Myth Of Empires Developer Files Lawsuit Against Snail Games And Studio Wildcard Following DMCA Takedown

Last week, Myth of Empires was removed from Steam following claims of copyright infringement from Snail Games and Studio Wildcard. The game’s developer Angela Game has responded to the DMCA takedown and claims that they stole ARK: Survival Evolved source code with a lawsuit against the complainants.

The lawsuit, which was filed with the California District Court just a few days after the game was taken down, seeks declaratory judgment by jury trial on both the copyright claim and allegations of stealing trade secrets. Angela Game is also seeking to recover damages caused by the game’s summary removal along with lawyers’ fees and other legal costs.

As part of the filing, Angela’s lawyers also provided copies of source code as evidence, claiming that Studio Wildcard and Snail Games misleadingly presented documents that show an extremely small set of identical class, variable, and function names while omitting code that actually controls the operation of the game.

Snail Games and Studio Wildcard have yet to respond to the lawsuit. We’ll keep you updated as the legal battle unfolds.