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Schafer: Activision 'never' had a case
Schafer reckons Activision was 'just trying to intimidate' his team 'for money' and that there was "never any case".
Written by David Scammell, 30 September 2009
Double Fine founder Tim Schafer has told GamerZines that Activision never had a case when attempting to block the release of Brutal Legend, saying that "it wasn't really a big thing" for his team, and that the publishing giant was "just trying to intimidate us for money".
Commenting on the recent lawsuit, Schafer said:
"You know, it's funny. It wasn't really a big thing for us; it was just something the lawyers worked on. I never had to get that involved in it and the team never had to worry about it.
"There was never any case there; they were just trying to intimidate us for money."
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In June, Activision filed a lawsuit against Double Fine seeking to block the release of Brutal Legend, stating that "it still had a valid contract to release the game" and that it had plunged "roughly $15 million" worth of investment into the game's development.
In response, Schafer tweeted "Hey, if Activision liked it, then they should have put a ring on it. Oh great, now Beyonce is going to sue me too." Which made us giggle a little.
Brutal Legend was originally due to release under Vivendi, but was lost in the melee of the Activision Blizzard merger that saw multiple Vivendi titles sold off to other publishers. EA resultantly snapped up the publishing rights to Brutal Legend in December 2008.
But in August, just days before the hearing, Activision's legal team informed a Los Angeles court that a settlement had been reached outside of court, the details of which have never been disclosed.
Brutal Legend launches on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 16th.
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