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It seems it's not all bad news for Midway these days. A federal judge has ruled in favor of Midway in a copyright infringement lawsuit revolving around the 2004 sci-fi action game, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (via Kotaku).
Back in 2007, screenwriter William L. Crawford III filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Midway, alleging the developer stole ideas -- including characters, plot elements, and telekinetic powers -- for Psi-Ops the game (copyrighted in 2004) from a screenplay of his that was also titled "Psi-Ops" (which was copyrighted in 1998). Crawford said Midway may have become aware of his screenplay when he was showing it around at E3 2001, or from various websites he built to promote it.
Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, however, didn't see it his way, ruling that the similarities were not "protectable" under the Copyright Act. The judge said there was "minimal evidence supporting a reasonable possibility" that Midway could have stole Crawford's work, and believed that "no reasonable juror can find that Plaintiffs' [screenplay and web sites] and Defendants' video game are substantially similar in the expression of their ideas."
So that's $1.5 million Midway doesn't have to pay out now. And considering their current financial troubles, they can use all the help they can get.
From Cinelinx:
We chat with the game director for Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy to discuss what went wrong in a game that had all the making of a great franchise.
I LOVED this game. I had so much fun just messing around with the Havoc engine, that I didn't care if I finished the game or not. I wish they would bring this and The Suffering games back for the next gen.
Loved the game. Still have it for PS2. Physics and psychic powers at the time were awesome.
But you can thank their own stupidity on finances and the scourge of EA strong arm marketing and with their buying up the NFL license that killed competition as usual and one of Midway's main bread and butter.
The article also doesn't mention that the company that ended up buying those sports franchises like NBA Jam and NFL Blitz from Midway's bankrupcy liquidation was none other than EA. Where there's evil or trouble in the industry, EA was usually behind it back then.
Would love a sequel or reboot. But that's not happening. Control will be today's only option for something like Psi-ops.
God I would kill to know what the plan for the story was in each of their heads! Tat cliffhanger was annoying. I made sure to keep my copy of this.
Great game but we can say this for hundreds of other Franchises.
Gun,Bully,Okami,Second Sight.......
Probably still has the best telekinesis powers in a game ever. Absolutely loved messing about in this game. Would love a remake/reboot one day.
Why remaster when you can reboot? An opinion piece about games series that deserve a shot in the arm.
A new Battletoads is coming. Other than that, from that list the only game worth a sequel in my opinion is Half-Life. The rest is mehh games.
Psi-Ops was cool, but there was a big lawsuit surrounding the game which prevented it from getting a sequel. I wouldn't mind a reboot.
I would like to see a Timesplitters collection. I never had the chance to play the series.
Psi Ops was fun as hell and would love to see a new one.
The world is a cruel, cruel place. Franchises we'd love to see gain a new title have been shut down left and right, with studios citing budget cuts and lack of interest. It's enough to make a grown woman cry :sniff: Though some of the games here have gotten either remakes or remasters, nothing beats a fresh plot while retaining the elements we know and love! With that said, here's a list of 10 games we feel deserve sequels.
I just love a website that puts all its content on one page, especially for top 10 list articles such as this one
The end of The Order has it set up PERFECTLY for an open world stealth game in that time frame which would be pretty sick in my opinion.
I saw Bulletstorm in the thumbnail. Here's a like. I'd also like Rockstar to make a sequel to Midnight Club
Well thats good for Midway.Maybe now they can make a part 2 and make some money.
It is the best underhyped and underrated game, I wish we can play the second part on next gen console
Good news! Now come on Midway, with the cliff hanger at the end of part 1 you need to get to work on a next-gen sequel!
omg omg omg
This was one of the very first games that I envisioned that would be perfect with motion controls when the Wii first came out. Just imagine an online multi player mode with players throwing each other into walls and smashing each other with crates through the use of telekinetic powers. Its just too bad that such a beautiful dream will never see life. X(.