Fun Fact about the map "Jaksaa Factory"

[Kriya]

If you have played Overwatch and you find yourself on this map Jaksaa Factory. You will notice it is an exact copy of Watchpoint Giblatar from Overwatch. Same Layout but a few changes, like the ship and etc.

[Hateaddict]

Intellectual property means nothing in China.
https://www.heritage.org/china/heritage-explains/how-china-taking-control-video-gaming

[Keko]

We totally needed a 5th thread saying this

[SolutionS]

Originally posted by Hateaddict:

Intellectual property means nothing in China.
https://www.heritage.org/china/heritage-explains/how-china-taking-control-video-gaming

If they made it themselves it still isnt copyright infringement. If they stole the map file out of the game then yes, but a map layout isnt intellectual property.

[Baphomeat]

Torbjorn is just Engineer with a AOE Lava Carpet instead of a Teleporter. (OW vs TF2)

Yoru is just Wraith except he has an ability to blind his opponents. (Apex vs Valorant)

Fernando is Just Reinhart with a flamethrower (Paladins vs Overwatch)

Fenrir is just Warwick without the chempunk lore. (League vs Smite)

The map has a similar layout but it does add in a few areas and cut out a few areas...

So your argument is like saying that League stole it's map from Dota 2... people do say this but no legal ramifications have ever come from the Dota Team because you can't own the layout of a map... if that was the case a LOT of games would be getting sued for how their maps are set up in a lot of competitive games.

[JohnRocket]

Fun fact:

No one cares about soy opinion

[Neo Black]

Off topics but I never heard anybody complaining that 99% of MOBA use the same map layout with sometimes even the same terms.
Till now I didn't even heard Blizzard complaining about the map so I'm gonna play the game happy of the fact that at least I don't need to pay for every single skin in the game.

[Luxaeterna]

They do need to improve the map to accommodate Strinova characters like what they did to Area88 (dust2).

[Ryu Sei]

IP does not cover game mechanics and layout, but name brand does. Like, you can make an exact copy of Monopoly game and sell it, just don't use the word Monopoly and its game jargon

it's the same like this game

[OrangeBoxCat]

Can't remember name but one of Demolition mode is de_dust2 modify but I like it

[Luxaeterna]

That is Area 88 = de_dust2, but modified it significantly. Devs might want to do the same to Overwatch maps.

[Burdybot]

Another map is a straight ripooff of King's Row. They were pretty shameless about the copy/paste. lol