Copying Games
Zynga Again Accused of Copying Game IdeaGame developer Buffalo Studios said Zynga's new social bingo game Zynga Bingo is a clone of its popular Facebook game Bingo Blitz.PC Magazine - Jan 31 06:14am
Zynga CEO Addresses Copycat ClaimsZynga has been under fire for copying others' games, and in the wake of recent allegations by Tiny Tower developer NimbleBit and others, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has talked about the issue. GamesBeat has a Zynga memo from Pincus to his employees where he frames the situation in a slightly different way. "We don’t need to be first to market. We need to be the best in market. There are genres that we ...Game Informer - Feb 01 08:43am
Game makers face uphill battle proving copyright infringement in courtThe idea of copying a successful game concept and profiting off of your own version is practically as old as the game industry itself—just look at the countless Pong clones released in the wake of the Atari original (which itself may have been copied from another source... but that's another story ). The idea of game copying has gained added attention in recent weeks, though, as some high ...Ars Technica - Feb 06 12:02pm
Another day, another accusation that Zynga is copying competitorsThe social-gaming company has been charged by Buffalo Studios with copying its popular Facebook title, Bingo Blitz.CNET - Jan 30 08:25am