alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoBanner Saga Publisher [Versus Evil] Has Shut Down and Laid Offgamerant.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkBanner Saga Publisher [Versus Evil] Has Shut Down and Laid Offgamerant.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 11 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareDagnet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoI wonder if it has anything to do with the legal costs of having to fight candy crush saga in courts to keep the saga name (yes, that happened)
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoMy god, they can’t own the rights to the word “saga.” I hate lawsuits like that because King can absolutely afford to continue drowning a small developer in legal issues. And it likely did have an impact.
minus-squareDagnet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoSadly it’s not uncommon, I think bethesda sued a game for using ‘scrolls’ in its name… sigh
minus-squareFullest@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agothey settled on that in 2014 so seems unlikely
I wonder if it has anything to do with the legal costs of having to fight candy crush saga in courts to keep the saga name (yes, that happened)
My god, they can’t own the rights to the word “saga.” I hate lawsuits like that because King can absolutely afford to continue drowning a small developer in legal issues. And it likely did have an impact.
Sadly it’s not uncommon, I think bethesda sued a game for using ‘scrolls’ in its name… sigh
That was Mojang they tried suing.
they settled on that in 2014 so seems unlikely