Amazon Lumberyard | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:31:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Amazon Lumberyard | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Crytek moves to temporarily dismiss lawsuit against Star Citizen studio https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/crytek-moves-to-temporarily-dismiss-lawsuit-against-star-citizen-studio/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/crytek-moves-to-temporarily-dismiss-lawsuit-against-star-citizen-studio/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:02:44 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=444658 Back in late 2017, we learned that  Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine’s impact and used it in two games without permission. CIG has always maintained that it did not violate any …

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Back in late 2017, we learned that  Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine’s impact and used it in two games without permission. CIG has always maintained that it did not violate any licensing terms. Now, Crytek is looking to temporarily dismiss its own lawsuit. 

New court documents made public on Reddit show that Crytek is looking to have its lawsuit against the Star Citizen studio temporarily dismissed until after Squadron 42 comes out. Part of Crytek's complaint against CIG is that the company only had the license to develop one game (Star Citizen) with CryEngine and not two. When Squadron 42 releases, Crytek will be able to point towards two publicly available games as part of its complaint.

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The filing asks for a judge to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice, giving Crytek the freedom to file the lawsuit again at a later date. Initially, the case was set to go to trial on the 13th of October 2020 but apparently, Crytek has received documents indicating that Squadron 42 won't be out by then, so Crytek's lawyers see an October trial as a waste of time.

Crytek's lawsuit hinges on the idea that Cloud Imperium Games only had the license to use CryEngine when developing Star Citizen, not a license to develop both Star Citizen and Squadron 42. If Crytek can convince a jury that CIG violated the license agreement by developing two games, then a substantial amount of money in damages could be on the line.

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KitGuru Says: CIG no longer uses CryEngine and instead uses Amazon Lumberyard (which is based on CryEngine), so this lawsuit is going to remain complicated. If the trial is delayed, then we could still be hearing about this well into next year too, so we are a long way from seeing any resolution. 

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Cloud Imperium Games granted motion to dismiss in lawsuit with Crytek https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cloud-imperium-games-granted-motion-to-dismiss-in-lawsuit-with-crytek/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cloud-imperium-games-granted-motion-to-dismiss-in-lawsuit-with-crytek/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:45:58 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=398145 Last year, Crytek launched a lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games, claiming that the Star Citizen studio misused the CryEngine and breached a licensing agreement. This all came to light after Star Citizen switched from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Now almost a year later, it looks like the legal situation is close to wrapping up. …

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Last year, Crytek launched a lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games, claiming that the Star Citizen studio misused the CryEngine and breached a licensing agreement. This all came to light after Star Citizen switched from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard engine. Now almost a year later, it looks like the legal situation is close to wrapping up.

A few years ago when Crytek was facing financial struggles, the company sold Amazon the rights to use the CryEngine as a base for its own engine. Amazon launched Lumberyard and essentially made it free, undercutting Crytek's licensing scheme for CryEngine. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that Cloud Imperium Games switched from CryEngine to Lumberyard for Star Citizen. This clearly touched a nerve, with Crytek launching a lawsuit against CIG, although the Star Citizen team has always maintained that it broke no agreements with Crytek. 

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Now, it looks like the courts are beginning to side with CIG in the lawsuit. Earlier this year, a motion to dismiss the lawsuit entirely was filed. There has been an update on that front, with the judge assigned to the case stating that Crytek didn't make a clear enough argument in trying to prove that a licensing agreement was broken.

One of the core arguments in this case was that Crytek's agreement with CIG prohibited the Star Citizen team from licensing a competing game engine to a third-party licensee. However, this agreement did not state that CIG couldn't license another engine for itself, which is what happened when CIG switched to Amazon's Lumberyard engine.

As the situation stands right now, the court is siding with CIG and has granted the motion to dismiss. However, Crytek does have 21 days to update its plea and solidify its argument.

KitGuru Says: This lawsuit has been an odd one to follow but it sounds like we are nearing a conclusion. Crytek could still update its complaint to correct previous errors in language, but if the legal contracts don't back their argument, then it won't amount to anything. 

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