It is a first person shooter game where two teams of five heroes fight using weapons and spells. If many recognize here valorantit really is hyperfront. These similarities are not viewed favorably by Riot Games. the editor of valorant or of League of Legends sued NetEase, accusing it of plagiarism.
too much in common
Complaints have been filed in the UK, Germany, Brazil and Singapore. In each country, the processings vary according to the local copyright laws. However, the goal is the same everywhere: to show that hyperfront has copied substantial parts of valorantindicates Polygon.
In its British complaint, Riot Games lists the all-too-common points between the two games. This is how the characters, cards and weapons appear as well as their decorations and customizations. After the publisher got involved in a legal battle, NetEase changed some elements of its game, but that’s not enough for the publisher.
Hyper Front Ban
“We don’t think changing the color of a character’s ability or slightly altering the visual appearance will change if it’s copyright infringement,” he said. And to add: “It’s like that old saying, ‘You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.'”
Riot Games expects to be banned hyperfront wherever he took action. Copyright laws are enforced locally, hence the proliferation of lawsuits. “We don’t want to depend on any particular market to solve this problem,” says Dan Nabel.
In 2018, Riot Games’ parent company Tencent won its case against a game that used the mechanics and aesthetics of League of Legends. For its part, NetEase has already been accused of copying the game pubg in 2018. The following year, the case was resolved in the United States, without the court decision being made public.
Source: BFM TV
