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These guys also successfully fought a multi-year legal battle against Rebellion Developments (makers of the Sniper Elite series), who claimed that the use of th

These guys also successfully fought a multi-year legal battle against Rebellion Developments (makers of the Sniper Elite series), who claimed that the use of the word "rebellion" in "Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion" was a violation of their trademark. [1] https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/455527/page/1/ https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/455527/page/1/

roryisok 9y ago
Sad to see Rebellion sinking so low. I was a big fan of 2000ad in my youth. In the 90s, the Kingsley brothers - also life long fans - bought the comic and started making games from its IP. It was a dream come true for me. Unfortunately none of the games were anything to shout about, and eventually rebellion moved on to generic ww2 shooters. Then they became legal trolls. I wish they'd just concentrate on making a decent 2000ad IP game. An open-world MegaCity-One would be incredible but they don't have the money for that kind of thing anymore. They should go retro, return to their roots. Make a Hotline Miami style Sinister Dexter shooter. Or a Slaine roguelike. Or a Judge Anderson point and click adventure. At least the dredd movie was good. Edit: Just remembered this story. Back when I was a wannabe mod maker I had grand plans to make a Sinister Dexter total conversion for Max Payne. I didn't want to plow ahead and get sued, so I emailed and asked permission. Jason Kingsley personally emailed back and very politely told me that although it was something they'd love to see, they couldn't give me the all clear because they had something shopping the same lines in the works. It never came to pass unfortunately. Still, it was nice of him to reply. I don't know how they got from there to legal battles against people making a game that had nothing to do with their IP
BEEdwards 9y ago
My mind boggles with the idea that it made it to court. That they where forced to considered settling. How are those even vaguely connected? The article mentions the whole Scrolls debacle, which similarly hurts my head. I just don't even...
- Iv 9y ago
  My favorite part about the Scrolls dispute is that Notch, not wanting to waste thousands of dollars in a legal procedure (he was likely to win but nothing is ever 90% sure) proposed, seriously, to its opponent to settle the matter with a Quake 3 match: "I challenge Bethesda to a game of Quake 3. Three of our best warriors against three of your best warriors. We select one level, you select the other, we randomize the order. 20 minute matches, highest total frag count per team across both levels wins. If we win, you drop the lawsuit. If you win, we will change the name of Scrolls to something you're fine with. Regardless of the outcome, we could still have a small text somewhere saying our game is not related to your game series in any way, if you wish. I am serious, by the way." http://www.shacknews.com/article/69777/persson-proposes-quake-off-to-settle-scrolls-dispute http://www.shacknews.com/article/69777/persson-proposes-quak...
  - roywiggins 9y ago
    Trial by combat does have a very long history! So it wouldn't be an entirely novel method of settling the dispute.
    - ekianjo 9y ago
      It's actually a very efficient way to resolve disputes.
      - Pica_soO 9y ago
        But then we discovered mercenaries, and the mercenaries discovered that, if you settle it all in court, its so much cheaper on the blood and so much more expensive for the customer. And they named themselves from free_lancers to fee_lawyers. Thus ended the story, and if it offends you, sue me.
      - roywiggins 9y ago
        And, depending on your belief system, perfectly fair, because the winner is determined by a higher power.
- 9y ago

roryisok 9y ago

Sad to see Rebellion sinking so low. I was a big fan of 2000ad in my youth. In the 90s, the Kingsley brothers - also life long fans - bought the comic and started making games from its IP. It was a dream come true for me. Unfortunately none of the games were anything to shout about, and eventually rebellion moved on to generic ww2 shooters. Then they became legal trolls. I wish they'd just concentrate on making a decent 2000ad IP game. An open-world MegaCity-One would be incredible but they don't have the money for that kind of thing anymore. They should go retro, return to their roots. Make a Hotline Miami style Sinister Dexter shooter. Or a Slaine roguelike. Or a Judge Anderson point and click adventure. At least the dredd movie was good. Edit: Just remembered this story. Back when I was a wannabe mod maker I had grand plans to make a Sinister Dexter total conversion for Max Payne. I didn't want to plow ahead and get sued, so I emailed and asked permission. Jason Kingsley personally emailed back and very politely told me that although it was something they'd love to see, they couldn't give me the all clear because they had something shopping the same lines in the works. It never came to pass unfortunately. Still, it was nice of him to reply. I don't know how they got from there to legal battles against people making a game that had nothing to do with their IP

BEEdwards 9y ago

My mind boggles with the idea that it made it to court. That they where forced to considered settling. How are those even vaguely connected? The article mentions the whole Scrolls debacle, which similarly hurts my head. I just don't even...

Iv 9y ago
My favorite part about the Scrolls dispute is that Notch, not wanting to waste thousands of dollars in a legal procedure (he was likely to win but nothing is ever 90% sure) proposed, seriously, to its opponent to settle the matter with a Quake 3 match: "I challenge Bethesda to a game of Quake 3. Three of our best warriors against three of your best warriors. We select one level, you select the other, we randomize the order. 20 minute matches, highest total frag count per team across both levels wins. If we win, you drop the lawsuit. If you win, we will change the name of Scrolls to something you're fine with. Regardless of the outcome, we could still have a small text somewhere saying our game is not related to your game series in any way, if you wish. I am serious, by the way." http://www.shacknews.com/article/69777/persson-proposes-quake-off-to-settle-scrolls-dispute http://www.shacknews.com/article/69777/persson-proposes-quak...
- roywiggins 9y ago
  Trial by combat does have a very long history! So it wouldn't be an entirely novel method of settling the dispute.
  - ekianjo 9y ago
    It's actually a very efficient way to resolve disputes.
    - Pica_soO 9y ago
      But then we discovered mercenaries, and the mercenaries discovered that, if you settle it all in court, its so much cheaper on the blood and so much more expensive for the customer. And they named themselves from free_lancers to fee_lawyers. Thus ended the story, and if it offends you, sue me.
    - roywiggins 9y ago
      And, depending on your belief system, perfectly fair, because the winner is determined by a higher power.
9y ago