Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Entertainment Software Association has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and ...

The number of Minecraft multiplayer servers out there is nearly endless, though some are certainly preferable to others. Furthermore, thanks to strides made by the community and cross-platform ...

The company has mentioned that the ban will restrict players to access private servers, however, a “highly trained moderation staff” will keep an eye on the most grievous violations in public Featured ...

In a remarkably strange statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921, California's Stop Killing Games-endorsed bill to compel publishers to provide ...

The popularity and ubiquity of Minecraft have waned slightly in the almost 15 years since its initial release, but no amount of changing tides in the tastes of young gamers can take away from the fact ...

10:54, Thu, Jul 2, 2026 Updated: 10:54, Thu, Jul 2, 2026 A governing body in America has described community servers for games like Minecraft and Call of Duty as ‘illegal’ and likened them to a ‘black ...

The ESA has made the head-scratching claim that private Minecraft servers are "illegal," arguing that they're considered a form of "piracy" in a recent hearing. During a California State Senate ...

What just happened? Stop Killing Games, a consumer advocacy group seeking stronger protections for paid online video games, has lost its two biggest legal battles in Europe and the US over the past ...

Mac is a GameRant writer, who has been gaming for over 40 years. He mostly plays multiplayer or co-op games, with the same group of friends he has played with online for 25 years. Some players enjoy ...