Last August, Electronic Arts filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Zynga over the many similarities between Zynga's The Ville and EA's The Sims Social on Facebook. Shortly thereafter, Zynga counter-sued, stating that EA had worked to stop employees from jumping ship from EA to Zynga. According to Reuters, the drama between the two companies has settled, for now, as both companies have agreed to settle the two lawsuits. The specifics...

You had to figure this wouldn't last. Though some publishers have been willing to strike agreements that allow fan projects to go forward, provided no one sells anything from them, many more don't have the time or the interest in maintaining and monitoring those relationships. More » Kotaku Continue reading...

See here, the official teaser for Faceless, a game previously known as Slender: Source. It's got a complicated lineage: inspired by another game which was in turn inspired by an internet meme. More » Kotaku Continue reading...

Zynga today has officially responded to last month’s lawsuit from Electronic Arts over The Ville. Until now, Zynga’s been relatively quiet about the lawsuit, while EA’s been making several public comments. Aside from countering the claims of copyright infringement, Zynga accuses EA of violating anti-trust laws in the state of California. The response is broken into three parts: a motion to strike strike certain language from the initial claim, Zynga’s direct...

FarmVille TheVille In-Game Promotion On August 3rd 2012 EA or Electronic Arts, the developers of popular The Sim’s Social game on Facebook filed a suit against Zynga for copyright infringement with its new game The Ville. The Ville is Zynga’s own version of The Sim’s Social , a Sims branded game with the social networking spin, but EA claims the similarities are too vast, and that it may even confuse unknowing...

Blizzard DOTA is dead. Long-live Blizzard All-Stars. The two titans of PC gaming stared each other down in a copyright dispute, and it looks like they've come to an agreement... GamesRadar - News Continue reading...

I wonder if that whole 'natural process' bit also applies to lawsuits. Just days after 6waves Lolapps CPO Arjun Sethi commented on the similarities between the company's Yeti Town and Spry Fox's Triple Town, more or less brushing off the argument that the games are one in the same (with different coats of paint), Spry Fox has come out of the corner swinging. As first reported by Gamezebo, David Edery,...

Brazilian social game developer Vostu has settled the June 2011 lawsuit filed against it by Zynga for copyright infringement. As part of the deal, Vostu paid Zynga an unspecified amount of monetary compensation and made changes to four of its games. A joint statement sent to press outlets by both parties reads, “Zynga and Vostu have settled the copyright lawsuits and counterclaims against each other in the United States and Brazil. As...