Riot Games is filing lawsuits against publisher NetEase over its 5v5 mobile shooter Hyper Front, which Riot's lawyers allege is a clone of their shooter Valorant. Riot's filed suits in sever
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Riot Games is filing lawsuits against publisher NetEase over its 5v5 mobile shooter Hyper Front, which Riot’s lawyers allege is a clone of their shooter Valorant. (opens in new tab) Riot’s filed suits in several countries‘ legal systems, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and Singapore, seeking to stop NetEase from distributing Hyper Front and asking for monetary damages.
Valorant has an in-development mobile version of its own, though no release date has yet been announced. Rumors have said 2024, though no evidence for that has been forthcoming.
Speaking with Polygon (opens in new tab), a lawyer for Riot Games said that “All of our creative choices are mirrored in NetEase’s game“ and that „“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.
