" that 38 Studios intentionally misled the state. The suit is over a $75 million... More

Last summer, EA filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Zynga over their obvious Sims rip-off The Ville. Today, it's being reported that the lawsuit has been dismissed. Zynga had also filed a counter-suit against EA, claiming that the publisher was preventing their employees from leaving for... More

Last year, Too Human developer Silicon Knights was ordered to destroy all game code created using the Unreal Engine , which includes games both released and unreleased by the developer. The process has begun with Too Human's disappearance from the Xbox Live Marketplace. To refresh, Silicon Knights... More

Tattoo artist Chris Escobedo is suing THQ over the unlicensed use of a tattoo that appears on fighter Carlos Condit in the UFC Undisputed 3. Escobedo is the owner of Elite Tattoo in Arizona, and he created the tattoo that appears on Condit's side. Polygon reports that the tattoo in question is an... More

Update: Blizzard has reached out to us with a lengthy statement in response to the lawsuit. It plans on fighting the class action suit stating that, "This suit is without merit and filled with patently false information." Check out the full statement below: This suit is without merit and filled... More

Pictured above: not Michael "Shagg" Washington. Michael "Shagg" Washington, a man who claims to be a back-up singer for the '90s hip-hop group Cypress Hill, also claimed to be the inspiration for the character Carl "CJ" Johnson from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He... More

Update: Sony offered a statement to Venture Beat clarifying the situation. Here's the statement from Sony: "Sony Computer Entertainment America filed a lawsuit against Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek, Inc. on September 11. The claims are based on violations of the Lanham Act, misappropriation... More

A U.S. district court judge has dismissed a case brought against Nintendo by Copper Innovations Group which claimed the Wii console and controllers infringed upon one of its patents. After looking over the case, Judge David Cercone of the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh said there was no need for a... More

Zynga recently experienced a crash in its stock , which was preceded by many of the company's investors and executives cashing out its stock investments in the company for huge sums. Now the company is facing a number of insider trading lawsuits. The simplified version of the issue here is that investors... More

The creator of Minecraft, Markus "Notch" Persson, is facing a patent lawsuit, but he doesn't seem to mind too much. You can see his initial tweet about the lawsuit in the image above.The gist of the lawsuit is that the company Uniloc is suing Mojang over the unauthorized use of patent #6... More

In 2008, a class action lawsuit against Electronic Arts was filed claiming that its exclusive deal to create NFL games was causing the price of NFL games to needlessly rise. Without competition, EA could charge whatever it wanted like a monopoly. That lawsuit has reached a possible settlement. A $27... More

While author John Beiswenger, who claimed Ubisoft had stolen elements of his novel Link when it created the Assassin's Creed series, had recently ended his lawsuit against the company, the story might not be over. According to Gamasutra , Ubisoft has filed a complaint against Beiswenger and wants... More

Last month American author John Beiswenger sued Ubisoft with claims that the company flat-out stole ideas from his novel, Link , and repurposed them for the Assassin’s Creed series. Today we have confirmation that Beiswenger is backing off. For now. In Link , a machine known as the Link device... More

City National Bank (CNB) is suing Konami, claiming that the publisher hasn't paid back any of the $14 million it and developer Autumn Games used to create the game Def Jam Rapstar. Courthouse News Service reports that the bank claims that Konami said it would repay the loan using revenue from the... More

Treyarch’s Black Ops II marks the series’ first move into the future, but it also raises questions about the ongoing relationship between Activision and Infinity Ward. Over two years ago, details regarding the lawsuit began to appear publicly . One such detail stated that Call of Duty titles... More

It's been over six months since Bethesda decided to sue Mojang, the developer behind Minecraft, because of the indie studio's decision to name an upcoming project "Scrolls." Now that lawsuit is officially ended with both parties apparently pleased. According to a tweet from Mojang head... More

Justin Bieber, the popular artist who sings a song with a chorus that repeats the word "baby" three times in a row, is being sued by mobile developer RC3 over its game Joustin' Beaver. Bieber's legal team is claiming that the Android game is infringing on Bieber's trademark and... More

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by IA Labs CA against Nintendo, which claimed that the company's Wii Balance Board accessory infringed on its patent. “Nintendo has a passionate tradition of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights... More