David Jaffe smells copyright infringement

David Jaffe may be the brains behind God of War and Twisted Metal, but he doesn’t own the rights to them – Sony does. So when new IP came around closely resembling his work, he was definitely not pleased, but he can’t he send lawyers after the parties involved. So now he turns to Sony, saying that if it was all up to him, he’d ask the lawyers to send letters. Sternly-worded letters.

David Jaffe may be the brains behind God of War and Twisted Metal, but he doesn’t own the rights to them – Sony does. So when new IP came around closely resembling his work, he was definitely not pleased, but he can’t he send lawyers after the parties involved. So now he turns to Sony, saying that if it was all up to him, he’d ask the lawyers to send letters. Sternly-worded letters.

Says the esteemed developer on his blog:

[I]f I owned the rights to TWISTED METAL and GOD OF WAR, I sure as hell would at the least send a sternly worded legal letter.

Heck, I’d send two legal letters if it were me.

I mean, first Microsoft puts out a car combat game and calls it SCRAP METAL?

Hey, looks like a great game! Right up my alley! Day one purchase for me. But come on guys, isn’t that just a little too close to Sony’s own car combat game TWISTED METAL?

And then Sony has GOD OF WAR, a game and potential movie about mortals fighting ancient Greek Gods. And then this movie gets announced called WAR OF THE GODS about- yep!- mortals fighting ancient Greek Gods.

And look: Sony doesn’t- and should not- own the concept of the Greek Myths. Nor should they own the idea of mortal fighting ancient Gods, Greek or any other kind. That’s all public domain stuff. But the TITLE? Sony DOES own that. And GOD OF WAR/WAR OF THE GODS seem a little too close to comfort ya’ll.

Anyway, like I said, not my fight. I don’t own sh*t! 🙂