Last week, Bethesda filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive over similarities between Fallout Shelter and the recent Westworld mobile game. Bethesda alleged that Behaviour had stolen code previously used in Fallout Sh...

Around a month ago, PUBG Corp (makers of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) filed for a lawsuit against Epic Games (makers of Fortnite) on the grounds of copyright infringement. This was just another part of a long going feud that PUBG Corp had...

Bethesda is taking Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive to court over the recently released Westworld mobile game. Bethesda is citing that the game is a "blatant ripoff" of its own title Fallout Shelter, which Behaviour actually worked on...

More bad news has been unearthed concerning strained developer Telltale Games, well known for their episodic adventure titles such as The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us.Kevin Bruner, former CEO and co-founder of the Californian company,...

When it comes to esports furniture, IKEA doesnt really come to mind -- and they're hoping to change that soon. IKEA just announced a partnership with both a medical company that uses wearable tech UNYQ and Area Academy, an esports company...

Nearly a year ago, PUBG Corp. had claimed that Epic Games' Fortnite was a "carbon copy" of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. As preposterous as that claim may have been, PUBG Corp. is now looking to take legal action against its number one com...

Set TV sounds too good to be true, and it turns out it is. They offer a cable alternative where a measly $20 a month gets the user over 500 channels, including premium services such as HBO. Not only does that sound like a bargain, but ...

A few months back, reports started coming out that developer Quantic Dream, known for titles Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit, had allegedly been running a fairly toxic workplace. There were claims from former employees of sexist and racist jokes ...

Last year's release of Star Wars Battlefront II seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back. Not even a week after the game was on store shelves, a bunch of politicians were looking into whether or not the loot boxes contained within...

It has been almost exactly two years since we first learned about Leslie Benzies' lawsuit against Rockstar. Benzies, the former head of Rockstar North and a longtime producer of the studio's biggest games, alleges that he was forced out of ...

Remember ages ago when people sued Sony for taking away Linux on the PS3? Well it's time to collect. The official settlement page is now up, and it's on you to prove that you bought an original PS3 from November 1, 2006 to April 1, 201...

Robert Nardolillo III, a member of the Rhode Island State House, has proposed a new bill that would put a tax on the sale of all "violent video games." The goal of this bill is to funnel any extra funds into a separate pool to be used for p...

The manufacturers of the famous Humvee, AM General LLC, have filed suit against Activision over the latter's repeated use of the off-road military vehicle in the Call of Duty series. Talks between the two companies have been ongoing for a y...

It's been reported by Japanese website PC Watch that Blizzard Entertainment and its partner in the Orient, Netease, are suing the developers of mobile arena-shooter Heroes of Warfare, 4399, over claims that the Android/iOS title is a rip-of...

When Epic Games promised to have a zero tolerance policy against cheaters in their team-based shooter Fortnite, it wasn't just whistlin' dixie. Two individuals associated to cheat-distribution site Addicted Cheats have been hit with complai...

Last week, A jury found in favour of Texas company iLife Technologies over their claims that the Nintendo Wii controller infringed upon six of the healthcare developer's patents.The body of the lawsuit was that the Wiimote for the Wii and W...

Atari have filed suit against food-makers Nestle over a 2016 KitKat commercial that featured a concept similar to the 1976 arcade classic Breakout.The UK-based advertisement (which itself is titled "Breakout") features a group of people at ...

A Dutch court has ofund in favour of retired footballer Edgar Davids (pictured) in his lawsuit, filed against Riot Games, over a champion skin for a League of Legends character.The "Striker Lucian" skin, which Riot themselves once admitted ...

Mobile accessory manufacturer Gamevice is filing suit against Nintendo over the design of the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con, which Gamevice claims violates the patent they hold on their "Wikipad" tablet and its accessories.Gamevice believe that...

Two longtime PC modders, who have been creating skins for Street Fighter IV and V for years, have been issued DMCA notices from Capcom, reportedly handed down through their Patreon accounts. "BrutalAce" and "Khaledantar666" were both h...

You remember GTA: Vice City? Of course you do, it was awesome. Well, a quest-giver from its neon-soaked streets has angered the Psychic Readers Network, who are suing developers Rockstar for an undisclosed amount of money.Auntie Poulet, who...

Singer Dion DiMucci has filed a lawsuit against ZeniMax Media over their use of his '60s pop hit 'The Wanderer' in conjunction with Fallout 4.The reported $1 million lawsuit claims that the song, which DiMucci signed off on through his labe...

Apparently racing your very own Mario Kart is a booming business over in Japan, because this is the second time I'm posting about a company offering such a thing. It looks like the Marika Company didn't get clearance from Nintendo, because ...

[Disclosure: Jim Sterling is a former reviews editor at Destructoid.] Almost a year ago, we found out that Jim Sterling was being sued by indie developer James Romine on behalf of his studio Digital Homicide for damages in excess of $10.7 m...

After almost three days of deliberation, a Dallas jury has reached a decision based on three weeks of testimony. The jury awarded ZeniMax half a billion dollars because it concluded that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey violated a non-disclo...

Two years ago, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched a legal challenge against Valve over its treatment of Australian users of its Steam service between the dates of January 1, 2011 and August 28, 2014 (whe...