Today, South Korea’s parliament is expected to approve the amendment of the Telecommunications Business Act, dubbed the “Anti-Google law.” The piece of legislation will allow mobile devs to bypass Google and Apple app stores by using independent payment systems.

Last month, several staff members at Fusebox Games were laid off as part of restructure, with the company shifting to a “more agile co-development approach.” Some of these redundancies, it now turns out, might have to do with the open letter signed on May 24 by 31 employees warning the executive team of “problematic content” in mobile title Matchmaker: Puzzles and Stories.

Some Unity staffers are concerned they might be working on projects for the military without knowing it.

On Thursday this week, site for game developers Gamasutra is updating its name to Game Developer and relocating to gamedeveloper.com.

American McGee has posted the full story for Alice: Asylum, the third game in series from Mysterious Studios. McGee intends for Alice: Asylum to become “the world’s first ever crowd-designed triple-A game.”

Last week, Activision debuted Call of Duty: Vanguard with a trailer that for the first time in the series’ history ran with the slate “Call of Duty presents.” No mention of Activision. Nor did the video feature the publisher’s logo. The only reference to Activision is made in tiny print in the legally required copyright part at the very end of the video. Could it be that that the company is trying to disassociate its…

A recent survey by Game, the German Games Industry Association, asked domestic publishers and studios to rate the international competitiveness of Germany as a video games economy. 56 percent of the respondents rated the country “rather bad,” with 14 percent rating it “bad.” Only 30 percent chose the answer “rather good.” Zero companies answered “very good.”

While the news around the Epic antitrust legal battle have been dropping for months now, it is just now that the court documents have been shared in an unredacted form.

Dungeon crawler / dating sim Boyfriend Dungeon, in which you romance your weapons, came out on August 11 to immediately generate controversy over the sensitive themes it deals with. These include stalking, emotional manipulation and domestic abuse.

Publisher Focus Home Interactive has re-released the original trailer for sci-fi brawler Aeon Must Die! and announced the title is due out later this year. The original development team behind the game, formerly of Limestone Games, criticized the publisher’s decision. According to them, the IP remains disputed as it was “covertly taken from the founder,” while the re-release announcement trailer violates the rights of the artists who created it.

A former Xsolla programmer has filed a statement of claim with one of Perm’s courts, demanding that the company’s CEO Aleksandr Agapitov should reinstate them at work and compensate for the lost salary. The claimant also seeks one million rubles (over $13,500) in moral damages.

More than 20 prominent members of the World Of Warships community program have left citing the Wargaming’s increasing reliance on loot boxes and randomized item unlocks. That’s in a title marketed to children and veterans.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a request with the Los Angeles Superior Court to compel Riot Games to send a notice to its workers about their rights to speak with the agency.

Singapore’s fair employment watchdog is looking into reports of bullying, sexual harassment, and racial pay disparities at Ubisoft Singapore.

Electronic Arts shareholders voted against the company’s executive compensation plan. While it is rare to vote “no,” this has happened to EA’s pay plan for the second year in a row.

Amazon’s gaming division discontinued its policies regarding games created by employees outside of work hours as a hobby.

A bipartisan bill was announced on Wednesday that can potentially reshape the business practices dominating the mobile distribution market. If passed, it will allow developers to add third-party payment systems to apps and inform users about discounts outside of stores. The bill has already been supported by Epic Games.

One of Activision Blizzard shareholders, investment group SOC, criticized the gaming giant for “the inadequate response from management.”

Activision Blizzard chief compliance officer Frances Townsend resigned from the company’s women’s network. On August 6, Kellogg and T-Mobile suspended sponsorship of the Overwatch League. Coca-Cola and State Farm are “reassessing” their partnerships with Activision Blizzard.