The Communications Workers Union of America (CWA) is unhappy with the peace agreement between Activision Blizzard and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Yesterday, the union filed a complaint against the commission.

Several plaintiffs temporarily abandoned their legal claims against Epic Games. Rapper 2 Milly, actor Alfonso Ribeiro (Alfonso Ribeiro), as well as Internet celebrities Backpack Kid and Orange Shirt Kid took a break to resolve the issue of copyrights to dances that got into Fortnite.

Two basketball players sued Epic Games, but they were far from the first.

The lawsuit against Randy Pitchford (Randy Pitchford) was filed by his former friend and colleague.

A sudden scandal. CD PROJEKT company announced the receipt of a letter from representatives of Andrzej Sapkowski. According to the document, the writer demands additional royalties from the company for the rights to the Witcher series of games.

Developer of the popular “battle royale” PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS studio PUBG Corp. withdrew a lawsuit against Epic Games without explanation. The termination of the case was reported by the business publication Bloomberg.

Bethesda Softworks has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian studio Behavior Interactive. The reason was the Westworld mobile game based on the TV series of the same name, developed by Behavior. Bethesda claims that Westworld is an explicit clone of the Fallout Shelter mobile simulator, created based on the source code of the game without the permission of the copyright holder.

Former CEO of Telltale Kevin Bruner has filed a lawsuit against the management of the gaming company. He accused the board of Telltale of violating the terms of the contract and not allowing access to information about the financial situation of the studio.

The creators of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS have filed a lawsuit against Epic Games. South Korean studio PUBG Corp. accuses the authors of Fortnite of encroaching on their intellectual property — they believe that Fortnite Battle Royale is too similar to PUBG.

Quantic Dream studio filed a lawsuit against the French publications Le Monde and Mediapart. The reason was articles about difficult working conditions and a bad atmosphere in the team of a gaming company.

Employees of the Terminal Reality studio filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. According to the developers, Microsoft illegally uses the company’s graphics technologies.

The dispute between the Russian studio Black Sun Game Publishing (BSGP) and the co-founder of the company “Akella” Dmitry Arkhipov about the rights to the franchise “Corsairs” was not resolved in favor of the latter. Arkhipov’s company was unable to challenge the court’s decision on the early termination of trademark protection.

The Chinese publisher NetEase has promised to sue the creators of mobile games that copy the creative solutions of the “royal battles” Rules of Survival and Knives Out. A few days ago, PUBG Corp. filed a similar lawsuit against NetEase.

The creators of the “battle royale” PLAYERUNKNOWN BATTLEGROUNDS filed a lawsuit against the Chinese company NetEase. The reason for the proceedings were the mobile games Rules of Survival and Knives Out, largely repeating the style and gameplay of the original.

The Big Fish Casino social Casino was banned from operating in Washington State. The Court of Appeals of the Ninth Federal Circuit of the United States found that the activity of the gaming platform contradicts the state gambling law.

The creators of the Star Control game series Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III may be legally banned from working on the Ghost of the Precursors project, which continues the ideas of the original Star Control.

The creators of Clicker Clicker Heroes and Clicker Heroes 2 from the Playsaurus studio faced patent trolling. GTX Corp. she accused the developers of violating the patent for the use of virtual currency. According to GTX Corp., the mechanics of virtual currency cannot be applied without their permission.

Outsourcing company Glass Egg Digital Media from Vietnam is in litigation with mobile publisher Gameloft. Glass Egg accuses the French company of copyright infringement, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Another scandal at the end of the year. The German developer Crytek has sued the Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) team, which is working on the legendary cosmosim Star Citizen without five minutes.