The studio sued by Sq. Enix for allegedly utilizing belongings created below a now-void licensing settlement has publicly acknowledged the lawsuit and began swapping out among the offending content material from its recreation, slightly greater than every week after the information broke on todaysviralmedia. Steel Storm developer, HK Ten Tree, apologized to gamers in an announcement posted to the sport’s official web site on March 27 and mentioned it’s taking steps to succeed in an “amicable decision” with Sq. Enix.
Sq. Enix’s lawsuit claims HK Ten Tree was granted license to develop a brand new recreation within the long-running Entrance Mission mecha franchise, Entrance Mission 2089: Borderscape, earlier than the settlement was ultimately terminated in 2022. Two years later, HK Ten Tree launched Steel Storm (often called Mecharashi within the west) on cellular platforms in Japan and China, which Sq. Enix argues was “developed utilizing supplies created pursuant” to the expired Entrance Mission licensing settlement.
The lawsuit additionally consists of a number of compelling comparability pictures of the offending belongings allegedly shared between Entrance Mission 2089: Borderscape and Steel Storm, a few of which HK Ten Tree has seemingly began eradicating from its recreation since Sq. Enix’s complaints went public.
Sq. Enix beforehand used DMCA requests to take away Steel Storm from Steam in the US, however a counter-claim noticed it reinstated. Sq. Enix now asks the courts for an injunction to maintain it from being launched till the offending belongings are eliminated, in addition to asking that the writer be paid $150,000 USD per infringement.