WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday argued in federal court for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block Microsoft’s acquisition of videogame maker Activision Blizzard, which would stop the deal from closing before the government’s case against it is heard by an administrative judge. “If this deal is completed, the combined company … is likely…

A Japanese court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a 19-year-old man and his mother who argued that a local ordinance limiting video game playing time was unconstitutional. The ordinance, first introduced in the Kagawa Prefecture in April 2020, suggests that parents limit video gaming time for children under 18 to 60 minutes per…

Australian researchers have developed a new theory to explain people’s fascination with violent video games. According to a recent paper published in Motivation Science by biology and psychology researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), violent video games resonate with many people because they offer opportunities to fulfil their psychological needs. “The motivations we have to…

On July 4th, 2022, a man in Illinois took to the rooftop and fired rounds of bullets on the Independence Day parade participants, killing 5 people with 2 more dying later from their wounds and injuring even more. The man, soon identified by the police, is Robert Crimo III, aged 21. Robert Crimo III poses…

Commentary On the eve of Sept. 1, Tucker Carlson, the host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” did something rather unexpected: he spoke kindly about a “totalitarian” regime for doing “something virtuous.” Discussing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) recent crackdown on celebrity culture, Carlson wondered if the U.S. government could ever do the same. It won’t. Nevertheless,…

The stock price of the world’s largest games vendor Tencent went on a roller coaster ride on Tuesday. Its value dropped over ten percent after state-run media labelled its products as “spiritual opium” in an article. “A ‘spiritual opium’ has grown into a several hundred billion worth business,” the state-run Xinhua affiliated Economic Information Daily…

HONG KONG—A Chinese public-interest group said on Tuesday it is suing Tencent over what it alleges is inappropriate content for minors in the top global game developer’s flagship video game, Honor of Kings. Beijing Teenagers Law Aid And Research Center said it filed the lawsuit in a Beijing court on Tuesday, to mark the implementation…

BEIJING—Chinese regime authorities in Shanghai say they have detained a suspect in the death by possible poisoning of the billionaire founder of a Chinese video game company that makes films based on the popular science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem.” Lin Qi, 39, died on Christmas Day after being hospitalized, according to his company, Yoozoo…