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Digi-Guys take legal action against forum slanderer

PS3Center writes:

Forums exploded earlier this week when a forum poster on PS3forums said that the PS3 exclusive WarDevil was vaporware. Now Digi-Guys has taken legal action against the poster, but details still remain slim on their project.
gauntletpython - contributor
Published: 345 days 12 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3
 
 

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Deviant - 345 days 12 hours ago
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u get what u deserve
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TheHater - 345 days 11 hours ago
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couldn't agree more. Now this will teach a lesson to all those so call insiders that report false information.
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fishd - 345 days 10 hours ago
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Statix - 345 days 9 hours ago
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To be completely fair and objective here, how do we know what he said was false information? Or did he even purport his statements to be more than just educated speculation in the first place?
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aebriscoejr - 345 days 9 hours ago
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Their and many other developers next stop should be n4g.
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Montrealien - 345 days 8 hours ago
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(Digi-Guys have stated that they have initiated legal proceedings against their
ex-employee, who has been posting on this forum under the username of 'LeeArcher'.)

So at least we know he was infact an ex employee, probaly also inveested in som way. He is not some kid inventing sh*t in his dad`s basement. This should get interesting.
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TOO PAWNED - 345 days 11 hours ago
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Now geek will cry for his mommy! "But i didn't mean to buah buah"
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Montrealien - 345 days 8 hours ago
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not a geek that will cry to his mom, but some dude that will get hit with a legal bat for breaking NDA. Two very different things. I`m more interestd in knowing why he is so pissed to do such a thing. I have high hopes for this game.
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Eromu - 345 days 11 hours ago
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Is there more to this story or did they really overreact that much to someone calling their game "vaporware"? A lawsuit seems kind of extreme...
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TheHater - 345 days 11 hours ago
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someone clam that everything they show far was fake, and they have yet to get anything up and running on the PS3 after 2 years of development.
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TOO PAWNED - 345 days 11 hours ago
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Game is still in production and as far as we know we could play it next year, so basically this geek by spreading this false rumor is putting them at risk in which many gamers accept this fact that game is in trash can and just miss it or goes under the radar. And just by reading comment of naive kids around forums, most of them did buy this fake azz rumor, so yeah legal actions are correct move. It might teach geeks not to take them selves to seriously.
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truspector - 345 days 10 hours ago
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@OP
Good point and I would have to say I don't see too much coming out of this. Slander/Libel are tough to prove and I have a feeling the guy may be right.

@Hater
So? I've seen much more outrageous claims on message boards fly under the radar. I've seen more outrageous fanboy claims on these boards today to be more specific.

@Too Pawned
That barely even makes sense and definitely doesn't dignify a response. RUN to school, the future of the world may depend on it.
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Montrealien - 345 days 8 hours ago
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there is much more to this story, this is clearly not some kid spreading rumors, they would not of done this.
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SuperM - 345 days 7 hours ago
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We dont know if the rumors are fake guys...

The funny thing is that just a day before that dude posted the stuff on the ps3 forum, i was checking out digi guys and the wardevil project and i was wondering if someone could pull of something like that without making a game at all, just fooling people by putting up some cg movies etc and bragging about the so called studios excellent equipment and such.

Then a day later i see this dude on the forum basically saying they are scammers and dont really have a product.

Ofcourse the key difference between this and what i was wondering about(didnt really believe it, i was just thinking if that could possibly be pulled off) is that digi guys are a studio and they are making a game, but they have got so little done and everything they show is just cgi. I could definately believe that though, because there is something fishy about those guys.

And remember how the dude on the forum talked about how digi guys threaten all the workers/ex-workers with lawsuits if they tell anything? Well that looks to be spot on.

Until we see the game running on a ps3 i think the guy on the forum was right.
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RadientFlux - 345 days 11 hours ago
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Sounds more like damage control to me.

I remember the company of the vaporware console "Phantom" used to do the same thing when people labeled their product vaporware.

Though I am hoping that I am wrong as I would like to see this game made.
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Panthers - 345 days 10 hours ago
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I still think this guy might be telling the truth. It sounded like he was knowledgeable, but who knows.
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Raoh - 345 days 11 hours ago
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Good, I hope more game companies take action againstk sites that delivery fake news.
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BrunoM - 345 days 10 hours ago
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if that hapens do you make any idea how many people from N4G would get companys after them we would end up seeing agent 47 looking for people around here lol.....

but ya i kinda like what they did if we dont know what we are alking about better not talk about it ...

