COMMUNICATIONS
- The Retailers Strike Back with a Motion to Strike in the Allarco Litigation (Howard Knopf)
- Motion to Strike in Allarco
- Wireless Worsens: Report Finds Canadian Wireless Pricing Now Less Competitive Compared to Other Developed Economies (Michael Geist)
- Canadian Wireless Carrier Rogers ‘Surprised’ That People Like Unlimited Data Plans
- AT&T loses another 1.3 million TV customers as DirecTV freefall continues
- AT&T will slash $3 billion off its capital investments next year
- AT&T Jacks Up TV Prices Post Merger After Repeatedly Claiming That Wouldn’t Happen
- Man sues AT&T after fraudulent SIM swap led to $1.8M cryptocurrency theft
- AT&T Will Invest $4 Billion In HBO Max Over Next 3 Years, Doesn’t Expect Profit Until 2024
- This Idaho Town Lets You Switch Between Cheap Fiber ISPs In A Matter Of Seconds
- HBO Max will bring up the streaming-video rear in May 2020 for $15/mo
- FCC plans Huawei/ZTE ban, may require ripping out existing network gear
- FCC Seeks Comment on Adequacy of US Broadband Deployment
- FCC Requires 911 Fee Parity Between VoIP Services and Traditional Phone Service
- TV Network Declares IPTV Tool Copyright Infringing, Even Though It’s Just A Tool
- Comcast’s ‘Free’ Streaming Box Is Actually $13 After Stupid Fees
- Comcast fights Google’s encrypted-DNS plan but promises not to spy on users
- Comcast Insists It’s An Innocent Little Daisy On Consumer Privacy
- Like The Rest Of Its 5G Footprint, Verizon 5G Sports Venue Availability Is Being Overhyped
- Eagles fly to Iran, rack up huge roaming charges
DIGITAL
- G/O Media Is Fighting Its Staff Over ‘Objectively Bad’ Autoplay Ads: Deadspin, Gizmodo, and Jezebel have been inundated with sound-on ads that the rest of the internet killed a decade ago.
- What happened when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came face to face with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
- Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke” – Hearing on Libra cryptocurrency went off the rails, running down the CEO.
- Facebook’s new political-ad policy already showing cracks, loopholes
- No, you apparently can’t run for office just to put false ads on Facebook
- Facebook launches a news section — and will pay publishers
- Facebook will begin paying some outlets for their content as it introduces its News tab: Breitbart News is among the 200 outlets participating in the program.
- Facebook Launches ‘News’ Tab, Will Pay (Some) Partner Outlets For Their Content
- ‘Facebook Spaces’ Has Been Shut Down But Its Lessons Shouldn’t Be Forgotten
- Viacom Digital Studios International Inks Multi-Territory Content Deal With Facebook Watch
- Facebook deletes the accounts of NSO Group workers
- Russia’s Fancy Bear hackers conduct “significant cyberattacks” on anti-doping agencies
- Indian nuclear power plant’s network was hacked, officials confirm
- Indian nuke plant’s network reportedly hit by malware tied to N. Korea
- India Looking To Be The Next China, Sends Out Call For Bids On Massive Facial Recognition Program
- India: Delhi High Court orders removal of all posts defamatory to Ramdev ‘Globally’
- The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 29: Partisan Posts, Social Media, and Misinformation – Taylor Owen on What Actually Happened Online in the 2019 Election (Michael Geist)
- Internet Access Provider May Be Vicariously Liable for Subscribers’ BitTorrent Downloads–Warner Bros. v. Charter (Eric Goldman)
- Instagram expands ban on suicide content to cover cartoons and memes
- How memes got weaponized: A short history
- Youth and Cyberbullying
- Congress concerned teenagers’ favorite app is national security threat
- TikTok, Under Scrutiny, Distances Itself From China: Three senators have called for an investigation into the social media app, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
