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lawsuit EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag PSN troll subpoenas Winona Ryder & Depeche Mode, sues WoW 58 Erik Estavillo has struck again. You'll know him as the guy who tried to sue Sony for banning him from PSN. He also filed suit against Microsoft and Nintendo, the latter for not allowing him to c... Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft 68 Erik Estavillo, the agoraphobic Resistance player who keeps attempting to sue Sony for banning his trolling arse, has now decided to try and get some money from Microsoft and Nintendo as well. Hi... Rumor: check out these Fallout Online screens 29 If you are going to be skeptical about one thing for the rest of the year I'd suggest it is these screens. They're from a Polish site which claims to have gotten its hands on the paperwork from t... Visually impaired gamer sues Sony 92 It's tough to be blind or visually impaired. I think we can all agree that that is a true enough statement. You probably miss out on a lot of great things. Playing videogames would be one of thos... Activision responds to No Doubt lawsuit 41 Yesterday we learned that No Doubt was suing Activision over its appearance in Band Hero, seemingly encouraged by the Kurt Cobain situation and claiming that they never agreed to be used as in-ga... No Doubt suing Activision over appearance in Band Hero 41 Just as happened with Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero 5 and the screams from the bloated, sucking mass which rallied to his defense, Activision is taking some heat for the use of likeness... Seriously: Attorney opens videogameseizures.com 25 Had a game seizure? Call this guy. A few years back, a kid busted a seizure playing Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. Syracuse attorney Michael P. Kenny was and still is on the case against Sony a... Interplay vs. Bethesda: the court filings 22 If you've only been paying attention to the gaming side of Fallout you're missing the most exciting part! Screw the games, legal action is where it is at and the two companies behind Fallout, Bet... Nintendo, 53 publishers taking R4 sellers to court 30 The R4 has been a pirate's dream for many years, allowing gamers to essentially rip off the DS' entire library and carry it around on one little cart. Sure, many people claim to buy an R4 to &quo... Man sues Sony after Firmware bricked his PS3 53 Firmware 3.0 has not been the greatest thing Sony's ever done from a PR perspective. This latest Firmware, while bringing some new features to the table, has also brought software compatibility p... Dog-faced football fan suing EA for Madden likeness theft 17 Best headline ever. Cleveland Browns fan John Thompson is known for representing his beloved football team by wearing a terrifying bulb-eyed dog mask. You'd think the man would be happy to appear... Sue me, my lord! Evony slaps blogger with lawsuit 35 Evony Online is a free browser-based real time strategy game that enjoys using inappropriate sexual implications to advertise itself. The game creators, Evony LLC, have been embroiled in a rather... Legal fight: Bethesda sues Interplay over Fallout stuff 44 Bethesda Softworks is, like, totally, “I ain’t playin’ wit’ you Interplay.” The studio responsible for the Elder Scrolls series is now suing developer Interplay for ... Idiot sues Bungie and Microsoft over Halo 3 46 Randy Nunez is a man on a mission. A mission to make Microsoft and Bungie pay for their crimes against gamers. Despite Halo 3 being a relatively well polished, complaint-free game, Nunez claims t... Courtney Love threatens to sue over Guitar Hero Cobain 83 Despite the fact that Activision was able to get Kurt Cobain into Guitar Hero 5 and release the game with no problems whatsoever, new rumblings from Courtney Love's bloodstained lair seem to sugg... $50,000 scratched disc lawsuit moves forward 57 Jason Johnson claims to have had his discs scratched by his 360 and he wants revenge, damn it! This past December he sued Microsoft over the issue for $50,000, claiming that Microsoft had knowing... Electronic Arts sued over Fight Night Round 4 14 We just received a lawsuit claim from sports licensing group Fighters Inc., accusing Electronic Arts of misappropriating the names and likenesses of professional boxers in Fight Night Round 4. Th... EA sues John Dillinger's relative over Godfather guns 84 If you're not up to par with your American criminal history, John Dillinger was an infamous bank robber who was shot dead by the FBI in 1934. His legacy is also jealously guarded by the grandson ... Grand Theft Auto 'Hot Coffee' class action suit settled 22 A slice of the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas “Hot Coffee” saga -- which came screaming into focus in 2005 -- has closed with a whimper. Earlier this afternoon Take-Two announced that ... Activision getting barely anything in Brutal Legend suit 54 If you like to see evil publisher Activision getting what it deserves for its greed and hubris, then this is the story for you. The LA Times is reporting that the nefarious company is getting &qu... Guess who's getting sued again? 