Tags : evony, legal
Blogger being sued by makers of Evony
I’m sure you’ve seen Evony advertised online by now. Its faintly naff adverts, like the one above, are everywhere you turn on the ‘net these days, promoting what many reviewers have said is a derivative, piss-poor browser-based strategy game.
Not only that, but controversy over Evony has been rampant, whether it concerns the game’s ‘hidden charges’ (while advertised as free, real money is often required to excel in Evony), accusations of spam promotion, those crappy adverts, or the alleged links to WoWMine, a shady Chinese operation known for online gold farming.
Leading the fight against Evony is “veteran games industry marketer” Bruce Everiss, who has used his blog, Bruce on Games, to try and expose what he believes are dodgy dealings at Evony. Today, Evony LLC bit back. The company in charge of the game has filed a lawsuit against Everiss, stating:
“For several weeks we have worked to avoid taking our grievances into the legal courts, hoping instead to persuade Mr. Everiss to come clean and stop his online campaign of mistruths and outright falsities. His attacks have caused significant damage to our brand and the gaming experience for Evony’s millions of users and fans around the world.”
As the chaps at Evony LLC are clearly a litigious bunch, I think I’ll hold my tongue on this for now.
[Bruce on Games, via Destructoid]
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