- Indian Court Orders Global Takedown Of ‘Defamatory’ Video From YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
- Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut New York Times, Washington Post Subscriptions
- Twitter blocking all political ads globally starting in November
- Twitter says it now removes half of all abusive tweets before users report them
- Twitter shares plunge almost 20% after revenue hit by weaker advertising, low demand
- India uses opaque legal process to suppress Kashmiri journalism, commentary on Twitter
- No, Internet Companies Do Not Get A ‘Free Pass’ Thanks To CDA 230
- Insights: As Social Media Sites Fiddle Over Cannabis Creator Bans, Public Health Suffers
- Lego’s Mostly Obnoxious IP Bullying Of The 3D Printing Community Doesn’t Make Any Sense
- Your Periodic Reminder that Blogging About Litigation Can Generate More Litigation–Wexler v. Dorsey & Whitney (Eric Goldman)
- FTC Reaches Settlement with Developer of Tracking Apps
- Social Media Bot Company Devumi LLC Reaches $2.5 Million Settlement with FTC for Sale of Misleading Social Media “Influence Indicators”
- FTC Sues Over Phony Business Practices Online
- FTC Enforcement Action Against Deceptive Online Reviews
- The FTC fosters fake reviews, its own commissioners say
- Customer Review Fraud Top of FTC’s Priority List
- NAAG Asks Online Retailers to Prevent Illegal Alcohol Sales
- Skin Care Company, Sunday Riley, Somehow Gets No Consequences In Fake Reviews FTC Settlement
- Website and Its Operator Settle FTC Charges They Sold Fake Indicators of Social Media Influence
- Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Mining
- See on Apple TV+: Less Game of Thrones, more unintentionally funny SyFy
- Apple earnings Q4 2019: Tim Cook says health will be what Apple is remembered for
- Creatives, Including Judd Apatow, Balk At Netflix Playback Speed Tests: “Don’t F-ck With Our Timing”
- Spotify Testing Sponsored Version of ‘Brand New Music for You’ Recommendation Feature
- Spotify launches a dedicated Kids app with curated playlists and playful art
- Snapchat now lets you 3D Paint faces and pretty much anything else
- Amazon Can’t Force Arbitration of Minors’ Privacy Claims Based on Alexa Recordings–BF v. Amazon
- Court Partially Enforces Amazon’s Non-Compete Against Employee Who Joined Google–Amazon v. Moyer
- Amazon Will Make Amazon Fresh Free, Moving To Strengthen Its Lead In The Online Grocery Market
- Amid Missed Alphabet Earnings, Analyst Suggests YouTube Spin-Off Could Boast $300 Billion Market Cap
- YouTube Music Brings 10,000 Fans Together To Create New Queen Music Videos
- Jesse Ridgway Spent 13 Years Making Content On YouTube. Here’s Why He’s Leaving — And Building Its Competitor.
- MrBeast Is Going To Plant 20 Million Trees — With A Little Help From The YouTube Community
- Creators Discovered YouTube’s Publicly Available Code Displayed Channels’ P-Scores, Video Ratings, And More
- Target Hones YouTube Presence In Massively-Viewed Collabs With Michelle Phan, Emma Chamberlain
- Ryan ToysReview Changes Clunky Channel Name, Launches Spanish-Language Hub
- Group Nine Announces New Executive Leadership Structure Following PopSugar Acquisition
- NBA’s Top Offseason Video Topics, Plus Lebron, Zion, And More Very Engaging Stars For The 2019-20 Season
- Microsoft finally built a repairable Surface Laptop
- Red quits the smartphone business after a single, terrible phone
- Here’s what the people who claimed Google’s quantum supremacy have to say about it
- Google And Facebook Didn’t Kill Newspapers: The Internet Did
- Google’s parent company reportedly wants to buy Fitbit
- An Army “hacker con” goes big: The return of AvengerCon
- A Turning Point for Tech – Global survey on digital regulation: Technological developments and tech-based business models have become a focus for global regulation across borders and industries in recent years.
