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• ZeniMax awarded $500 million judgment in Oculus lawsuit

  A Texas jury has reached a verdict in the ZeniMax vs Oculus lawsuit, awarding Bethesda’s parent company half a billion dollars.

• The Elder Scrolls Online will remove level restrictions with the One Tamriel update

  This fall, Elder Scrolls Online will remove content barriers and allow players of all levels to experience everything the game has to offer.

• Nuka Cola trademarks filed by Bethesda parent company

  Here’s an interesting nugget: Zenimax, Bethesda’s parent company, has filed three Nuka Cola trademarks. The drink, as you know, is featured Fallout titles. While it’s easy to get excited over this, especially since two trademarks cover “entertainment services, on-line interactive computer games,” and “computer game software for use with computers and video game consoles,” it’s […]

• Arkane and Battlecry Studios using CryEngine for new projects

  Arkane Studios and Battlecry Studios are at work on projects utilising CryEngine, according to a Tweet by Zenimax HR Manager Ashley Pierce. Arkane has two studios, France and Texas, the latter of which is working on the occasionally cancelled Prey 2, while Battlecry has no announced project and is composed of ex-Bioware staffers.

• The Elder Scrolls Online Flame Atronach trailer shows a fiery foe

  The Elder Scrolls online will be chock full of fierce enemies, and this short new trailer shows off one that might make battles a little toasty.

• Skyrim's next DLC could be 'Hearthfire', Bethesda files trademark

  Skyrim: Hearthfire could be the game’s second DLC expansion, according to a new trademark filed by Bethesda.

• Half-life 2 City 17 designer left Valve because it's too big

  Viktor Antonov, the much-lauded designer behind Half-Life 2’s City 17, jumped ship when Valve grew too large and stopped making the kinds of games he’s keen on.

• Trademark for Dragonborn filed by ZeniMax

  ZeniMax has filed another trademark pertaining to Skyrim, and where as last month it was the shout Fus Ro Dah, this time it’s the term Dragonborn. It was filed on May 15 under goods and services, meaning it could pertain to anything gaming related or it was filed to stop people cashing in on unsanctioned […]

• Rumour: Elder Scrolls MMO readying for May announce

  ZeniMax Media and Bethesda will announce the long-rumoured Elder Scrolls MMO sometime in May, TomsGuide is reporting.

• Mojang barred from future Scrolls titles by Zenimax agreement

  More details have emerged concerning Mojang and Bethesda’s Scrolls trademark settlement.

• Legal wasteland: Bethesda secures Fallout MMO rights

  Bethesda parent company Zenimax will pay out $2 million to Interplay as part of a settlement returning all Fallout MMO rights to the Fallout 3 publisher.

• Sheridans: Zenimax unlikely to win Scrolls case

  The denial of an interim injunction is bad news for Zenimax, according to lawyers representing Mojang in a legal battle over the trademark Scrolls.

• Bethesda: "Nobody here enjoys" pursuing Scrolls trademark dispute

  Bethesda and Zenimax have had a lot of bad press over its Scrolls trademark dispute with Mojang, but the publisher is in a difficult position and not exactly delighted by it, either.

• QuakeCon 2011 dated for first week of August

  ZeniMax has announced that QuakeCon 2011 will take place in the first week of August.

• MachineGames working on unannounced triple-A project for ZeniMax

  ZeniMax has formally announced its acquisition of European development studio MachineGames, based in Uppsala, Sweden, confirming business registration data that surfaced last week.

• ZeniMax acquires ex-Starbreeze staff's Machinegames

  ZeniMax has apparently purchased another game studio this week, according to business registration data in Sweden.

• More prominent industry vets join Tango Gameworks as new mysterious artwork appears

  Tango Gameworks has updated its staff page with three additional members joining Shinji Mikami and Ikumi Nakamura, with each one holding previous ties to Capcom, Platinum Games and Clover Studios.

• Boom: Zenimax buys Tango and Shinji Mikami

  Zenimax just confirmed it’s bought Tango Gameworks and, with it, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami.

• Wedgwood on Splash Damage: AAA or bust

  Splash Damage boss Paul Wedgwood has told GI that the studio’s philosophy is “triple-A or bust.”