The lawsuit over the release of “Brutal Legend” starring Jack Black has apparently been settled.
Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman Vania Stuelp says attorneys for gaming giant Activision notified a court on Wednesday that they had reached a settlement over “Brutal Legend.” The company had sued to stop the October release of the game by rival Electronic Arts.
A notice of settlement has not yet been filed, and attorneys handling the case did not immediately return phone messages.
A hearing scheduled for Thursday was canceled. Activision’s attorneys were set to argue why San Francisco-based developer Double Fine Productions should be barred from releasing the game, which features Black as band roadie transported to a mythical ancient world.
This is GREAT news to me. Jack Black can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned, and this game looks awesome. I hope this bodes well for the release date too. *BLARGH*
It looks like the $300 million in bonuses that the Harmonix co-founders received got the attention of a few lawyers. On November 18th, Kansas resident Monte Morgan filed a class action lawsuit against Harmonix over broken bass drum pedals that are allegedly defective. The drum pedals in question are from the original Rock Band title that had a knack for breaking under normal use.
EA had issued an extended warranty beyond the original 60 days where the customer could have the defective pedals replaced without a receipt. Since October 1st, 2008 however, the customer is required to have a receipt showing the product in question was purchased within the last 60 days, which is where the problem arises. If the defective pedal is purchased as a gift in advance, the warranty could be up before the device is even used.
Rock Band 2 has an improved drum pedal with a metal plate that remedies the problem. The plaintiff’s have stated that the release of Rock Band 2 and the timing of the extended warranty being dropped has to do with driving sales towards Rock Band 2.
My drum pedal is still going strong but I can understand the resentment. The extended warranty being conveniently dropped at the time of the next Rock Band release is just too obvious. The cost of replacing the old pedals with the new metal version would be high, but isn’t that better than a lawsuit and bad publicity?
According to the BBC, a 43 year old woman playing Maplestory was divorced in-game by her in-game husband. So, she got his username and password and then made his character commit virtual suicide.
“I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry,”
This one definitely gets filed under “Visits from the Fucked Up Fairy”. Pretty funny for revenge tactics, but also quite worrisome and extreme. Actually, it’s not worrying as much as it is disturbing. She is 43 years old and threw a fit over not having a game go her way so she felt the need to take action. This is an excellent example of people lacking the capability to separate reality from gaming. Real from Virtual. Good from Bad. Cool from Uncool.
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THQ has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for copyright infringement regarding box art. The lawsuit was filed on October 23rd stating that Activision’s SCORE International Baja 1000: The Official Game box art too closely resembles THQ’s earlier released title Baja: Edge of Control. THQ has said that the box art is intended to confuse and deceive customers into thinking the titles are somehow related. THQ also alleges that they have contacted Activision on “several occasions” to change the box art but Activision had refused.
Take a gander at the photos above and decide for yourself if THQ has a valid arguement. If you aren’t convinced by the photos and are extremely bored with life in general, a PDF copy of the complaint can be downloaded here.
[Via Patent Arcade]
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