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Activision Blizzard Inc Has Settled A Lawsuit

SkyCrown

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Buzzard settled out of court with video game developers.

Now they have law suits from France, Germany, Korea, and 400,000 Koreans and cafe owners to contend with...

Buzzard is knee deep in crocodiles - of its own making....from all fronts. And so the pattern continues....with DB.

They may have bitten off more then they can chew this time.

Go DB!:cool:



UPDATE 2-Activision, video game developers settle suit

Thu, May 31 2012
By Malathi Nayak



SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc has settled a lawsuit with two former executives over payment and royalties for developing top titles such as "Call of Duty," the company said on Thursday.


The video game publisher did not divulge any details of the settlement and said the terms were confidential.


Activision fired Jason West and Vincent Zampella in March, 2010. The men had led the Infinity Ward studio - developer the original "Call of Duty" game and several others in the series - which was acquired by Activision in 2003.


After leaving Activision, West and Zampella formed a new development studio, Respawn Entertainment, and signed an exclusive publishing and distribution deal with Activision's arch rival, Electronic Arts Inc.


West and Zampella also sued Activision over their dismissal and sought $36 million in royalty payments and damages. Activision counter-sued, seeking $400 million in actual and punitive damages from EA and the former executives.


Two weeks ago, Activision settled its suit against Electronic Arts in which it accused the former executives of breaking their employment agreements not to develop games for other publishers. The suit between Activision and its former executives was settled before it was supposed to be taken up in a Los Angeles state court on Friday.


Activision executives declined to comment. Bobby Schwartz, an attorney for the former Activision executives, also declined to comment.
"Activision's refusal to pay their talent and attempt to blame EA were absurd. This settlement is a vindication of Vince and Jason and the right of creative artists to collect the rewards due for their hard work," EA said in a statement.


The case in Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County is Jason West v Activision Publishing, No. SC107041.
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UPDATE 2-Activision, video game developers settle suit | Reuters




Blizzard in trouble over Diablo III DRM in France and Germany | Science & Technology News
 
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*Puts on my Gode Geass: Zero Face* "Yes. The pawns are falling perfectly into place."

I just want to know who is coming up with their bright business and content ideas. They sure make a wonderful fuss at Blizzcon, then someone behind the scenes just makes it so horrible. *Cough* Activison
 
HAHAHAHAHA. Glad the idiots are getting what they deserve. Glad that France and Germany are putting their boots in Blizzards ignorant asses. How can you forget to put the fact it HAS to have an active internet connection on the box to play? Jesus.
 
They first lied to players on the forums about scheduled maintenance literally right when they happened, probably because the RMAH was acting up. Then they try to put a ridiculously low game limit on that caused the D3 forums to go up in flames with overflowing threads of rage, Blizzard was forced to revoke it. On top of it random, horrible, lag spikes causes them to revive hardcore players and more forum uproar. Next 3c comes out and monks are foaming at the mouth, as well as people complaining as to why their own class was nerfed, and how inferno is too easy. Not to mention the repair bills. They are deleting thread after thread, they are looking pretty awful. I find it amusing, as I sit back and enjoy as my bot-farmed items sell like hotcakes on the RMAH.
 
They have created their own gold...money sink, the court system.....
....this is going to cost them some serious pocket change to implement.



It seems that in Germany Blizzard has to change the packaging at the demand of consumer group VZVB to make it very clear the Internet is required to play. Depending on how many copies of the game have been shipped, that could be a very costly recall.In France, Blizzard needs more bandwidth to cope with demand, which again may not be a cheap thing to implement.
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Blizzard in trouble over Diablo III DRM in France and Germany | Science & Technology News
 
SkyCrown said:
Buzzard settled out of court with video game developers.

Now they have law suits from France, Germany, Korea, and 400,000 Koreans and cafe owners to contend with...

Buzzard is knee deep in crocodiles - of its own making....from all fronts. And so the pattern continues....with DB.

They may have bitten off more then they can chew this time.

Go DB!:cool:






UPDATE 2-Activision, video game developers settle suit | Reuters




Blizzard in trouble over Diablo III DRM in France and Germany | Science & Technology News
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Nothing spectacular. It's Devil-EA vs Devil-ActiBlizzard. Takes a larger Devil to beatdown a smaller Devil.

Demonbuddy is only a mini-demon.
 
klasixkat said:
HAHAHAHAHA. Glad the idiots are getting what they deserve. Glad that France and Germany are putting their boots in Blizzards ignorant asses. How can you forget to put the fact it HAS to have an active internet connection on the box to play? Jesus.
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It is on the box... sorta. Under the Minimum Specs it says "broadband internet connection".... granted we are used to that being a caveat for Multiplayer, as in they put a * and down below says internet connection required. On the back is says "Internet connection required." Just like the WoW boxes do. But technically it's on the box for minimum specs, it's just not explained very well.
 
mephuser1000 said:
Nothing spectacular. It's Devil-EA vs Devil-ActiBlizzard. Takes a larger Devil to beatdown a smaller Devil.

Demonbuddy is only a mini-demon.
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This is a perfect reply! It address's the heart of the matter.


Part II to follow.......:cool:
 
Settled out of court doesnt mean Blizzard lost.

The article says they filed a counter-lawsuit for 400mil against EA, so it could be EA paying them to settle and drop everything.
 
It could be taken that way, but after looking closer, the details are leaning in one direction. EA and former Developers won.

Act would have never settled out of court, had they thought they would have won - in court.

Activision executives declined to comment. Bobby Schwartz, an attorney for the former Activision executives, also declined to comment.
"Activision's refusal to pay their talent and attempt to blame EA were absurd. This settlement is a vindication of Vince and Jason and the right of creative artists to collect the rewards due for their hard work," EA said in a statement.


The case in Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County is Jason West v Activision Publishing, No. SC107041.
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Kuat said:
Settled out of court doesnt mean Blizzard lost.

The article says they filed a counter-lawsuit for 400mil against EA, so it could be EA paying them to settle and drop everything.
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Exactly.


On top of this, The consumer groups in both France and Germany threatening legal action have no real authority, government or otherwise. Don't believe everything you read.
 
This lawsuit has absolutely nothing to do with Blizzard's case against the buddy team. These are two completely different types of law, and settling one case will not effect the other in any way, shape or form.
 
ryftobuddy said:
This lawsuit has absolutely nothing to do with Blizzard's case against the buddy team. These are two completely different types of law, and settling one case will not effect the other in any way, shape or form.
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In a world with perfectly objective judges that would be true.
 
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