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Understanding Open Source Licenses: A Guide for Game Developers

By Brandon J. Huffman / May 21, 2024 March 21, 2025

When working on a game development or software project, understanding open source licenses is crucial. These licenses dictate how developers can use, modify, and distribute open source software. In this blog post, we’ll break down the essentials of open source licenses, focusing on the differences between permissive and copyleft licenses, and how they impact the …

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Roblox Developers and Work For Hire Agreements

By Ryan Fairchild / April 24, 2024 January 9, 2025

One of the wonderful things about Roblox is that anyone can develop and publish a game. But when some Roblox devs start making a game, the last thing they think about is contracts. That can be a problem, especially if the game blows up. Why? Because depending on what agreements, if any, the primary devs …

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Legal Challenges in the Games Industry in 2024

By Brandon J. Huffman / January 16, 2024 January 9, 2025

We’re now in the year 2024 after a very tumultuous previous year. The games industry lost nearly 10,500 jobs in 2023 and roughly 8,500 in 2022, according to some estimates. We were a little too correct when we commented last year that the world continues to be a relatively unpredictable place. Here are our thoughts …

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Legal Challenges in the Games Industry in 2023

By Brandon J. Huffman / January 18, 2023 January 9, 2025

It’s a new year! And wow, the landscape is a lot different as we collectively went from a global pandemic to a global recession. Here are our thoughts and predictions on 2023 as the world continues to be a relatively unpredictable place. Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be a big focus as …

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Moonlighting: who owns what?

By Odin Law / October 19, 2022 January 9, 2025

Moonlighting and side hustles – whatever you want to call them – come up frequently in the games space. However, it is important to keep in mind some potential issues that can arise – both from an employer’s perspective and from an employee’s perspective. An employer will generally want (and likely needs) to own all …

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What are the legal risks involved with localizing a video game?

By Megan / September 14, 2022 January 9, 2025

The video game industry is a global phenomenon – there are video gamers in every country and in plenty of instances, gamers want to interact with games in their own native language. Localization can be a critical part of publishing a game to help it reach larger audiences. But what is localization and what are …

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What are the legal considerations for collecting data in a video game?

By Cameron Benton / August 4, 2022 January 9, 2025

Data collection and analysis have become ubiquitous with modern technology and are pivotal aspects of contemporary video game design. Game developers may collect data for any number of reasons, including anything from wanting to obtain a user’s name, address, and billing information for in-game purchases, to utilizing collected data to catch hackers, or identify areas …

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Legal Challenges in the Games Industry in 2022

By Brandon J. Huffman / January 7, 2022 January 7, 2022

So the pandemic is still ongoing. It’s still affecting our everyday lives in so, so many ways. Our thoughts go to all of the people who have lost family members and friends over the past two years. Here are our thoughts and predictions on 2022 as the pandemic, yet again, continues to rage on in …

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What is Steam Deck? How will publishing agreements be affected?

By Brandon J. Huffman / July 22, 2021 August 17, 2021

There are many opinions on how Valve’s Steam Deck may benefit game developers, especially indie developers, but when we heard the announcement we were mostly concerned with one thing: how will Steam Deck affect publishing agreements moving forward? What is Steam Deck? Valve recently announced a new gaming handheld device called the Steam Deck that …

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Am I required to credit someone in my video game?

By Megan / May 26, 2021 August 17, 2021

Credits in video games are a way to attribute the team members who helped create the final product. Is any game studio required to give credit to any specific individuals or support teams in a video game? The short answer: only if it’s established in a contract. The longer answer: well, credits in video games …

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