News Summary for Friday, August 3, 2012

August 3, 2012 3:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Electronic Arts has thrown down the gauntlet before Zynga, bringing Zynga's long-running practices to the forefront with a legal complaint. Also, GameSpy has changed hands again and Junbud is out of commission. Read on for details...

Game-Related News:

Electronic Arts has filed suit against Zynga, alleging that Zynga's The Ville substantially infringes on EA's The Sims Social.

Paul Meegan, the president of LucasArts, has reportedly departed the company.

Glu Mobile has acquired GameSpy from IGN to take advantage of the GameSpy multiplayer matching middleware.

According to Develop Online, Swedish studio Junebud AB has declared bankruptcy, costing 16 people their jobs.

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