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Added by Jeff Gerstmann on Oct. 28, 2008
As you might have heard, THQ filed a lawsuit against Activision over box art. Specifically, THQ's people think that the box for Activision's Score International Baja 1000: The Official Game is way too similar to THQ's Baja: Edge of Control.
Take a look for yourself, and keep in mind that THQ's game came out first and has been out for a bit. Activision's will be out soon.
Can you spot ten differences between these two images?
I'm no lawyer, but I think I see their point. While we're on the topic, I was recently out doing a little shopping when I noticed something pretty similar coming out of the R section.
Deliberately similar? Or a completely random coincidence?
I can't imagine Konami's Rock Revolution box shot just happened to duplicate the color and feel of the Rock Band 2 box by mistake. I'm guessing that someone said "let's see if we can trick people into thinking this is officially related to this other thing!" Then someone probably said "but that's just wrong and potentially illegal!" Then the other guy said "then forget I said anything and help me pick out a proper shade of blue!"
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42 Comments
The sad fact is this will most likely fool some people buying one for a gift. Save your receipts people.
That's pretty odd. I wonder if was just a coincidence, that they look a lot alike.
Yeah, they definitely ripped off the Rock Band 2 box art. But let's face it, that's the only way Rock Revolution is going to sell more than 10 copies.
No one should buy Rock Revolution anyway. The BAJA thing is sad though. They could have at least come from a different angle!
Both of those also have similar names. Similar name and cover art and some people might get fooled. Especially when a kid sends his parents to by the game.
The blue truck on Activision's game dosen't have lights on the roof, plus there's a dirtbike. Case dismissed.
0kAmui0 is right. This is basically a way to trick parents into buying the wrong game for their kids. I know my mom would definitely fall for something like that and shes not even that bad with video game names. I just hope that both games just end up changing their covers instead of getting sued. Its never a good day when stuff like this happens.
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