The Entertainment Software Association, amidst pressure from the game development industry and players at large, has dropped support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The controversial legislation has been a matter of debate and protest since its announcement in the U.S. Congress. ...

Red 5 Studios has pledged $50,000 in seed money to begin a new organization to advocate for developers’ and gamers’ rights they’re calling League for Gamers.  LFG is billed as an alternative to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which has recently been taken...

Tomorrow, says Red 5 Studios, the beta of the Firefall MMO will go dark with servers shutting down on the 18th for 24 hours in protest of SOPA legislation in the U.S. Congress that would shut down free speech on the Internet. REd 5 is taking it one step further, according to Mark Kern,...

It’s not often that mutiplayer games get political, but the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a controversial piece of legislation that could fundamentally change the Internet as we know it.  Whether you agree or disagree with the legislation, many otherwise a-political companies...