Two days ago, dev studio RubiqLab found themselves the subject of much scorn, thanks to the unseemly resemblance between their game SkyFar and Vlambeer’s long-ago-announced Luftrausers. They responded to their critics by saying that they’ve been working on SkyFar for a year and cited U.S. copyright law. Now, RubiqLab is accusing Vlambeer of copying.Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
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6waves, Spry Fox settle Triple Town cloning suit
6waves has chosen to settle the cloning lawsuit brought against it by Triple Town creator Spry Fox. The details of the settlement were not disclosed. The news comes less than a month after a Seattle court denied 6waves’ request to dismiss the suit, stating the games were similar enough in both concept and visual presentation for Spry Fox’s case to proceed. Game Politics has obtained a copy of the court filing...
Candy Dash maker Vostu axes staff after Zynga cloning settlement
One way or another, it looks like Zynga got its revenge. TechCrunch reports that Brazilian social game maker Vostu has been forced to lay off an undisclosed amount of employees since settling with Zynga over allegedly copycatting games. It's also unknown just how much Vostu was ordered to pay Zynga for whatever damages, but it must have been substantial. Vostu has confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch: "Vostu grew a significant...
The man behind Pot Farm thinks cloning can be a good thing [Interview]
You get up there, you say some shit, and if it wakes everybody up, as long as everybody's talking that's a good thing. It creates a conversation," East Side Games CEO Jason Bailey tells us, reflecting on his recent talk at a Full Indie event in Vancouver. During the talk, Bailey proceeded to pontificate on the hot topic of 2012 in the gaming world: copycatting. (Before reading on, we highly...
Watch Pot Farm’s maker come to Zynga’s defense over cloning [Video]
Let's face it: Social game creators have ripped ideas from one another since the games landed on Facebook. While Zynga has seemingly made its billions that way, that's certainly not to say it kick started a trend. Regardless, the animosity toward such a practice seems to have come to head this month, as Zynga has been accused twice of copying game ideas. Jason Bailey, CEO of Vancouver-based Pot Farm creator...