But ya that wont stop me from having my opinions
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SuperM - 345 days 7 hours ago
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So how do you know its fake Raoh? I bet a hundred bucks you are saying that because thats what you want to believe. You shouldnt be to certain though, because if that guy is right then you are applauding one of the most re-tarded companies in the world.

In due time we will know, atleast i know better then to jump to conclusions.
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Fishy Fingers - 345 days 10 hours ago
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Still eager to here how the game is coming along, taking legal action doesn't mean the guy was wrong. I don't really care about the legal wranglings right now, let's see what up with the game please.
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TheHater - 345 days 10 hours ago
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correct. I want to see the game.
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Statix - 345 days 9 hours ago
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I agree; them taking "legal action" against a poster on a messageboard doesn't prove that their game exists in playable form. I sure hope that this game is real, and comes to fruition.
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Wolf873 - 345 days 9 hours ago
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so far we have zero info on this game, if this law suit settles, we better see some concrete information otherwise it'll be even more suspicious. I mean come on, after 2 years they can't even provide a working demo play??
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ultimolu - 345 days 4 hours ago
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I want to see it as well. It's fishy that we haven't heard anything about this game an entire year.
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Man_of_the_year - 345 days 10 hours ago
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DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA
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stuntman_mike - 345 days 3 hours ago
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or as clarence bodicker says on robocop "GUNS,GUNS,GUNS"

the lawsuit guns that is.
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gauntletpython - 345 days 10 hours ago
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Don't get me wrong, I'm pumped for WarDevil(this is the second article I've posted up to N4G about WarDevil in the last 4-5 months). But it bothers me that they would rather sue the guy than just prove him wrong by showing new footage. I'd show the footage first, THEN sue his ass ;)
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sinny - 345 days 10 hours ago
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That's right. 1 gameplay screenshot can change the opinion we got about what that guys said. And even knowing that they don't show nothing and start legal action...
It's really weird, anyway i hope the game is real.
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Galvanise - 345 days 10 hours ago
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. . .read the remarks on PS3 forums that Leearcher made? He knows the insides and out of that company at it does come across as genuine. I'm open to suggestions myself, but he knows the boss and the people running the project, and even predicted they would do this.
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Panthers - 345 days 10 hours ago
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exactly. I read a bunch of posts and it made a lot of sense. He is just using the game to get investors to give him money.
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Steven Colbert - 345 days 9 hours ago
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I agree with you both.They had lawyers ready to do this.If this rumor is true,the wrath of Sony will be massive upon Digi-Guys
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fishd - 345 days 10 hours ago
10 - So Waredevil is vaporware?!
*Octocamo on,Hide under the cardboardbox for more safety*
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Gambit07 - 345 days 6 hours ago
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Your ass is sued buddy!
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DJ - 345 days 8 hours ago
12 - Digi-guys doesn't have squat to show.
Taking 'legal action' instead of proving the insider wrong with actual gameplay footage or screens pretty much proves that.

Come on, 5 years of work and only one courtyard and 1 enemy to show for? HAH
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PirateThom - 345 days 8 hours ago
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If they don't show something at GDC or, at worst, E3, then this game has never been in development at all.
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Jason 360 - 345 days 7 hours ago
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Looks like the forum post may have been true after all.
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Gambit07 - 345 days 6 hours ago
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BTW guys, I'm working on this game called Warlording...the... uhh Hoes, so please invest in my, I mean our sure hit 1080p project, make checks payable to Gochyadough Inc. and have a nice day.
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gauntletpython - 345 days 6 hours ago
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Where do I send it to?
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Endorphin - 345 days 5 hours ago
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Got to admit that made me laugh. Bubbles!
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jay2 - 345 days 5 hours ago
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That's another 2 years grace then.
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T-Baggins - 345 days 3 hours ago
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If the project wasn't real and they sued the guy they would have to prove to the court that the game was real otherwise they would be proving to the court that they were scamming people, there is more going on then we know.
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