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Kamil Kleszyk, 24 January 2024, 00:25

Is Palworld plagiarism, or even an obvious 'rip-off' of Pokemons? The case has been analyzed by lawyers and other, stern, law people.

Jacob Blazewicz, 23 January 2024, 02:52

Palworld has confounded players with creature designs, but this is not the first time Pocket Pair studio has taken inspiration from another developer's game.

Jacob Blazewicz, 23 January 2024, 02:49

Palworld is stirring up a lot of excitement, but also controversy. For the former head of the Pokemon legal team, Pocketpair's work is the thousandth „poor rip-off” of the Nintendo series. Meanwhile, the game's creator considers it a ”completely different project.”.

Marcin Przala, 22 January 2024, 06:24

On the occasion of Parlworld's gigantic succes, there have been claims that the game's character design is plagiarized from the Pokemon series. The discussion even includes images generated with artificial intelligence.

Adrian Werner, 03 December 2023, 14:15

A poster announcing the trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 inspired several other developers to prepare similar graphics.

Adam Adamczyk, 03 November 2023, 03:37

The Day Before has again been accused of ripping off other games. This time, the developers are said to have taken too much inspiration from GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077.

Maciej Gaffke, 28 September 2023, 14:47

The great success of Baldur's Gate 3 attracted scammers who wanted to shamelessly ride on the brand's coattail. A mobile copycat of the game even found its way into official distribution.

Zuzanna Domeradzka, 02 August 2023, 12:17

The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival - a game that is a poor imitation of Sony's hit The Last of Us - has been removed from the Nintendo eShop. Due to copyright infringement, it can no longer be purchased.

Adrian Werner, 15 March 2023, 14:11

The creators of Bleak Faith: Forsaken have been accused of stealing animations from Elden Ring. However, they are most likely not the ones to blame for the situation.

Kamil Kleszyk, 02 August 2022, 13:25

Call of Duty: Warzone has launched Season 4 in earnest. Among the many new additions to the game were unique operator skins. Unfortunately, one of them strongly resembles the work of one of the netizens.

Miriam Moszczynska, 02 June 2022, 11:05

Battle Boss skins in League of Legends are supposed to be associated with other games, but this time Riot Games went a step too far, causing players to accuse the developers of plagiarism.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 10 May 2022, 12:03

League of Legends developers sued a Chinese mobile game developer. The company allegedly created a rip-off of the popular Wild Rift.

Sonia Selerska, 24 January 2022, 14:03

Riot Games has sued a Vietnamese developer, accusing it of copying Teamfight Tactics. The similarities are indeed apparent.

Adrian Werner, 09 December 2021, 14:18

The popular online game Myth of Empires has been removed from distribution on Steam due to its developers being accused of stealing the source code.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 11 May 2021, 16:25

Resident Evil Village introduced players to a wide range of monsters with interesting designs. It turns out that some of them may have been plagiarized.

Michael Kulakowski, 20 January 2021, 22:12

The developers of Apex Legends have been accused that the game's newest playable characters is a plagiarism of an existing character featured in the indie shooter BulletVille. The developers have not yet addressed the allegations.

Damian Gacek, 17 May 2020, 20:12

Ubisoft is suing Google and Apple for the alleged copyright infringement related to Rainbow Six: Siege. The publisher claims that a Chinese game has appeared in both companies' stores, Google Play and Apple App Store, which is a faithful copy of the popular shooter.

Michael Kulakowski, 16 October 2019, 20:46

Paradox Interactive withdrew the beta version of the mobile Stellaris: Galaxy Command from distribution after it was revealed that it contained a stolen illustration created for Halo 4. The title was produced by a subcontractor, the Chinese studio GameBear.

Barth Faryna, 29 August 2019, 18:23

Many mobile games copy ideas from the Warcraft universe, but Sina Games has gone too far. Their Glorious Saga is filled with Blizzard characters who have been impudently stolen.

Bart Swiatek, 14 February 2019, 17:01

Wrestler Booker T. Huffman filed a case against Activision publisher for alleged copyright infringement in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in connection with the creation of Prophet's character. His image was to be copied from a character developed by him.