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John Carmack sues Zenimax for $22.5m
Alleges this is owed from Zenimax's acquisition of id Software
Read More »Carmack strikes back in Oculus-Zenimax legal merry-go-round
Id Software co-founder and Oculus Rift co-designer John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for allegedly missing payments. The legal situation between ZeniMax and Oculus is torrid, to say the last. ZeniMax was awarded $500m in damages last month over a trade-secrets breach, but has since gone on to try and halt …
Read More »ZeniMax wants to block Oculus Rift sales
The ongoing feud between ZeniMax and Oculus is on the verge of getting even nastier. Documents filed with a Texas court last week ask that sales of the Oculus Rift and any associated software be halted. This follows ZeniMax being awarded $500m earlier this month after it was found that …
Read More »ZeniMax awarded $500m in Oculus lawsuit
The ZeniMax vs Oculus trial is coming to an end as the jury awarded ZeniMax $500m (around 394m) after they found Oculus violated a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). ZeniMax initially asked for $4bn ($2bn in compensation and $2bn in damages) but the jury decided against it as Oculus was found not …
Read More »ZeniMax acquires Doom SnapMap team Escalation Studios
Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media has announced it’s acquired Escalation Studios, the team responsible for 2016’s Doom SnapMap editor. The Dallas-based studio was founded in 2007 by industry veterans Tom Mustaine and Marc Tardif, and has since been involved with the creation of Disney Infinity’s Toy Box for mobile …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg denies accusations in Oculus vs ZeniMax trial
Mark Zuckerberg has provided new information in the $2bn lawsuit between ZeniMax Media and Oculus, denying accusations that Oculus stole VR technology from ZeniMax. The Facebook founder, who gave his testimony in the trial yesterday, said: We are highly confident that Oculus products are built on Oculus technology. The idea …
Read More »DoomRL creator makes free roguelike open-source to try and counter Zenimax legal threat
"I planned to release the source code of DoomRL as a "thank you" after a successful Jupiter Hell Kickstarter, but ZeniMax forced my hand."
Read More »Zenimax threaten Doom roguelike DoomRL with legal action
Co-creator: "Short version: we're fucked."
Read More »ZeniMax accuses Carmack of tech theft in Oculus lawsuit
Bethesda owner ZeniMax has amended its lawsuit with Oculus to include accusations of theft and deception. Game Informer reports that the company now alleges that id Software co-founder and Oculus’ current chief technology Carmack copied thousands of documents from a computer at ZeniMax to a USB storage device” that were …
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