After numerous claims of hostile work environments, sexism and sexual harassment, Riot Games has taken action against the lawsuits being filed – by preventing employees to take any kind of legal action against the studio. On Friday it was reported by Kotaku that Riot Games made it clear that they would be taking preventative measures against the studio’s staff by …

Officially revealed for several seconds last year at Bethesda’s E3 conference, The Elder Scrolls 6: Check out these Thu’umnails probably won’t see the light of a full release in 2019. Or 2020 even, as the best-case scenario for Bethesda’s big-budget RPG could be 2021 thanks to some ongoing litigation.

Wrestler Booker T – that’s Robert Huffman to his mum – is suing Activision, saying they put the likeness of his alter ego, comic book character G.I Bro in Black Ops 4, without his consent or the appropriate licencing.

Nintendo, the family-friendly home of classic video game characters such as Mario, Donkey Kong and a team of lawyers so goshdarn powerful that they could reduce the entire roster of Super Smash Bros. Melee to ashes quicker than Thanos can snap his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. If there’s one thing that you have to know about Nintendo, it’s that the company doesn’t take too kindly to anyone pirating their software.

Crikey, but comic books are becoming an ugly business. Last week, it was reported that Comicsgate’s most prominent face Richard Meyer was taking veteran comic book writer Mark Waid to court, claiming that Waid had managed to get publisher Antarctic Press to drop his crowdfunded Jawbreakers comic book series from the imprint by flexing his well-connected muscles. Claiming defamation and …

Leaks rarely lead to major court cases. Blacklisting is usually the worst thing that can happen to a website as it finds itself shut out by a publisher, but the idea of being slapped with a hefty bill? Unheard of, until yesterday when website Trusted Reviews and their parent company TI Media forked out £1 million to charity after they published confidential information regarding Red Dead Redemption 2 back in February from a leaked internal document from Rockstar Games.

Kingdom Come and Daredevil writer Mark Waid is ready to fight back against Comicsgate and one of the more visible faces of that hate group, as the writer turns to fans to help him win a lawsuit and mak a statement that the comic book industry won't back down against bullies and toxic behaviour.

Following a sudden mass layoff at Telltale Games last week, former employees are seeking legal means to get compensation in a class-action lawsuit against the studio.