- Global Media Technology and Communications Quarterly: Autumn 2019 Edition
- Internet Broadcasting and Section 31D of Copyright Act 1957
- Models for Platform Governance
- Elon Musk Contributes $1 Million To MrBeast’s #TeamTrees, Pushing Total To $8.2 Million In 5 Days
- Our FOIA Lawsuit Gets Results: ICE Admits It Didn’t Really Seize A Million ‘Copyright Infringing’ Domains
- E-retailer takeovers rise as high street decline increases pressure to grow online sales
- Does reselling online content infringe copyright in the EU?
- 50 years ago today, the Internet was born. Sort of
- The Internet At 50: It Has Enabled Many Wonderful Things, But We Have To Fight To Keep It That Way
A.I.
- DeepMind AI achieves Grandmaster status at Starcraft 2
- Level up: DeepMind’s AlphaStar achieves Grandmaster level in StarCraft II
- FACEIT and Google-designed ‘Admin AI’ bans 20,000 toxic CS:GO players in six weeks
- A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
- Skynet, But For Welfare: Automating Social Services Is Killing People
- Solving Rubik’s Cube with a Robot Hand
- Six cars aced new pedestrian detection tests
- New community management AI from FaceIt bans 20,000 players in trail run: Esports tournament platform reduces number of toxic messages in Counter-Strike games by 20%
- Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions in Canada
- The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Patent Infringement Claims
- Jones Day Talks:®When AI Invents: Two Applications Test U.S. Patent Law
- AI technology – the pitfalls of protecting inventions
- Introducing AI Blindspot: A Call for Tech to Think Holistically and Spot Risks
- Distracted by Data: What we risk by hyper-focusing on “data” as a problem to solve
- Data Voids: Where Missing Data Can Easily Be Exploited
- When Binary Code Won’t Accommodate Nonbinary People: The next frontier in gender rights is inside databases.
PRIVACY
- Report: Devin Nunes’ Aide Going Around Leaking Ukraine Call Whistleblower’s Name
- Australia wants to use face recognition for porn age verification
- New York AG Sues Dunkin’ Over Cybersecurity
- Georgia Supreme Court Says Cops Need Warrants To Search Vehicle Crash Data Recorders
- Magistrate Judge Rejects Govt’s Attempt To Use A Stored Records Law To Seek Future Cell Site Location Info
- Interesting developments in the law of confidential information
- Steak With A Side Of Surveillance: Outback Restaurants Adding Employee-Tracking Analytics To Its Cameras
- Whirlpool Left Appliance Data, User Emails Exposed Online
- Man planted keyloggers in companies’ networks and stole their data
- WhatsApp suit says Israeli spyware maker exploited its app to target 1,400 users
- Johannesburg’s network shut down after second attack in 3 months
- The Stakes for Complying With DoD Cybersecurity Requirements Are Higher Than Ever
- New Mass Shooting Prevention Bill Will Use ‘Anti-Terrorism’ Methods To Ramp Up Surveillance Of Students
- IP Insight: Remember the “Right to be Forgotten?”
- Right to Privacy: Can the Employer conduct Surveillance?
- The count of managed service providers getting hit with ransomware mounts
- Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control
- The Countdown Begins on California’s “Internet of Things” Law
- Hacked, cracked or breached: What’s in a name when it comes to privacy?
CREATIVITY
- General Court confirms cancellation of EU trade mark consisting of the shape of famous Rubik’s Cube (Eleonora Rosati)
- Aussie Censorship In Action: National Enquirer Editor Threats Get Bookstores To Block Sale Of Ronan Farrow Book
- Communication Breakdown: Canadian Quirks in Madrid International Trademark Filing System Can Trip Up Foreign Practitioners
- Strengthening Trade Secret Protection in Canada
- Federal Court Opens Door to use of Foreign Patent Prosecution Histories in Canadian Litigation
- UK Supreme Court hands employee-inventor a dramatic £2 million victory
- Shanks v Unilever: What does this mean for employers’ intellectual property rights?
