tapped the same company to make its own Westworld app. It may sound like another petty squabble, but after considering the facts, you’ll probably agree that Bethesda has a pretty strong case.īethesda partnered with Behaviour, a Canadian video game studio, to create Fallout Shelter, and years later, Warner Bros. is ripping off that app for its Westworld game in a new lawsuit. "Bethesda will vigorously protect its legal rights in the valuable intellectual properties it owns, and take legal action whenever those rights are being infringed.Back in 2015, Bethesda released a mobile game called ‘Fallout Shelter’ to promote its upcoming Fallout 4. As a result of Behaviour and Warner Bros’ unlawful conduct, Westworld is a blatant ripoff of Fallout Shelter with largely superficial, cosmetic changes," Bethesda told me in an emailed statement. "Behaviour illegally used the same copyrighted source code from Fallout Shelter to develop Westworld, and copied Fallout Shelter’s game design, art, animations, gameplay features, and other elements. That information isn't included in the court files that have been made public so far. According to TMZ, Bethesda believes that Behavior reused code from Fallout Shelter to make Westworld, and noted that both games have several of the same bugs. The filing alleges a violation of US Copyright law, specifically involving a breach of contract, copyright infringement, and trade secret misappropriation, among others. and Behavior Interactive of the lawsuit and copies of articles noting the similarities between the games have been published on public records websites so far. The specifics of the lawsuit are not yet public, only a summons notifying Warner Bros. Behavior Interactive is named as a co-defendant in Bethesda's lawsuit. Behavior Interactive, the development studio that worked with Bethesda to make Fallout Shelter, also worked with Warner Bros. The comment from the press apparently didn't escape Bethesda's attention as part of the court filing, Bethesda included over a dozen copies of such articles.
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