Ubisoft, the legendary company that creates games as mythical as Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon or Tom Clancy has sued Apple (and Google) for adding one called Area F2 to its game catalog, which the company argues is a copy of the acclaimed Tom Clancy. The shooter, they say is an exact copy.
Area F2 came to the Apple games store with the clear intention of gaining a niche among users. A first person shooter that according to the Ubisoft company is an exact copy of one of their own. Nothing more and nothing less than Tom Clancy's Rainbow Siege.
Ubisoft has filed the complaint or lawsuit in the Federal Court of Los Angeles after having notified Apple (and to Google) that Area F2 was infringing copyright. By not receiving a response from the company and continuing to have this game in its catalog, Ubisoft has decided to take legal action.
Ubisfot plays a lot with this demand, because it cannot be overlooked that Tom Clancy's is a game that has 55 million registered players around the world. In addition and according to the claim of copyright infringement, it is played by more than three million users every day.
On the application it can be read that Area F2 has copied practically every aspect from the game developed by Ubisoft. "From the operator selection screen to the final scoring screen, and everything in between."
I know it sounds weird, that Ubisoft is suing Apple (and Google) and not suing the game's producer, Qookka Games. It has its reason for being. The production company is located in China, which makes it very difficult bring the demand to fruition.
We assume that later, As the lawsuit against the companies is resolved, Ubisoft also sue the producer.