Banner Saga Publisher [Versus Evil] Has Shut Down and Laid Off

https://gamerant.com/versus-evil-banner-saga-publisher-shut-down-lay-offs/

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Dagnet@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I wonder if it has anything to do with the legal costs of having to fight candy crush saga in courts to keep the saga name (yes, that happened)

RGB3x3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

My god, they can't own the rights to the word "saga." I hate lawsuits like that because King can absolutely afford to continue drowning a small developer in legal issues. And it likely did have an impact.

Dagnet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sadly it's not uncommon, I think bethesda sued a game for using 'scrolls' in its name... sigh

LinyosT@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

That was Mojang they tried suing.

Fullest@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

they settled on that in 2014 so seems unlikely

KinNectar@kbin.run · 10 pts · 2y

Bummer, that was a great game.