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Palworld's 'Plagiarism' Controversy. Lawyer: 'Clear Effort to Make Sure it Didn't Look the Same.'
Is Palworld plagiarism, or even an obvious 'rip-off' of Pokemons? The case has been analyzed by lawyers and other, stern, law people.
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Kamil Kleszyk
January 24, 2024
Palworld Devs Copying More Than Just Pokemons - Hollow Knight Inspired the Never Grave
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.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 23, 2024
Palworld Another ''Rip-off'' of Nintendo, Claims Former Member of Pokemon Company
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.”.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 23, 2024
Guns, Crafting and Survival Not Enough, Pokémon Fans Accuse Hit Palworld of Plagiarism
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.
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Marcin Przała
January 22, 2024
Everybody Wants to be Rockstar? Developers Copy GTA 6 Trailer Announcement
A poster announcing the trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 inspired several other developers to prepare similar graphics.
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Adrian Werner
December 3, 2023
Youtuber Accuses The Day Before Devs of Ripping Off Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077
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.
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Adam Adamczyk
November 3, 2023
Brazen Baldur's Gate 3 Copycat Rebuked by Larian Studios
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.
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Maciej Gaffke
September 28, 2023
Sony Ends Cheap Knockoff of The Last of Us
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.
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Zuzanna Domeradzka
August 2, 2023
![Bleak Faith Excessively Inspired by Elden Ring; Devs Accused of Theft [UPDATE]](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/416395108.jpg)
Bleak Faith Excessively Inspired by Elden Ring; Devs Accused of Theft [UPDATE]
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.
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Adrian Werner
March 15, 2023
Call of Duty Warzone Drama; Developers Accused of Plagiarism
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.
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Kamil Kleszyk
August 2, 2022
![LoL Fans Examine Terraria Plagiarism Allegations [UPDATED]](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/391351928.jpg)
LoL Fans Examine Terraria Plagiarism Allegations [UPDATED]
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.
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Miriam Moszczynska
June 2, 2022
Riot Sues for Ripping Off LoL; Chinese Copy Their Game Again
League of Legends developers sued a Chinese mobile game developer. The company allegedly created a rip-off of the popular Wild Rift.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
May 10, 2022
Riot Sues Teamfight Tactics Copycats
Riot Games has sued a Vietnamese developer, accusing it of copying Teamfight Tactics. The similarities are indeed apparent.
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Sonia Selerska
January 24, 2022
Myth Of Empires Pulled Fom Steam; Devs Allegedly Stole Source Code
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.
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Adrian Werner
December 9, 2021
Resident Evil Village Accused of Ripping Off Monsters From Frankenstein's Army
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.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
May 11, 2021
Apex Legends Devs Accused of Plagiarism
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
January 20, 2021
Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft Sues Google and Apple
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.
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Damian Gacek
May 17, 2020
Stolen Halo 4 Image Causes Withdrawal of Stellaris: Galaxy Command
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
October 16, 2019
Glorious Saga is Shameless Copy of Warcraft. Blizzard Goes to Court
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.
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Barth Faryna
August 29, 2019
Wrestler Sues Activision in Connection with His Character in Black Ops 4
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.
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Bart Swiatek
February 14, 2019