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Ninja Dodo · 07-23-2009, 07:34 AM

Activision dropped the title after they took over Vivendi because they had no interest in publishing anything that couldn't be "exploited on an annual or near-annual basis".

Then EA decided to publish it and now that it's actually getting a lot of hype Activision wants it back.

Whether or not their suit has any legal basis (which I doubt) is frankly irrelevant as their behaviour is completely unethical, no better than patent-trolling... If EA or someone else hadn't stepped in, Brutal Legend would be sitting in the archive of abandoned projects right now.

07-23-2009, 07:34 AM	#86
Ninja Dodo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,459	Activision dropped the title after they took over Vivendi because they had no interest in publishing anything that couldn't be "exploited on an annual or near-annual basis". Then EA decided to publish it and now that it's actually getting a lot of hype Activision wants it back. Whether or not their suit has any legal basis (which I doubt) is frankly irrelevant as their behaviour is completely unethical, no better than patent-trolling... If EA or someone else hadn't stepped in, Brutal Legend would be sitting in the archive of abandoned projects right now.