What Are the Biggest Legal Questions Facing Game Developers?
Game developers can share their most common legal questions and concerns through a short survey. Common themes will be addressed in upcoming episodes of Xsolla’s Legal Office Hours podcast and future publications.
Game development teams routinely make decisions with legal implications, even when they do not have dedicated legal expertise available. For example, contracts, intellectual property, publishing agreements, privacy requirements, licensing, employment, monetization, and platform compliance can all affect whether a project moves forward smoothly or encounters an unexpected blocker.
For smaller and independent studios, these questions may fall to founders, producers, or other team members whose primary expertise lies elsewhere, requiring them to navigate contractual obligations, regulatory considerations, and potential legal exposure without dedicated in-house counsel. Even larger companies can struggle to translate complex legal guidance into practical information that developers can confidently apply during production.
Which legal concerns are appearing most frequently across the industry, and what kinds of resources would make them easier to navigate?
Xsolla is inviting game developers and other industry professionals to share their experiences through a short survey focused on the legal questions that emerge during game development and publishing. The goal is to identify the issues teams face most often so they can be addressed broadly in Legal Office Hours episodes and future publications. Individual questions won’t receive direct responses.
The survey asks participants which legal topics they discuss most often, which types of legal blockers they commonly encounter, and how confident they generally feel when navigating these questions. It also explores whether teams would benefit from short training sessions, practical one-page guides, checklists, templates, or other accessible resources.
Participants can additionally explain what they wish legal professionals understood better about how game development teams operate.
The most useful legal support does more than identify potential risks. It helps teams understand what those risks mean in practice, which decisions require specialist guidance, and how to move forward without introducing unnecessary delays.
The survey is not limited to people with formal legal responsibilities. Founders, developers, producers, studio managers, publishers, marketers, business development professionals, and other team members who encounter legal questions through their work can all provide useful perspectives.
Participants do not need to share confidential details about a dispute, agreement, or project. General descriptions of recurring questions, areas of uncertainty, or types of blockers can still help identify broader patterns.
If your team has run into a recurring legal challenge, sharing it helps shape topics we cover for the wider industry.
Complete the survey below to help shape upcoming Legal Office Hours topics. Any questions routed to our Legal inbox will not be considered.
