Enlarge / If you take aim at Destiny 2 cheaters in court, you’d better not miss. When game makers go to court to stop cheat makers, they often rely on claims that the cheat tools represent a form of copyright infringement on the original game. Last week, though, a federal judge dismissed such copyright claims […]
Enlarge / Who’s that Pac-lady within the pink hat, and what offers she done with Ms. Pac-Man? (credit: @nickisonlinet / Twitter ) Obsessive Pac-fans of a certain age might remember Ms. Pac-Man’s cameo look in Pac-Land , the 1984 side-scrolling spin-off that will first gave Pac-Man legs. This particular week’s re-release of the game on […]
Enlarge / Who’s that Pac-lady in the pink hat, and what has she done with Ms. Pac-Man? (credit: @nickisonlinet / Twitter ) Obsessive Pac-fans of a certain age may remember Ms. Pac-Man’s cameo appearance in Pac-Land , the 1984 side-scrolling spin-off that first gave Pac-Man legs. This week’s re-release of the game on the Switch […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Wordle Archive—a website that let users play through hundreds of previous daily five-letter Wordle puzzles—has been taken down at the request of Wordle owner The New York Times. The archival site, which offered a backward-looking play feature that’s not available in the NYT’s official version of Wordle, had […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Historically, when major game companies have talked about emulation, they’ve pigeonholed the technology primarily as a way for players to steal their IP through piracy. Now, though, Xbox chief Phil Spencer is urging the industry to embrace legal emulation as a way to preserve the legacy and wider […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) In September, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple must allow iOS developers to direct users to external content-purchasing mechanisms outside of the App Store’s built-in In-App Purchases. Tuesday night, Rogers refused Apple’s request to stay that ruling, setting the stage for it to go into […]
A prototype SX Core device soldered to a Nintendo Switch motherboard. [credit: Team Xeceuter ] Gary Bowser will plead guilty to two federal felony charges related to his work with Team Xecuter, the maker of the “SX” line of Switch modding devices and other tools Bowser now admits were “predominant[ly] and primar[ily] design[ed]… to allow […]
Enlarge When gaming peripherals company Dbrand started selling its custom black PS5 faceplates in February, its website cheekily suggested that its efforts were “totally legal, ” and it urged anyone who thought otherwise to “go ahead, sue us. ” Now, sure enough, the company has been forced to change the design of its custom plates […]
Enlarge / Activision’s Los Angeles offices. (credit: Getty Images) In a new legal filing, Activision Blizzard is pointing to alleged conflicts of interest within California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in an effort to delay or stymie the state agency’s continuing lawsuit over supposed discrimination and sexual harassment at the company. Conflict claims […]
Enlarge / RomUniverse has been down for months, but owner Matt Storman may be considering bringing it back despite a court judgment. In May, a US District Court ordered former RomUniverse. com owner Matthew Storman to pay $2. 1 million in damages to Nintendo for copyright and trademark infringement. Now, Nintendo is seeking an additional […]