Sega of America on Thursday sued a division of Fox Entertainment and Electronic Arts Inc., saying The Simpsons Road Rage (not Hit & Run) infringes a Sega patent. The suit, filed in San Francisco federal court, named as defendants Fox Film Entertainment, Fox Interactive, the game’s developer Radical Games Ltd, and Electronic Arts. Sega, a division of Japan’s Sega Corp., claims the 2001 video game “Simpsons Road Rage,” was designed to “deliberately copy and imitate” the Sega game “Crazy Taxi,” according to court documents. Sega cited reviews by video game publications of “Simpsons Road Rage” that said the game was very similar to “Crazy Taxi,” including one that characterized “Road Rage” as a “shameless incident of design burglary.” Read More >>>
