Month: April 2024
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Understanding The FTC’s New Ban on Noncompete Agreements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently issued a new major ruling. Their new rule will prohibit most types of noncompete agreements. This is a big deal. I fully expect that this will result in more independant games from new studios that take advantage of their experience working at AAA studios, such as former Riot…
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The (Possibly) Illegal World of Video Game Emulators: Understanding Yuzu
On March 4, 2024, Tropic Haze LLC, the creators of the Yuzu Switch video game emulator, announced that they would be ceasing development and stopping distribution. This was the result of a lawsuit by Nintendo, which Yuzu’s development team ultimately settled for $2.4 million. Incidentally, this happened not long after Dolphin, a Gamecube emulator, canceled…