- IP Brief – Shanks v Unilever
- UK Supreme Court awards Professor Shanks £2m compensation for invention of ‘outstanding benefit’ after 13 year court battle
- Compensation and ownership – Two thorny issues in employee invention cases
- Supreme Court rules no employer is “too big to pay” employees for inventions of outstanding benefit
- Reproduction of Works and Kraft-works
- Louis Vuitton ‘chessboard’ dispute in Poland: the court overturned the Patent Office’s decision
- Halloween Edition: Copyright for Banana Costume is upheld on A-Peel
- Olympic Advertising Rules Scaled Back Prior to 2020 Games
- Is ‘Liverpool’ bigger than Liverpool Football Club?
- Artistic value and copyright protection for industrial designs
- Who Owns Truth Hurts?
- Supreme Court Ruling on When Copyright Infringement Lawsuits May Be Filed Brings Heightened Interest in Preregistration
- Fair and Balanced Reporting Pays Off: Newspapers Avoid Defamation Suits by Sticking to the Truth
- Dorsey & Whitney Beats Defamation Claim Over TCPA Blog: Court Finds “Major Spousal Scheme” Headline Was Inactionable Opinion, Not Fact
- James Woods Avoids Defamation Liability for a Tweet
- MLB Umpire Joe West Sues Ex-Player Paul Lo Duca for Defamation Over Bribery Claims
- New NCAA Marketing Rules for Athletes Proposed
- Federal Labeling Laws vs. State False Advertising Laws: The Ongoing Preemption Battle
- Cimabue Masterpiece found in French kitchen sells for £20 million
GAMES
- Valve disables container key sales and trades in CS:GO due to rampant fraud
- ‘Nearly All’ Counter-Strike Microtransactions Are Being Used for Money Laundering: N”early all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced” Valve says.
- Money laundering prompts Valve to halt CS:GO in-game key sales: “At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced”
- According to a French court, the principle of exhaustion applies to video games acquired via a download platform
- Epic is suing a Fortnite user experience tester over Chapter 2 leaks
- Epic sues tester who leaked Fortnite Chapter 2 details: Developer says defendant Ronald Sykes waited just three days to breach his NDA
- Ubisoft is suing Rainbox Six Siege cheat provider MizuSoft
- Ubisoft sues Rainbow Six Siege cheat provider MizuSoft: One of the defendants had recently appeared in a BBC report about cheats
- Rainbow Six cheat maker faces Ubisoft lawsuit after BBC appearance
- Ubisoft severely cuts 2019-20 targets in wake of delays and underperforming games
- Yves Guillemot: “We have no pay-to-win elements in our games”: Ubisoft CEO addresses investor concerns that players will reject games that are too microtransaction-heavy
- Net bookings decline, but still beat expectations as Ubisoft closes out Q2
- Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine: Shares fall by 16% following delays, profit warning and announced overhaul of development process
- Bethesda’s ‘Fallout 1st’ Paid Server Launch Has Become a Disaster
- Fallout 1st Is Creating A Class Divide Among Fallout 76 Players
- Video Game Class War Has ‘Fallout’ Players Targeting Premium Subscribers: “At least 5-7 people in teddy bear costumes kept punching me,” one member complained.
- As the Fallout 1st disaster hits mainstream headlines, Fallout 76 players head in-game to protest: Everyone disliked that.
