Valorant developer Riot Games is suing NetEase over its game, Hyper Front.
According to Polygon, a filing at a UK court claims that Hyper Front is a “copy of substantial parts of Valorant”. Riot claims there are a number of similarities, including characters, maps, weapons, weapon skins, weapons stats, and charms.
“All of our creative choices are mirrored in NetEase’s game,” said Riot Games’ lawyer, Dan Nabel. “We don’t think that changing the color of a character ability or slightly modifying the visual appearance changes the fact that it’s copyright infringement. It’s like that old saying, ‘You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.’”
Valorant is a free-to-play first-person shooter that pits two teams of five against...