The BBC reports that two EU Commissioners, Viviane Reding and Meglena Kuneva, are trying to make software (including games) subject to the EU Sales and Guarantees Directive. Which means that they games companies would have to offer...

The Garriott/NCsoft saga looks set to run and run. First, Garriott left “amicably” following the commercial failures of Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa. Now, it is alleged that he was dismissed and then manoeuvred into selling stock...

Following my post about SimBin losing the plot at Slightly Mad Games, Bohemia Interactive has jumped on the bandwagon. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Bohemia Interactive’s lawyer has sent a letter to Codemasters complaining about the marketing of Operation...

I think Marcus Ling, Executive VP at Sim Bin Studios in Sweden has completely lost the plot. In a strongly-worded release sent to a number of games websites including GamaSutra and Joystiq, Ling stated: “Sim Bin is...

According to this Variety report, Activision has thrown a public paddy regarding its ownership of Double Fine’s Brutal Legend. The game was an unfortunate casualty of the triage that went on following the Activision / Vivendi merger,...

This month’s Develop magazine carries an interesting article on the ownership of User-Generated Content. Tahir  Basheer of Sheridans points out the case law around this is very unproven. He questions for example, what happens if a publisher...

Earlier this week, Codemasters and Atari, among others, launched an unprecedented legal assault on their customers. In a bizarre move, the firms, together with Topware Interactive, Reality Pump and Techland, have appointed Davenport Lyons to serve notice...