- Fallout 76: The ‘Fallout First’ Web Domain Has Been Taken Over By a Hilarious, Angry Fan
- Bethesda Has Brought Idiocy To A New Level & Betrayed Their Remaining Fans
- Bethesda pledges to fix early “Fallout 1st” bugs and complaints
- Bethesda looks to bolster its mobile game offerings with Alpha Dog Games acquisition
- Bethesda acquires Alpha Dog: Fallout outfit picks up Nova Scotia-based mobile studio behind MonstroCity: Rampage and Atari’s Ninja Golf remake
- New budget ends IDM tax credit for video game studios in Alberta, Canada
- Alberta eliminates game dev tax credit after just one year: Beamdog’s Trent Oster feels “betrayed” after new government budget cancels Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
- New Zealand government commits $10m to growth of local games industry: City of Dunedin will become hub for aspirations to grow games industry to $1 billion sector
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare decried as ‘American propaganda’ over Highway of Death mission: Activision’s latest shooter has been panned by critics and players, claiming game attempts to rewrite history
- UK Charts: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launch sales beat Black Ops 4
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare saw $600 million in revenue in three days
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare grosses $600m in opening weekend – Latest game from Infinity Ward is fastest-selling entry in the franchise this generation
- EA to ‘double down on live services’ as FIFA and The Sims 4 help outperform goals
- EA “doubling down on live services” as digital net revenue share grows in Q2: Apex Legends reaches 70 million players, seven months after launch
- EA shows its hand for next fiscal year: Beginning March 2020, EA plans focus on Apex, new EA sports title on annual slate, two third-party IP, “exciting remasters”
- EA Dice’s Star Wars Battlefront I and II have sold 33m copies combined: Battlefront II originally missed 2017 launch sales expectations by around 1m units
- Tales from the making of Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- The Sims franchise surpasses $5b in lifetime sales: EA asserts franchise’s position as part of plans for its increased focus on supporting live services
- EA will not ship an NBA Live game this fiscal year: NBA Live 20 either cancelled or reworked as franchise prepares for an “innovative new direction”
- EA Access heading to Steam after U.S. publisher reconnects with Valve
- EA returns to Steam: SVP Mike Blank talks about the need to reduce fragmentation as EA pledges to bring Jedi Fallen Order, EA Access to Valve’s storefront
- So long, Origin? EA comes back to Steam with new games
- Remnant: From the Ashes sells 1 million copies in just over 2 months
- Watch Afterparty director Adam Hines break down the game’s drink-fueled design
- Overwatch 2 reportedly to be revealed at BlizzCon: New Hero and PvE mode
- The Last of Us Part II delayed to May 29: Sony pushes post-apocalyptic sequel back three months to polish the game to Naughty Dog’s standards
- Sony issuing refunds for faulty WWE 2K20: Latest entry into 2K Games’ annual wrestling franchise mired with bugs and glitches
- Jaguar designed an electric sportscar just for Gran Turismo
- Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville was the No.1 game download across EMEAA last week – The Witcher 3 and Ring Fit Adventure perform strongly at physical retail. FIFA 20 is No.1 combined
- Starbreeze resumes Payday 2 development, new paid DLC on the horizon
- Starbreeze restarts Payday 2 content production ten months after pulling the plug: Beleaguered game company turns to reliable territory in recovery attempts
- Google sets up first Stadia game studio in Montreal
- Google is making a “spectrum of bets” on Stadia content: As Google unveils new Montreal development studio, Stadia Games & Entertainment boss Jade Raymond discusses the platform strategy
- Google Stadia’s stealth launch does not inspire confidence | Opinion: After its bombastic announcement, Stadia’s low-key and poorly communicated launch will fuel suspicion that it’s another of Google’s passing fads
- Google: Stadia exclusives to have features “not possible” on home hardware
- European gamers wary of digital-only games consoles: Just 11% of players claim they would likely buy a games machine that doesn’t include a disc-drive
