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Some of the biggest game publishers, and definitely the two most sue-happy companies in the industry going head to head, in a legal battle over MW2, one of them most selling FPS games ever, in one of the most controversial cases of publisher versus developer ever?

Wow. This is big. I'm almost expecting the loser of this to die.

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Remember to bring snacks.

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My realism workshop Updated April 24, 2013: Not the best

You know what, EA has not been near as evil as Activision lately (Bobby Kotick basically being the gaming satan) and I'm actually hoping Activision ends up just wasting its time.

400 million not 200, headline in that link is odd. Shows 400 in the body and other article headlines are 400. What is going to matter are 3 things.

First who owns the rights to Call of Duty. It is possible that Infinity Ward owns the rights and never signed them over, unlikely but possible. Publisher developer contracts can be pretty convoluted

Second if Activision was acting in good faith. If the judge does indeed think that Activision fired them to avoid paying royalties, and if they have neglected royalties altogether Activision will likely lose their IP because of breach of contract.

Third whether Infinity Ward acted in good faith. It'll be expensive if they were not acting in good faith.

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SHIT.

That's all I can say about this thread.

Fuck em all in the ass boys.

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Grivous.

I'm curious, how might that affect the online gaming community for CoD?

Not at all. This won't be settled for another 5-10 years. It'll take 3-5 years for a judgement, then appeals from the losing side. This will be an old game by then with Call of Duty 5 grey ops black bag edition being the new hotness.

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Zeph do you ever tire of being perfect? ~Dave
Zeph is still awesome though. ~Rival
I love you so much right now Zeph. ~Yoshi
I love you Zeph. You and your simple yet humorous topic-breakers. ~Coos
Zeph has left me inspired. ~Mathias
Zeph is so awesome even soulless bits of binary worship him. ~Wizard
Curse YOU ZEPH! CURSE YOU! ~JesusChrist
WE ARE SORRY THAT WE ARE NOT AS PERFECT AS YOU, ZEPH! ~Stufflikehearts
Zepherin for forum queen and writer of the best seller "how to screw your brethen up for dummies". ~ The Mirak