A Pokémon player has been busted by the cops for selling illegally hacked pocket monsters
Personally, I feel like everyone that started Pokemon Sword and Shield off with Sobble as their starter pocket monster should be arrested but that’s just me.
Paris Regional Court decrees that Valve must allow users to resell digitally owned games
The ruling, passed yesterday in Paris, states that it is unconstitutional for Valve to prohibit the redistribution of “second-hand” digital games.
G2A is promising to pay back developers for chargebacks on illegally obtained games ten times over, with a catch of course
The ball is in G2A’s court, but as long as there’s money to be made from a grey market of illicitly obtained download keys for games, it sounds like the company believes that a cure is better than prevention of the illness that currently plagues it.
Nintendo hits emulation and ROM sites with a massive lawsuit
Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against emulation sites LoveROMs and LoveRETRO for their part in distributing copyrighted games.
Piracy might actually help games sales, one EU study finds
Does the nature of word of mouth mean that piracy is actually helping legitimate games sales around the world? A new study in the EU seems to suggest this is true.
Valve have now gone after Team Fortress 2 gambling sites
Valve are cracking down on TF2 skin gambling sites before they're taken to court, again.
Sony doesn’t need a warrant to report your illegal PSN activities
As much as I'm a big believer in privacy, especially online, the PlayStation Network is not a private place. Sony can and will report you if you use their platform for your crimes.
Australia moves to ban mature video games again
It's not been long since Australia finally legalised R18+ games and yet it looks like they may make them illegal again.
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