- Apple Arcade isn’t the only subscription: GameClub revives old iOS games
- GameClub’s “greatest hits anthology” of mobile games launches today: VP of business development Eli Hodapp shares his goals for the subscription service and how it differs from Apple Arcade
- Gameloft partners with TIM Italy for new mobile subscription service: TIM I love games costs €2/week for access to over 700 games sans in-app purchases or ads
- My.Games sees Q3 revenue driven by free-to-play mobile: Company aims to have 80% of its revenue from from international markets by 2022
- Wizards of the Coast acquires Tuque Games: Dungeons & Dragons owner picks up Montreal studio that created Livelock and has been working on a D&D game
- Scopely announces $200m in Series D funding: Financing will be used to accelerate mergers, acquisitions, and investment strategies
- Welcome Back, Koster: Why an MMORPG vet is back building a new virtual world
- The French games industry had over 1200 titles in production in 2019: 63% of those games were new IP
- Video games in China: beyond the great firewall
- Empires and Puzzles surpasses $500m lifetime revenue: Match-three puzzler is most profitable in Zynga’s portfolio
- Zynga reports record Q3 revenues and weaker-than-expected profits
- GreedFall beat expectations, led Q2 revenue for publisher Focus Home Interactive
- Greedfall success drives H1 growth for Focus Home Interactive: Publisher says it remains on target to build yearly revenue from €44m to €150m over three years
- Microsoft relaunches Xbox All Access financing program with next-gen upgrade option
- Microsoft beat expectations with strong Windows revenue, but Xbox had a rough quarter
- Xbox services flat as gaming revenue dips to $2.5B in Microsoft’s Q1
- Xbox All-Access expands to UK and Australia with Project Scarlett upgrade option: The smartphone-style contract will include a console and Ultimate Game Pass
- Xbox has paid out $1.2 billion to independent developers this generation: ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla says program offers great commercial and artist opportunities
- Suda51 and Swery collaborating on new game, Devolver unaware it’s the publisher: Acclaimed developers say indie publisher offered $1 million for the project, which Devolver said is “news to us”
- DragonVale dev Backflip Studios is closing down
- Backflip Studios shutting down: Hasbro pulling plug on DragonVale and Transformers: Earth Wars developer after a decade in business
- One company’s cast-off can be Deca Games’ treasure: Founder of indie publisher talks about the perks and pressures of acquiring existing games after original owners stop investing in them
- Blizzard Loses First Sponsor Due To Stance On Hong Kong Speech
- Sponsor abandoned Blizzard esports league after Blitzchung controversy: Mitsubishi pulled support for Asia Pacific Hearthstone tournament two days after player was punished for supporting Hong Kong protest
- League of Legends: Understanding the success of an esport that doesn’t turn a profit: LEC head of business development and sponsorship Alban Dechelotte discusses finding the balance with esport partnerships
- Modern Times Group considering US IPO as esports business grows: Swedish investment firm begins strategic review, which could also lead to joint venture partnership in video games space
- WeWork parent considering gaming business: Play By We trademark application says it would run competitions, offer space for conferences or offices
- No Pixel Podiums: Lack of governance in esports excludes them from the Olympic Games
- Update Required for Youth Esports – Children’s Privacy Takes Center Stage at Upcoming FTC Workshop
- Another top Twitch streamer has switched over to Mixer
- Shroud Pulls A Ninja, Exiting Twitch For Exclusive Livestreaming Deal With Mixer
- Mixer signs exclusive deal with Shroud: Michael Grzesiek leaves Twitch channel with 7 million followers behind for Microsoft’s livestreaming platform
- Third Streamer, King Gothalion, Departs Twitch In Exclusive Deal With Mixer
- Gothalion is the latest big Twitch streamer to switch to Mixer
- Mixer lowers its subscription price to better compete with Twitch
- Sony files trademarks for PlayStation 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10: Platform holder’s trademark security process teases decades worth of new console
- The PS4 has become the second best-selling home console of all time
