There’s been many video game fiascos throughout the medium’s short history. Some of us will remember John Romero not making us his bitch in Daikatana, more of us fell prey to Sonic 2006 and some of us may have even been burned by EA’s diabolical SimCity. But if there’s one scandal…
Sega would happily have us forgot about its lawsuit with Damion Perrine over Aliens: Colonial Marines, but that’s not going to happen any time soon. Legal advice group Lawyers.com run the situation past Eric Goldman, a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and the director of its High…
Developer TimeGate Studios has filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a recent report by Polygon. Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code permits an organisation to stay in possession on its properties while the repayment of money to creditors is overseen by the court. TimeGate, mostly known on Sega Addicts for…
The release and aftermath of Aliens: Colonial Marines has been one of the biggest video game industry fiascos for some time. There’s been plenty of rumours circulating regarding the alleged friction between Sega and developer Gearbox which may have resulted in the poor quality of the final product. But there…
Sega have commented on the Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit in a statement made to Kotaku in which they consider the suit to be “without merit”. Gerbox went one step further in their statement, claiming that the lawsuit is “beyond meritless”. Polygon later reported that Sega and Gearbox provided them with the exact same statements…
A class action lawsuit was filled on April 29th 2013 Northern District of California court by law firm Edelson LLC. The lawsuit was filled on behalf of plaintiff Damion Perrine who seeks damages for all those who bought Aliens: Colonial Marines on or before its launch day on the basis of the misguiding…
In slightly serious non-videogame related news, Sega has been awarded $10,000 in a lawsuit against pirate site MAPHIA. Said site apparently “allowed for, and actively encouraged, the upload and download of unauthorized versions of copyrighted Sega video games.” Of course this site wasn’t like any other torrent site as the…