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The consumer litigation trends in the video game industry extend beyond traditional advertising or product defect theories. User interfaces, purchase flows, promotional offers, and even terminology such as “buy” can become the basis for allegations that consumers received a different product or experience than they reasonably expected, while game design features may be targeted under…

1666: Amsterdam, best known as the brainchild of Assassin’s Creed co-creator Patrice Désilets before its reveal was marred by some impressively terrible AI art, has as of recent times “totally” moved on from AI. That’s according to Désilets, who, speaking with GamesRadar, claimed that his company had fired up the plagiarism machine “mostly at the…

Following the death of Paul Gauselmann, the pioneering entrepreneur who created one of the world’s leading gaming and amusement businesses, Sascha Blodau, general manager of the Merkur Group in the UK, said: “We are all deeply shocked and saddened by the news of Paul Gauselmann’s death. His passing has reverberated throughout our UK businesses, including…

The list of games that get played the most on PlayStation and Xbox is nearly identical across the two console platforms, and the games themselves are either long-running live service titles or annualised sports games. This has been the case for years, and analyst Mat Piscatella recently reminded everyone that no real change has occurred.