- Sony financials: PS4 hardware and software sales ‘lower-than-expected’
- PlayStation revenues down 17% but Sony’s financials hold steady: PS4 now second best-selling home console of all time, despite slowing sales as generation nears its end
- PlayStation Vue is shutting down in 2020
- Report: Sony looking to sell PlayStation Vue as service continues to lose money
- Sony is trying to sell off PlayStation Vue, but it might have a hard time of it
- Sony considering sale of PlayStation Vue: Live TV streaming service has reportedly failed to turn a profit since launching in 2015
- Sony to shut down PlayStation Vue in January: Four years after launch, TV subscription to close due to “slow-to-change” industry
- An end in Vue: Sony will shutter its streaming video service
- Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding will come to PC months after PS4 launch
- Death Stranding no longer a PlayStation exclusive as 505 Games prepares PC version: Publisher will bring Hideo Kojima’s upcoming title to desktops in Summer 2020
- Enterprise revenue expected to jump 69% this year as VR takes hold in business: PlayStation VR continues as market leading headset, breaching 4.7 million units sold
- VR Web Browser ‘Supermedium’ No Longer in Active Development
- UKIE partners with Space Ape and Playmob on environmentally conscious game jam: Bi-annual student game jam will see teams competing for £2,000 scholarship
- Full motion, full emotion: Bandersnatch’s Emmys as a (literal) game changer: Acclaimed FMV game makers dish in the wake of Black Mirror’s Emmys.
- Mario Kart Tour’s first-month downloads zoom past 123m: Revenue of $37.4m is the second-best first-month revenue for a Nintendo mobile game
- Shigeru Miyamoto named ‘Person of Cultural Merit’ by the Japanese government
- Shigeru Miyamoto recognised with Japanese cultural award: Super Mario creator will be awarded for elevating the Japanese games industry around the world
- Star Trek Fleet Command publisher Scopely nets $200 million for future acquisitions
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 review: The most “Nintendo” game from Nintendo in years
- Luigi’s Mansion 3: Critical Consensus – Reviewers welcome plumber brother’s latest adventure on Switch as a charming frightfest
- First Switch game ok’d for launch in China, though the console remains in limbo
- Switch China launch draws nearer as Tencent approved to publish Mario Bros U DX: Chinese publisher also approved to bring Monster Hunter: World back to shelves
- Profit up at Capcom thanks to strong Monster Hunter World: Iceborne sales
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne drives profit for Capcom in latest financials: DLC has shipped 2.8 million units since September, while base game surpasses 14 million lifetime sales
- Pokémon Go surpasses $3bn lifetime revenue: Niantic’s augmented reality mobile game on track to break 2016 revenue record
- Revenue up at Rovio, though high user acquisition costs impact operating profit
- The Climate Trail: A bleak look at what awaits us if we fail to address climate change
- Star Theory’s shot beyond the Mun with Kerbal Space Program 2: Creative director Nate Simpson on the challenges of grounding the interstellar sequel in reality while adding accessibility
- Designing interesting and informative conversations in Heaven’s Vault
- Ninja Theory launches mental health R&D effort: Hellblade studio’s The Insight Project aiming to “help mental health treatment to go mainstream”
- Shattering Muslim stereotypes with Islamic Relief’s mobile game: Ultimatum Games’ Shahid Ahmad explains why an idle clicker was perfect for the charity
- Don’t Miss: How Red Faction: Guerrilla uses player freedom to drive open-world design
- Blog: Examining the design and UX of Miniclip’s 8 Ball Pool
- Blog: The client-to-cloud revolution — A 3D view of how we got here
- Blog: Understanding permadeath as a mechanic in survival horror
- Meet the new best Android TV device: The 2019 Nvidia Shield TV
- Cloud gaming service Shadow raises $33m: Start-up has now raised $100 million to date
- Why I hate fun | Opinion: ArenaNet’s John Hopson has spent a career applying “fun scores” to games — here’s why the practice needs to change
- Don’t Play the Goose Game: Untitled Goose Game is fun. The problem is, all games are also work. (Ian Bogost)
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