Shadow20002
10-22-2003, 08:55 AM
Activision today quashed fears that the release of its massive next-generation console Christmas title True Crime: The Streets of LA will be affected by a recent lawsuit filed by crime author Robert Crais.
Crais, claiming that True Crime's lead character is a ripped-off version of Elvis Cole, the central character of a number of his crime novels, is attempting to prevent the videogame's November 4 release in the States and also seeks monetary damages and the destruction of all work that infringes on his own material.
But Activision is adamant that the legal action will in no way impact its plans to get the game out on schedule: "We have no comment to make on any litigation. But we want to reassure people that True Crime will release worldwide from November 4," a spokesperson from the publisher told us earlier today.
Source@ (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=97692)
Crais, claiming that True Crime's lead character is a ripped-off version of Elvis Cole, the central character of a number of his crime novels, is attempting to prevent the videogame's November 4 release in the States and also seeks monetary damages and the destruction of all work that infringes on his own material.
But Activision is adamant that the legal action will in no way impact its plans to get the game out on schedule: "We have no comment to make on any litigation. But we want to reassure people that True Crime will release worldwide from November 4," a spokesperson from the publisher told us earlier today.
Source@ (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=97692)