Glu Mobile wins Cloning Case against Hothead Games
The publisher and developer of Glu Mobile has won a copy suit from Hothead Games. This is reported by Pocketgamer.biz with a link to information from the company.
According to the results of the trial, Hothead Games will pay Glu Mobile monetary compensation, the amount of which is not disclosed.
Recall that the subject of the collision was the Deer Hunter title. From this game, the Canadian studio copied the gameplay of the Kill Shot project, according to Glu Mobile. In the fall of 2014, the company went to court.
Trailer for the Kill Shot title from Hothead GamesTrailer of the game Deer Hunter 2014 from Glu
“The only difference is that in Kill Shot you kill people.
In our game, you shoot deer and other animals,” commented Chris Akhavan, head of the publishing department of Glu Mobile, on the lawsuit.
Note that regardless of the outcome of the proceedings, Kill Shot is still available in both the App Store and Google Play.
A source: http://www.pocketgamer.biz
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