Malaysia to develop esports guidelines as regulator expresses support
Malaysia is moving to introduce formal guidelines for esports as concerns grow over online behaviour...
Regulation & Legal
Esports news and features that take a look at legal matters that have occurred in the industry.
New York Attorney General sues Valve for gambling law violations
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing game publisher and developer Valve for "illegally...
France authorises three-year trial decree for games with monetisable digital objects
France has officially approved a three-year experimental framework allowing games with monetisable digital objects, known...
Korean lawmaker calls for action after cyberbullying of T1’s Gumayusi
Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Jeon Yong-gi issued a public statement on November 20th calling...
South Korea’s ruling party leader calls for stronger esports policy
Jung Chung-rae, Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Leader, used his visit to G-STAR 2025 in...
Indian Lok Sabha Online Gaming Bill bans real money gaming to boost esports
The Indian Lok Sabha has passed a historic bill to regulate India's online gaming industry...
Fortnite is coming to Google Play Store along with Epic Games Store
Google has lost its lawsuit against Epic Games, and as a result, the Epic Games...
FTC drops case against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard purchase
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped the case that sought to block...
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British Esports and NSPCC secure multi-year partnership
National esports body British Esports has secured a multi-year strategic partnership with the National Society for the Prevention...
Twitch fined over $300k in South Korea despite exiting country
Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch has received a 435m won (~£257,000) fine from the South Korean telecommunications watchdog....
Games of the Future: Russia’s daring $58m state-funded ‘esports’ event
Later this month, esports teams from across the globe will take part in Games of the Future —...
H3CZ and Scump file $680m Activision Blizzard lawsuit over ‘CoD League monopoly’
OpTic Gaming CEO Hector 'H3cz' Rodriguez and former Call of Duty player Seth 'Scump' Abner have filed a...
Controversial new Nintendo esports guidelines come into effect for Smash
New guidelines governing ‘community' esports tournaments in Nintendo's video game series Super Smash Bros. have come into effect,...
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