The devs have been sued.

[Alex Helders]

This doesn't look good.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/22/17492806/bethesda-lawsuit-warner-bros-westworld-mobile-game-fallout-shelter

[🆅🅺]

I mean..dbd characters mimic left4dead characters quite a bit so ppl tend to get their “inspiration” from other games in general

[Volunteer]

Originally posted by PARALYSIS.:

This doesn't look good.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/22/17492806/bethesda-lawsuit-warner-bros-westworld-mobile-game-fallout-shelter

DbD deserves to die.

[Mewsha]

Behavior isn't the only one getting sued. Warner Bros. Entertainment is too. That's important to note.

[Wahnwitzig]

Just kill this game and release Fallout 76.

[Fresh]

rip

[TheWanderer1990]

damn, i hope it doesn't effect DbD

[Alex Helders]

Is dbd dead now guys? :(

[Satsui]

This should have no effect on DbD for the time being- unless the damages ruled against BHVR will be so great to make them go bankrupt.
The IP of DbD is not at risk - the only thing that would be at risk is the financial status of BHVR and I highly doubt that just because a single claim it will cause that big of an impact.

Also, it's quite possible that WB will settle / negotiate this out / share out the damages with BHVR.

[MarylandManson]

Bethesda seems to be staking a copyright claim to bugs, the irony.

[Mister Holdout]

Bethesda: "Hey, those are our bugs!"

[_Mr.Grumpy_]

Originally posted by куƶєє 💕:

Just kill this game and release Fallout 76.

I give Fallout 76 the same lifespan as Friday the 13th.
so.. I do not need a Game where People already say that the multiplayer will die out quickly.

[Wahnwitzig]

Originally posted by _Mr.Grumpy_:

Originally posted by куƶєє 💕:

Just kill this game and release Fallout 76.

I give Fallout 76 the same lifespan as Friday the 13th.
so.. I do not need a Game where People already say that the multiplayer will die out quickly.

F13 was better than this game when it got released, so I don't mind.

[Harmonica]

One for the Bethesda and WB lawyers to argue about. BE presumedly wrote the code in question so this is just one of those legal issues rather than anything particularly problematic. You'd be surprised how much code gets reused/transposed by devs across many game titles, mostly it's understood that nobody is going to re-invent the wheel every time and this happens, but occasionally people get litigious.

This is all about drumming up free press mentions for the Fallout series and getting the Shelter players to hear about Fallout 76. Business as usual for Bethesda. Doubt it will have any effect on the creatives at BE.