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Apple SUED over alleged iPhone monopoly in the U.S., accused of ‘suppressing’ alternative messaging apps, smartwatches, cloud games

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 21, 2024
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alongside 16 State/District Attorneys General has sued Apple today for violating federal antitrust laws (the famed Sherman Act...

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Only six of Activision Blizzard's 10,000 employees caught the coronavirus.

Activision Blizzard to settle CA unequal pay case for $56M

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
December 16, 2023
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Edited at 7:45pm PT — The original version of this article incorrectly stated the settlement was related to sexual harassment, not unequal employment practices...

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(Gary) Bowser has to pay Nintendo another $10M

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 8, 2021
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Gary Bowser owes Nintendo an additional $10 million. Bowser, a well-known software hacker, was one of the members of the hacking group Team-Xecuter. They...

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Roblox sues YouTuber Ruben Sim for $1.65M for ‘terrorist threats’

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 1, 2021
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The Roblox Corporation has filed a lawsuit in California against YouTuber Benjamin Simon for making terrorist threats against the studio and its users. Roblox...

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Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, and thousands sign petition for anti-discrimination action

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 29, 2021
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Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees joined a walkout today to protest the company’s initially harsh response to allegations of sex discrimination at the company...

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Bobby Kotick apologizes for ‘tone deaf’ response to sex discrimination charges at Activision Blizzard

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 28, 2021
5 min

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick apologized today for the “tone deaf” company response to allegations of sex discrimination at the big video game publisher....

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Epic Games is launching the Free Fortnite Cup. Guess who the villain is?

Apple v. Epic Games trial starts with all eyes watching

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 3, 2021
12 min

The Apple v. Epic trial gets underway today in a virtual hearing in federal court. It’s fair to say this is the trial of...

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The new skins coming to the season 9 battle pass in Fortnite.

Apple, Epic, and federal judge spar over restraining order in antitrust case

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 28, 2020
7 min

A federal judge in Oakland heard arguments today over a temporary restraining order in an antitrust case between Apple and Epic Games. In doing...

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Fortnite’s ‘safety and fairness’ ban actually hurts users and developers

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 14, 2020
4 min

When the news broke yesterday that Apple and Google banned Epic’s super-popular game Fortnite from their app stores, most people focused on the bans...

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Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, argued to make the game industry more open in the next decade at the Dice Summit 2020.

Epic’s antitrust case against Apple’s App Store monopoly

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 13, 2020
6 min

In a broad antitrust challenge to the power of one of the tech industry giants, Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging...

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