Snail Games and Angela Game were previously involved in a lawsuit over copyright and infringement of business machines for Myth of Empires. The two parties announced a settlement after two years of litigation. Snail Games will also switch from its original position as a plaintiff to support cooperation.
“Empire Myth” developed by China’s Angela Game is a cold weapon war with a high degree of freedom in the background of the ancient Eastern Continent, and integrates various gameplay methods such as survival, construction, management, and creation into it, allowing players to It is a sandbox online game in which you can lead your tribe to conquer the city through highly strategic battles. After this game was launched as an early access game on Steam in November 2021, the number of people once climbed to 48,000. However, it was later announced that it would stop being listed on Steam and delete the page. Now it can only be purchased through the official website.
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The reason why this game was removed from Steam is because China’s Snail Games decided that this game had stolen the source code of “ARK: Survival Evolved” developed by its American subsidiary Studio Wildcard, and both parties sued for this. court, and therefore required Steam to remove the game in violation of DMCA regulations. As a result, the two parties launched a nearly two-year-long legal battle over copyright and trade secret infringement in the U.S. Central Federal District Court.
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After two years of litigation, the two parties have finally reached a settlement. According to Angela Game President “Yi Ling Zheng”, he regrets that the launch of “Myth of Empire” has affected Snail Games’ performance. He also said that the two parties have reached an agreement and will cooperate on the sales and development of “Myth of Empire”. Snail Games will also drop the lawsuit against this game for violating the DMCA.
At the same time, Angela Game also pointed out that with the settlement of this lawsuit, “Myth of Empire” will not only be available on the PC store again, but also launch PS/Xbox home console versions globally (currently these versions are scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2024 as the goal), and will utilize the resources of Snail Games to cooperate in various aspects such as publicity and market exposure. In addition, Snail Games USA will also be invited to participate in the development of future DLC and expansion packs, so that both parties can achieve a win-win situation and continue to promote the game.
