There's a Chinese mobile game called Heroes of Warfare,Watch Vagabond Online which takes as much inspiration as possible from Blizzard Entertainment's hit game Overwatch. A little too much inspiration for Blizzard's liking.
Blizzard and its Chinese partner NetEase are suing Heroes of Warfare's creators, 4399, for infringing on its intellectual property, Japanese news site PC Watchreported today. Blizzard claims that 4399's Heroes of Warfareand another game that's already been shut down is too similar to Overwatch, and is calling for a take down.
SEE ALSO: Chinese 'Overwatch' clone is SHAMELESSJust take a look through this gameplay video of Heroes of Warfareand you'll see what Blizzard is getting at:
Many of the playable characters in Heroes of Warfarelook and play similarly to the heroes in Overwatch, the maps are nearly identical to Overwatchmaps, and the heads-up display showing scores, kills, and health is basically the same as Overwatch's.
As is common practice for intellectual property infringement lawsuits, Blizzard is asking for 4399 to cease production of its copycat games, for monetary compensation for damages, and that Heroes of Warfarebe removed from iOS and Android app stores.
This isn't the first time a game developer has copied Overwatch's aesthetics and gameplay approaches. A different Chinese mobile game called Hero Missiondid the exact same thing earlier this year. In fact, Hero Mission and Heroes of Warfareare pretty hard to tell apart.
Also, sidenote to all game developers ripping off existing games: Try to come up with better, less-generic names than Heroes of Warfare. What does that even mean?
H/T Kotaku
Topics Blizzard Entertainment Gaming
Blockchain Explained: How It Works, Who Cares and What Its Future May Hold
Someone mistakenly put a 2Pac song in a Christmas hymnal
21 times Adele slayed beyond all expectations in 2016
Listen to 'Last Christmas' and remember the legend of George Michael
Best MacBook deal: Save $200 on 2024 M3 MacBook Air
Everyone crashed their new holiday drone
Google's free Wi
Millions of red crabs migrating is the right kind of Christmas rush
They met on Tumblr, and their relationship outlasted their accounts
Google pushes down Holocaust
The Best CPU & GPU Purchases of 2017
Snapchat pushing for more AR with latest reported purchase
Taylor Swift gave one of her oldest fans the best Christmas surprise ever
Carrie Fisher's mom shares health update after heart attack
Google's data center raises the stakes in this state's 'water wars'
Google pushes down Holocaust
Kodaline frontman surprises dad with new car in heartwarming video
Trust me, falling bricks don't get any more exciting than this
Best external hard drive deal:WD 5TB Elements for $114.99
In 'The Church in the Darkness,' you never know what kind of cult you're getting
Crying in Public“press++”: Four Photos by Thomas RuffThe Full Complement: What I Learned from a Bunch of TyposWaiting in the Sky: 8 Paintings by Barbara TakenagaThe Song Stuck in My Head by Sadie SteinHow Merle Haggard Found a New Kind of Confessional VerseWatch: Donald Antrim Remembers Writing His First NovelIn a House Besieged: An Illustrated Adaptation of Lydia Davis’s StoryBefore Writers Hated Computers, They Loved Word ProcessorsHow Merle Haggard Found a New Kind of Confessional VerseBut Is It Reading? On James Patterson’s BookShotsWhither the Fog Machine? and Other News by Dan PiepenbringStaff Picks: Robyn Schiff, Jensen Beach, Benjamin FondaneWhither the Fog Machine? and Other News by Dan PiepenbringListen to a 2001 Interview with Pat BarkerNo One Paints Rome Like Francis Towne Painted RomeLittle Match Girl: Taking Abuse on the InternetWatch: Christine Schutt Remembers Writing Her First StoriesWaiting in the Sky: 8 Paintings by Barbara TakenagaWatch: Tao Lin Recalls Writing His First Story Collection Taylor Swift's 'seemingly ranch' saga is getting weird and corporatized The Sex Ed Guide That Titillated Britain for Centuries The Last Bastion of Print: The Theatre Aubrey Beardsley’s Haunting Edgar Allan Poe Illustrations FluentPet's viral talking dog buttons get an upgrade Air frying garlic is the simple hack you need to know for easy recipes and tasty dishes Tumblr's porn ban ruined the best parts of the site RIP Pot Roast, the TikTok cat of our dreams Coming Soon: “The Unprofessionals,” A New Anthology Tumblr's banned words won't push creators away macOS Sonoma: How to share passwords—even Netflix Staff Picks: Robot Maids, Airships, Geocities by The Paris Review ESPN+ price increase announced for Oct. 12: Here's how to save Twitter / X is losing daily active users. CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed it. Announcing Our Fall 2015 Issue The Seagull Is Perhaps History’s Most Maligned Bird Remembering New York’s 1980s Hardcore Scene The Super Bowl halftime show had the internet feeling intense nostalgia, and feeling a little old Chevy resurrected 'The Sopranos' for a Super Bowl commercial. The internet loved it. China censors Olympic gold medalist's defense of China's internet censorship on Instagram
2.6868s , 10113.265625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Watch Vagabond Online】,Creation Information Network