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Namco Bandai Wins Witcher 2 Lawsuit

[Dec 09, 2011, 12:00 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Edge Magazine has word that Namco Bandai has triumphed in a lawsuit over distribution of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. They sued CD Projekt parent Optimus SA claiming they had rights to distribute the Xbox 360 edition of the RPG sequel, rather than THQ. Word is: "The verdict requires that CD Projekt gives Namco Bandai a publishing agreement within 15 days, or face a fine of €15,000 for every day thereafter that it fails to do so. Speaking to Polish news site Parkiet, CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwinski said he was 'not satisfied' with the verdict but was relieved the dispute was over."

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Re: Namco Bandai Wins Witcher 2 Lawsuit

Dec 10, 2011, 04:13

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The google translated from polish original page has a couple details. Analysts are estimating another 1 million sales on console from the game. CD Projekt is going to get about $1.3 million from Namco as an advance for doing console port (the courts were holding it until the publisher was figured out). Kajetan wrote on Dec 9, 2011, 11:39: Verno wrote on Dec 9, 2011, 11:34: They're a really strange publisher ... That they may be, but winning a lawsuit, because CD Project was sloppy with their legal work is a strange reason to boycott a company Yeah, I bet this is exactly what happened. Something like a previous contract (perhaps for W1) giving them an option on a sequel for first refusal or some such.

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Comment [quote="Dev"Dec 10, 2011, 04:13]The google translated from polish original page has a couple details. Analysts are estimating another 1 million sales on console from the game. CD Projekt is going to get about $1.3 million from Namco as an advance for doing console port (the courts were holding it until the publisher was figured out). [quote="Kajetan"Dec 9, 2011, 11:39][quote="Verno"Dec 9, 2011, 11:34]They're a really strange publisher ...[/quote] That they may be, but winning a lawsuit, because CD Project was sloppy with their legal work is a strange reason to boycott a company :) [/quote] Yeah, I bet this is exactly what happened. Something like a previous contract (perhaps for W1) giving them an option on a sequel for first refusal or some such. [/quote]

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