75 Did you guess Nintendo? WRONG.It's Microsoft! That's right, Microsoft is being sued yet again for allegedly knowingly selling, and profiting off of, defective products. Up to bat is a fine gentle... ESA sues Chicago Transport Authority over game ad bans 9 The Chicago Transport Authority doesn't like those evil, evil vidjagames dirtying the city's beautiful buses. In January of this year, the CTA enacted a ban on any advert that  "markets... Player banned from Resistance, sues Sony over free speech 50 Brilliant. As if frivolous lawsuits and willful misinterpretation of the idea of free speech wasn't getting bad enough, here comes Erik Estavillo of San Jose, a man who is taking Sony to cou... Patent parasites sue Microsoft over Xbox Live 40 When it comes to frivolous and greed-driven lawsuits, few disgust me more than those instigated by patent trolls. People who make vague patents and then sue whenever they can claim infringement s... Square Enix sued for 'deceiving' customers 32 Square Enix is facing a federal class action claiming that 100,000 customers have been deceived by the publisher over fees related to subscription-based MMO Final Fantasy XI. It's been alleged th... Bankrupt Lair developer sued by former staff 17 Factor 5 just can't catch a break. Its notorious PS3 exclusive Lair was a critical flop, the firm had to declare bankruptcy and now it's being sued by former employees for fraud. According to the... 3D Realms is still alive and kicking 29 George Broussard of 3D Realms issued a statement to clear up some misunderstandings in light of all the Duke Nukem Forever troubles.First, 3D Realms isn't dead! They're still alive, but they did ... Madden and EA might be getting sued 15 Hold on, let me put on my Samit hat. Fresh off the news that he will be retiring, John Madden is back in the news, but this time he probably won't be celebrating anything. Former Cleveland Brown ... Scratch DJ developer sues Activision 16 It’s like a non-fun version of Little Mac versus King Hippo. Genius Products And Numark Industries have filed a lawsuit against Activision and 7 Studios over Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. The s... Microsoft hit with $90 million lawsuit over online gaming 22 I love how everyone thinks they invented online gaming. Reminds me of the drinking story I tell about inventing the whole caps-in-a-chat-room-means-you're-yelling thing. Remind me of that when yo... Gibson loses patent suit against Activision over Guitar Hero 8 About a year ago, Gibson Guitars filed a lawsuit against Activision over patent infringement. The story goes that Gibson (who had been licensing guitar designs and logos to RedOctane for years by... Wii games hurt people, make them fat, claims arsehole 24 According to one loudmouth with a radio show, the Wii needs to pull its products from store shelves until they make significant changes to their advertising. Instead of promoting family fun and a... Running an MMO? That's a lawsuit 34 In the wonderful world of intellectual property law, patent lawsuits are a dime a dozen. Often, they're ridiculous, transparent attempts at money grabbing. Here's another one.Worlds.com, a websit... Microsoft doesn't try to make excuses in light of disc-scratch lawsuit 29 As we reported yesterday, Microsoft has been slapped with yet another lawsuit, this one alleging that the platform holder knew all about the Xbox 360's tendency to scratch discs yet did nothing t... Microsoft knew about disc-scratching Xbox 360 issue, claims suit 49 We all know that Microsoft deliberately rushed the Xbox 360 and then hoped nobody would notice when their consoles stopped working, but if a new lawsuit is correct, Microsoft's ignorance runs muc... Illinois man sues Micrsoft for scratched discs 51 Microsoft's spent a lot of time in courtrooms when it comes to problems with the 360. The most recent case deals with a man from Illinois who has sued the company for what he claims are discs tha... THQ sues Activision Blizzard over Baja box art, totally worth a lawsuit 32 Recently, THQ dropped a lawsuit on Activision Blizzard over the box art for the upcoming and sure to be a smash hit title, SCORE International Baja 1000. THQ is contending that Activision Blizzar... Microsoft faces Red Ring lawsuit 65 Has it really taken so long for something like this to happen? My JOURNALISM throws up no similar suits, save for a lone man filing over his scratched discs. If this is the case, then Microsoft h... EA faces class action suit over Spore DRM: Shocked it took this long 23 It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Captain Obvious! After all the complaints and user backlash, Electronic Arts is finally facing a class action suit over the problems caused by Spore's SecuROM ... God of War 'stolen' from movie pitch, claims lawsuit 27 SCEA and God of War designer David Jaffe are reportedly being sued over claims that the PlayStation franchise stole its plot and themes from work that was sent to Sony Pictures. Jonathan Bissoon-... An end to Madden monopoly madness? EA asks federal court to dismiss lawsuit 15 Back in June, we told you about two gamers who filed a class-action lawsuit against EA, alleging that the corporation’s exclusivity agreement with the National Football League was a monopol... Assassin's Creed is worth ten million dollars? 35 According to gamesindustry.biz, Ubisoft is suing PC games manufacturer Optical Experts Manufacturing for over ten million dollars. The claim is that an employee took an early version of Assassin&... Konami sues Harmonix because Rock Band is fun 33 Yesterday, Konami issued some papers and officially sued Harmonix for patent violations. The claim is that Rock Band’s instruments and visual feedback interface hit a little too close to pa... "Hot Coffee" class-action suit an utter failure 13 When Take-Two settled its case over the infamous Hot Coffee incident, a hidden sex scene less titillating than a drug-fueled orgy between the cast members of The Golden Girls, it was both sad and... Nintendo sues Nyko over Kama nunchuk controller 16 I poked a little fun at this controller back in April, when I insinuated that it looked a bit like a portable vibrator (hot pink FTW). Nintendo were significantly less amused by the offering, app... Justice to be served? Lawsuit filed against EA for exclusivity agreements 29 For years, gamers have loathed EA Sports’ exclusivity agreements for football videogames. Currently, EA is the only publisher that can make a game that uses the NFL, NCAA, or AFL (arena foo...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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