Electronics Arts announced today that it is The Facebook-based Sims game launched a year ago with its distinctive EA is pursuing the lawsuit on behalf of Maxis, the EA subsidiary that produces Sims games.
It is clear to “those of us at Maxis as well as to players and the
suing Zynga for copyright infringement, alleging that Zynga’s recently
released Facebook game The Ville copied EA’s The Sims Social.
pixilated universe, and maintains several million active players on the
social network, EA said in a press release.
industry at large” that The Ville is unmistakably similar to The Sims
Social, said Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw.
