Bethesda and Warner Bros. settle legal dispute over Westworld game copying Fallout Shelter
After radio silence regarding the June 2018 case between Bethesda Softworks and Warner Bros., it appears that the two companies have settled their dispute as of January 2019. The case consisted of Bethesda alleging that Behaviour Interactive's game Westworld "ripped off" Fallout Shelter, a game that Behaviour Interactive had also worked on previously. Bethesda brought both publisher Warner Bros. and developer Behaviour into the lawsuit, holding both liable. An especially integral piece of evidence showed that Fallout Shelter's code had been lifted line by line due to the fact that both games had the exact same bugs and glitches. Both parties have come to a private settlement outside of court in Bethesda's favor, with a very short press release stating the following:
Bethesda Softworks and Behaviour Interactive jointly announced today that the parties have amicably resolved the lawsuit Bethesda brought against Behaviour and others related to the Fallout Shelter and Westworld mobile games.
Regardless of how the settlement went, both games remain available to play on their respective mobile app stores.
Source: GBAtemp Press Inbox