Activision and Double Fine Settle their Slapfight
In the past months, Activision and Double Fine haven’t exactly had the rosiest of relationships. Brutal Legend was dileberately dropped from Activision’s lineup after Activision merged with Blizzard, and the title was left alone after an unsuccessful attempt to convert the property into a Guitar Hero game. Then, EA picked it up, and helped turn it into an anticipated title. And that’s when the trouble started.
Activision went on to sue Double Fine, because the publisher held “the publishing rights to the game”. However, Double Fine countersued them back, so both parties were given the opportunity to present their arguments before a judge. But apparently, this isn’t going to happen any longer.
Instead, Activision’s legal team contacted the court, stating that a settlement had been reached. In late July, the judge had said that he was not inclined to force a delay for Brutal Legend, and that the imposed delay by Activision did not have “a likelihood of succeeding” in the courtroom.
Are you glad that a settlement has finally been reached? Or did Activision have the right to delay a title that they had already abandoned? Let us know in the comment section below!
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9 Responses to “Activision and Double Fine Settle their Slapfight”
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August 7th, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Activision Sucks
August 7th, 2009 at 11:00 PM
@tripletriplehh
POORLY
August 8th, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Everything is about money and greed with activision. They truly do suck and so do about 90% of their games.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:53 AM
They are not making many friends lately…
August 8th, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Greedy Activision….oh my, oh my….
August 8th, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Activision should just shut up about it they are just pissed that someone had a better idea than them and tht it will be making money for someone else.
August 8th, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I’m just glad that Brutal Legend isn’t going to be delayed. I can’t wait to kill people with the power of Heavy Metal! And you know Jack Black’s voice acting is going to be amazing!
August 8th, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Yeah sounds like somebody made a mistake and got caught with their pants down. This is the problem when you only have a few companies with the money to publish games. When they diecide to not market a title and the developer of the game goes to some other entity and it becomes popular in the run up and then they want it back.
I think developers should have the right to shop their games to different publishers and whoever is willing to publish it then gets the rights to the game.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I hate to see Activision make money in this settlement. They deserved a humiliating loss.