02 Mar, 2023 California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Impact: Five Things the Video Game Industry Needs to Know By Emma Smizer Rick Borden This post has been edited as of March 17, 2023 to reflect updated information. Welcome to part two of a five-part series, where we're...
26 Sep, 2022 California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act: Game Over for Advertising to Children? By Emma Smizer Greg Boyd A new California law is changing the rules governing advertising to children. The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC”), signed into...
10 Mar, 2022 Artesian Builds CEO Apologizes for Sweepstakes-Related Criticism By Saphya Council The CEO of PC build company Artesian Builds was under fire last week for comments he made about a company promotion during a livestreamed...
03 Feb, 2022 What Do You Get When You Cross an NFT with a Loot Box? By Frances Jensen According to Atari, they are known as “GFTs” or giftable NFTs appearing as gift-wrapped digital boxes. In celebration of the video game...
27 Jan, 2022 Federal Court Bars YouTuber from Playing Roblox By Emma Smizer Sean Kane On January 20, 2022, a California federal court granted a joint order to permanently ban American YouTuber Benjamin Robert Simon (known...
04 Oct, 2021 The Chinese Government Bans PUBG Esports Among Stricter Regulations for Video Games By Frances Jensen PUBG (which stands for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is an immensely popular battle royale game in China and around the world. PUBG...
02 May, 2020 Gambling Games by Another Name? District Court Offers Clarity On Line Between Social Gaming and Gambling. By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington recently weighed in on the line between permissible unregulated...