![]() Most damning, Bethesda accuses Behavior of utilizing its access to Bethesda's IP, "copyrighted code, trade secrets, and other rights," to build the Westworld mobile game faster, cheaper, "and quickly bring the Westworld mobile game to market and offer players the widely popular gameplay experience found in Fallout Shelter." falloutshelter ![]() The claim accuses Behaviour Interactive of having "the same or highly similar game design, art style, animations, features and other gameplay elements" as Fallout Shelter. over the recent Westworld mobile game, claiming the latter mobile game stole code from Fallout Shelter. Original Storyīethesda Softworks is suing Fallout Shelter co-developer Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. Bethesda will vigorously protect its legal rights in the valuable intellectual properties it owns, and take legal action whenever those rights are being infringed. As a result of Behaviour and Warner Bros’ unlawful conduct, Westworld is a blatant ripoff of Fallout Shelter with largely superficial, cosmetic changes. 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. Behaviour had previously worked with Bethesda to develop Bethesda’s hit game, Fallout Shelter, and under that contract, Bethesda alone owned all resulting intellectual property, including the game’s copyrighted code. The case arises from Behaviour’s development of a Westworld mobile game for Warner Bros. for copyright infringement, breach of contract, and misappropriation of its intellectual property. Update: Bethesda has issued the following statement to USgamer where Bethesda accuses the Westworld mobile game of being a "blatant ripoff of Fallout Shelter with largely superficial, cosmetic changes." The full statement is below:īethesda Softworks has today filed a complaint in US District Court against Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. ![]()
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