Fallout Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Fallout Wiki
PaperboyNewsImage
Make sure you keep up to date with the latest in all Fallout news on the Fallout Wiki News Page. If you have an idea for a story, contact the NewsSquad.

News is breaking of a new Lawsuit from Bethesda against their partners on Fallout Shelter Behaviour Interactive, as well as Warner Bros.

The dispute centres around Warner Bros releaasing a Shelter-like game based on Westworld. The copying is apparently so blatant that the game includes bugs that were removed from the game before its release, as well as near identical user interface, animation, and gameplay elements.

We've yet to see any sort of defence against the suit, but I would speculate that any defence would likely revolve around who owns the code. Bethesda state that this was done under a works-made-for-hire basis, meaning that Bethesda would be the end owner of the code, and claim there are documented agreements showing this...

However, if Bethesda's claims in this suit are wrong, then this could be very lucrative for Behaviour Interactive, as they would be able to resell the code to as many IP holders a want it, and having proven itself with Fallout, I imagine that list will not be small.

Thanks to WarfighterFIN for bringing this to our attention
Advertisement