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Wargaming Sues Chinese Developer Over World of Tanks Ripoff
There are only two certainties in life: Death, and that if there is a product in existence, China has ripped it off and claimed it as its own. Now you can find a ripoff of just about anything in...
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Activision Blizzard Sued By Shareholders Over Buyout
I couldn’t resist using that picture, I am sorry. As you may recall, not too long ago Bobby Kotick’s investment group announced that they would be buying most of Activision Blizzard’s stock back from...
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Blizzard Wins $7 Million Judgement Against Bots
Blizzard has fired another shot across the nose of the bot community with a successful judgement against Ceiling Fan Software. The developer was embroiled in a lawsuit against the creator of Shadow...
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NCSoft Employees Caught Embezzling Development Funds
MMO Culture is reporting that three staff members have been fired after it was discovered that they were embezzling funds from Project HON, with the possibility that the police may become involved. It...
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In Plain English: Bassett V. Electronic Arts
Here at MMO Fallout we take strides to keep you up to date on ongoing litigation, because generally the news only covers the start and the end, but not the years in between or the actual arguments...
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In Plain English: The Curious Case Of Jagex V John Doe
Those of you who play RuneScape or World of Warcraft are likely well acquainted with a popular phishing technique that made its rounds over the past few years, or at least you would be if you took a...
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CIG Might Refund $2.1 Million Kickstarters, Derek Smart Promises Lawsuit
Cloud Imperium Games publicly announced that they refunded Derek Smart’s Kickstarter pledge and disabled his account may strike as odd, given they accused him of using the game to push his own MMO,...
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$12.5 Million Deal Reached In 38 Studios Lawsuit
In what is certainly not the final chapter to the long and twisted story of 38 Studios, Curt Schilling, and Kingdoms of Amalur, Rhode Island has announced a $12.5 million settlement with four more...
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Derek Smart: There Will Be A Lawsuit
If Cloud Imperium Games thought that booting Derek Smart out as a customer would be the end of the story, they were sorely mistaken. Smart has been heading a crusade against Star Citizen over claims...
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38 Studios Lenders Hit With Fraud Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission is now involving the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation and Wells Fargo Securities, levying fraud charges against both groups in relation to the bankruptcy of...
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Digital Homicide, Jim Sterling, Lawyers, Slander, And A Lesson In Legality
Digital Homicide is an enigma. All but one of its games carries a “mostly negative” rating on Steam, its games are critically panned mostly for being lazy, uninspired hobby projects cobbled together...
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In Plain English: Bassett V. Electronic Arts Dismissed
It’s been over a year since we last checked in on the curious case of Justin Bassett and Electronic Arts, so a brief history may be in order: Justin Bassett sued Electronic Arts over the company...
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IPE Update: Judge Strikes Digital Homicide Complaint
Small In Plain English update on the Digital Homicide v James Stanton (Jim Sterling) lawsuit that took place over the past week. On April 13th, James Romaine filed a 77 page amended complaint against...
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IPE Update: Motion To Dismiss Digital Homicide Lawsuit Presented
Romaine V Stanton refers to the ongoing lawsuit between James Romaine (Digital Homicide) and James Stanton (Jim Sterling) over alleged defamation by the latter causing damage to the reputation and...
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IPE Update: Run Over By An Internet Semi Update
Small In Plain English update for the James Romaine V James Stanton case (Digital Homicide V Jim Sterling). Following the recent motion to dismiss the case, James Romaine has filed his own motion to...
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In Plain English: Epic Sues Paragon Cheat Maker
Epic Games has launched a lawsuit against German gamer Robin Kreibich under allegations that the defendant violated copyright by selling cheat software for their upcoming MOBA game, Paragon. The...
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[NM] Sorry, ODD Games, Retroactive Defamation Isn’t Real
Here at MMO Fallout, I have always taken the position that a developer’s previous work does not prohibit them from fixing what is broken or improving in future products. While we would like to see a...
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James Romine Subpoenas Valve For Steam User Details
Digital Homicide’s James Romine has filed a subpoena against Valve in Phoenix to discover the identities of what appears to be 100 anonymous users who had made statements about the company in the...
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Digital Homicide’s Business Destroyed, Lawsuit Against Steam Users Ends
The lawsuit by James Romine against 100 unknown Steam users has come to an end. A few days ago, Romine filed a motion for extension of time or dismissal without prejudice, effectively asking the court...
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Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Spurs Frontier Lawsuit Against Atari
Frontier Developments is currently best known for their hit title Planet Coaster, of course when people aren’t thinking of them as the developer of that Star Citizen-esque game that actually saw...
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