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The Associated Press reports today that Double Fine Productions, Tim Schafer’s San Francisco-based development studio, has filed a countersuit against Activision for sabotaging the successful launch of the game some three months before the game’s release. Activision’s “purpose is not only to cancel ‘Brutal Legend,’ but to kill it completely so that ‘Guitar Hero’ would not have to face the competition,” the counter-lawsuit claims.
The AP report goes on to quote from Double Fine Chief Operating Officer Caroline Esmurdoc, “Now that we’ve found a publisher and the game is getting sensational coverage, they want to stop its release. Double Fine’s countersuit is a demonstration of our intention to fight for this game — Activision will not kill ‘Brutal Legend.'” Naturally, Activision finds the countersuit ludicrous, stating “[the countersuit is] meritless and, in fact, Activision has every intention of exercising its legal right as Brutal Legend’s publisher to release the game.” Of course, it all comes down to money. Who’s going to make the cheddar? EA or Activision? |
