Bethesda Softworks has filed a lawsuit with Warner Bross Interactive Entertainment and Behavior Interactive for infringe copyright, stating that the Westworld game that has been available for a few days on iOS, copies many elements of Fallout Shelter and potentially the code of the game.
In the lawsuit filed in a Maryland district court, Bethesda alleges that Westworld use the same game design, art style, animations, features, and other game elements very popular in Fallout Shelter such as the creation of underground bases and the aesthetics of 2D cartoon characters in a 3D environment.
Fallout Shelder hit the App Store in 2015 and the character's mission is build and manage an underground bunker, keeping the installation in operation attending to the needs of the residents, residents who are arriving or being born in the facilities.
Westworld was released last week and is based on the television series. At Westworld we have to build underground maintenance and control facilities for a theme park. At the same time, we have to manage the androids and the guest experiences in the theme park, keeping everything running smoothly, and if they show up, fix them as soon as possible.
Bethesda's lawsuit goes beyond cosmetic copying, as it claims that code used in Fallout Shelter has been reused to create Westworld. Behavior Interactive was hired by Bethesta to work on Fallout Shelter in 2014, following Bethesda's instructions at all times, so everything Behavior created for this game is the intellectual property of the former.
"Behavior breached its contract with Bethesda and used its restricted access to Bethesda's intellectual property, including Bethesda's copyrighted code, trade secrets and other rights," it is claimed, allowing Behavior reduce your development time, reduce costs "And provide players with the same" widely popular gaming experience found in Fallout Shelter. "
Bethesda wants to be the app is removed from the App Store and the Play Store and also be compensated for the violation of copyright, including any earnings the game has been able to generate since it hit the app stores a little less than a week ago.
