AHadley wrote:Red Spot wrote:Fact that it openly claims to be a successor for BZ2, that might already be enough to get you in hot water, specially since it clearly is the same sort of game. But first the requirement of somebody caring needs to fulfilled, which doesnt seem to be the case.
Spiritual successors are not illegal.
Red Spot wrote:What info do you have, that we all seem to be missing, that gives away to you(plural? royalty?) that Rebellion as owner of the rights will do something with it and you(plural? ..) can guarantee it?
You don't buy rights to things you don't plan to use.
Correct, 'just' as spiritual successor isnt a problem, but generally there is some IP that is copied as well.
I dont know Bionite well enough to know if they really touches the IP, but I wouldnt be surprised if some legal goeroe is able to prove it is ... when money is involved. Specially since I could quote somebody saying it is a sequel to BZ2, effectively a BZ3, but under a different name cause of the lack of having any rights.
Yes, big companies may do exactly that. I've seen it loads of times in an industrial environment and dont see any reason why a developer/publisher couldnt/wouldnt do the same.
I could now hint something about control freaks and certain people always needing to put themselves in a place of authority, but that is not a subject I'm going to argue about with you.