Bethesda To Shut Down Official Forums In Favor Of Discord, Elder Scrolls Online Forums Will Continue To Operate

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Bethesda Softworks is shutting down their official game forums in favor of more modern alternatives. The studio announced earlier this week that they will be moving community discussions to Discord. “The forums have seen many changes over the years, and we’ve enjoyed seeing our community grow and evolve alongside Bethesda and all of our games. Now, though, with the numerous [...]

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Activision Blizzard Wins Nine-Year Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed By Worlds Inc.

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Activision Blizzard has just won a nine-year patent infringement lawsuit against Massachusetts-based tech company Worlds Inc. The lawsuit was filed in March 2012 claiming that the former violated five existing patents for a “System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space” in World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and other games. After nine years, PCGamesN reported [...]

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The Division Coming To Netflix, New PC And Mobile Spinoffs In Development

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Movie and TV adaptations of games seem to be the trend nowadays, with several big name games coming to Netflix following the success of The Witcher series. Netflix is currently working on several video game adaptations, including Assassin’s Creed, Beyond Good and Evil, Cyberpunk, Devil May Cry, Dota 2, Tomb Raider, and the most-recent addition, Ubisoft’s The Division. According to [...]

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Sony Faces Class-Action Lawsuit For Alleged Monopoly Of Digital Downloads

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It seems that Epic Games’ legal battle against Apple has opened the door for other anti-monopoly lawsuits. According to Bloomberg, Sony Interactive Entertainment is now facing a class-action suit for forcing consumers to purchase digital PlayStation games exclusively from the PlayStation Store. Up until two years ago, players had the option to buy download codes from third-party retailers such as [...]

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Activision Blizzard Q1 2021 Financials Show Increase In Revenue As Blizzard MAU’s Continue To Drop

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Activision Blizzard has just published their latest quarterly financial report which offers some interesting bits of information about how the company is doing. The Q1 2021 report shows a 7% increase in Blizzard’s revenue year-over-year but also a significant drop in player numbers. Blizzard’s playerbase has taken another big hit, dropping by 27% over the past three years according to [...]

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Epic Games Vs. Apple Court Documents Reveal That Sony Charges For Cross-Play Support

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Up until three or four years ago, it would have been virtually impossible for a game to support cross-play between PlayStation other platforms. Now, almost every multi-platform game has this feature. So what changed? New documents revealed during the Epic Games vs Apple gives us some insight into why Sony grudgingly agreed to implement cross-platform play. Apparently, Epic Games wouldn’t [...]

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Epic Games And Apple Give Opening Arguments As Antitrust Trial Begins

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The beginning of the end of the Epic Games vs Apple lawsuit is finally close at hand as the antitrust trial officially began yesterday with the opening arguments from both of the companies. According to VentureBeat, Epic’s opening statement accused Apple of monopolizing the mobile games and apps market and “trapping” customers inside a walled garden called the App Store. [...]

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