David Jaffe has gone fairly quiet since leaving Eat Sleep Play, which is unusual for the outspoken developer. Though his next project wasn't talked about formally at any press events, he's revealed personally that his new start-up is working on a free-to-play, browser-based third-person shooter.
As if often the case with many successful intellectual properties, lawsuits flock around them. David Jaffe and Sony's God of War was not immune to this as two screenwriters, Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Dath, claimed that the plot to God of War was too similar to works they had began distributing in 2002.
David Jaffe, creator of the original God of War, and Sony Computer Entertainment America were named as defendants. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Judge Marilyn Hall Patel determined that, after playing some of the game, reading plot summaries, and hearing expert opinion, that any similarities were not significant enough to warrant an infringement lawsuit. The lawsuit was thrown out. Read more »
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