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"Alien: Colonial Army" false advertising case new progress progress Gearbox

2025-02-06 06:17:13|Myriagame |source:minecraft skins

Two years ago, "Aliens: Colonial Marines" was defended to court for suspected false advertisements to seduce consumers. According to the latest documents disclosed by the media, this case has recently made new progress.First of all, the production team Gearbox is no longer the defendant, and the case is no longer a collective lawsuit. According to the latest situation, the current prosecution is limited to the two plaintiffs who initially filed a lawsuit two years ago.

The case was initially submitted to the court in California in April 2013. At that time, it was "Alien: The Colonial Army" was released in North America for two months. The plaintiff complained that Sega and Gearbox were suspected of false advertisements and misled consumers before the game was released.

In July last year, Gearbox had made an application to ask themselves to clarify the relationship with this case, because they did not participate in the marketing link of this game, but they were just responsible for production and development.In August last year, it was reported that Sega was trying to reach a settlement with a amount of 1.25 million US dollars.

According to the latest disclosed documents, the plaintiff agreed to let Gearbox withdraw from the case, because the studio agreed that it would not recover the cost of litigation and would not appeal separately on the same matter.

Edelson LLC of the two plaintiff's lawyers will decide whether they accept Sega's reconciliation proposal after June 3, or continue to fight the lawsuit.