The Most Controversial Video Game Lawsuits

With this success, of course, come the complications of big business. There's a lot at stake within gaming, and as such there have been a wide variety of lawsuits and legal disputes over matters such as intellectual property rights and compensation. Over time, some of these have become more important - or gained more controversy - than oth


The AWM sniper rifle is insane. If you are a PUBG fanboy (or girl) you have likely heard about this gun, and have done everything in your power to get it (with good reason). It has the highest hit range of sniper rifles, has the second highest bullet speed, and Solstice Exclusive Gear is known as a "monster firearm," in the game. Unfortunately, It can currently only be found in air drops. So, as you see those crates fall from the sky, get your racing shoes on to get there as fast as you can. You never know when an AWM can show up. Put an extended mag on this thing, and you will rule the map, getting ever closer to enjoying that succulent "chicken dinn


Painkillers are one of the most effective medical items in the game. Not only do they regenerate health over six seconds (the third most rapid in the game) they can also increase running speed temporarily and boost health by


When playing solo, the best way to survive is to land in an area that is not heavily populated with other players. Typically players in PUBG will try to land in cities or towns where loot is more likely to spawn. While obtaining high quality loot is important, solo players are better off starting the game as far away from others as possi


Pac-Man is undoubtedly one of the most important video games of all time, becoming a standout success in arcades and leading potential gamers into the hobby in droves. Unsurprisingly, this led to a number of imitators, some of which straying very close to the Pac-Man formula. One of these games was KC Munchkin! from Phillips, a game that hit the Odyssey home console in 1


Although Nintendo was on the defensive over Donkey Kong , the company has been very diligent when it comes to its own intellectual property over the years, and has not been shy of taking people to court. One particularly controversial example was when Nintendo issued a suit against James Burt, a 24-year old from Australia who made New Super Mario Bros. Wii available to pirates a week before its Australian launch d


When Treyarch was developing Call of Duty: Black Ops II , the studio was probably not expecting to be on the receiving end of the ire of a former dictator. Nonetheless, the second game in the Black Ops subseries of Call of Duty caught the attention of Manuel Noriega, the former dictator of Panama. Noriega, who was in prison at the time for the crimes committed during his six year rule of the country, sued publisher Activision Blizzard for the use of his liken

However, the suit itself did not quite go to plan for PUBG Corp, with the company dropping the suit just a month after it launched it. The exact details of why this has happened are as-yet unknown, but the wider industry has avoided having difficult questions asked about games of a similar genre being subject to copyright claims. After all, although there are similarities between PUBG and Fortnite , there would be every chance that PUBG itself would then be subject of a suit from one who came before in the battle royale subge


That said, while the actual storyline is mostly underwhelming and locked into a relatively predictable plot progression, it does (as mentioned) make room for some truly slick combat scenarios that take advantage of the active-duty SEALs' training and battlefield experience. There's an authority to the combat sequences (via engrossing frontline action) that few military films have been able to capture in recent memory (with the exception of a few projects such as Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down ). As an example, phase 1 of the SEALs' extended mission sees the team infiltrating an enemy compound - and features a number of unique flourishes that ground the experience and offer some genuinely tense as well as cathartic mid-fight mome


There's no doubt that there are a lot of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds memes out there. So many that they're hard to avoid lately, but people can't seem to get enough of them. Fortnite is a popular game, it has millions of players, cross-platform play, it's free, on mobile, and can run on garbage PCs. None can doubt the breadth of its potential fanb


Cars are bad, period. In PUBG, cars are not only loud and they will make everyone aware of where you are, but they also will annoy the crap out of you with horrible driving controls and animations that don’t even make sense. You’ll never feel like you’re in charge of the vehicle and you won’t even have enough time to really learn the controls before you’re spotted by another player because of how loud and annoying it


Vehicles are just a trap that shouldn’t even exist in the game in the first place. Not only can you hear the old motor from across the map, but you’ll also have to fear people blowing them up when you’re not even close, but it still takes you out! Vehicles are basically what only the noobs use to get around the massive maps. Sure you could probably use one for a few seconds before someone starts shooting at you, but in most cases, it will be a deathtrap because of how loud they