It looks like the rhythm game battle between
Activision and
Harmonix extends beyond the sales gap between
Guitar Hero III and
Rock Band, as Harmonix sued Activision on Monday. The suit was withdrawn on Tuesday as the threat of a legal battle was apparently enough to make Activision talk with the company. According to the lawsuit, Harmonix asserts that it is owed $14.5 million in unpaid royalties for the use of its technology in
Guitar Hero III and further asserts that the company has not received any money for song downloads, in-game ads, and related products. Variety reports that the lawsuit was "clearly intended" to lay down a precedent for future iterations of the
Guitar Hero series (of which there are many,
many planned). Activision, for its part, claims that it has paid Harmonix "sufficient" royalties.
[Via Joystiq]
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3-12-2008 @ 2:36PM
Mark said...
Wait, I thought Activision call it "our" technology when the whole ps3 patch thing came up. They were suppose to pay Harmonix for it? How do they have a any ability to stop the patch on ps3 then?
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