Ubisoft sues Apple, Google for offering 'Rainbow Six: Siege' copycat

Screenshot courtesy of Qookka Games/Ejoy

Ubisoft thinks one mobile game available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store is blatantly copying Rainbow Six: Siege. Since the companies aren't taking the game down, it decided to take legal action against them. Ubisoft claims Area F2, a game developed by Alibaba's Ejoy and Qookka Games, is a "near carbon copy" and borrowed "virtually every aspect" of Rainbow Six so that it can "piggyback" on the game's success.

The game developer said it alerted Apple and Google about this reported copyright violations, but both companies so far have declined to pull Area F2 from their app stores. Ubisoft didn't say why it was suing the app store operators instead of the game's developers. But as Engadget points out, this might come down to region and accessibility. Ejoy is based in China, so making a foreign copyright challenge might be more difficult than cutting its access to some revenue it might get from Apple's and Google's app stores.

Ubisoft cracks down on hate speech in ‘Rainbow Six: Siege’ matches

Ubisoft is joining the likes of Blizzard when it comes to stopping hate speech from spreading in matches held in Rainbow Six: Siege. The developer is now tracking how often players use hate speech in the game and issues bans on them accordingly. These could range from two days for lighter uses to permanent bans for those grievous offenders. And if you try to contest this, Ubisoft won’t beat around the bush and will tell you that you’ve been banned because of “toxicity.” This is apparently the “first step” towards controlling these kinds of bad behaviour on the platform and that there will be more in the future.

Source: Engadget