Activision has settled a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice accusing the company of imposing rules that illegally stymied competition for players in two of its esports leagues and suppressed wages. The Justice Department pointed in a complaint filed on April 3 to the so-called competitive balance tax in Activision’s Call of Duty and […]
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