Warner Bros Responds to Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter “Rip-Off” Claims

Last week Bethesda filed a suit against Warner Bros. claiming that they had blatantly ripped off Fallout Shelter with their new Westworld mobile game.  With the development Studio known as Behaviour, who developed Fallout Shelter, before leaving Bethesda to work on Westworld for Warner Bros, Bethesda claimed that assets were stolen and more, for which they described it as a “rip-off” of Fallout Shelter.

Therese are of course strong claims and Bethesda pulled no punches, however, Warner Bros has responded and it seems they’re giving as much as they’re getting.  Below is a statement provided to IGN:

As one of the world’s leading creators of intellectual property, including the ground-breaking television series Westworld, Warner Bros. has a deep respect for intellectual property rights.  As such, the assertions by Bethesda Softworks that Warner’s Westworld mobile game improperly used source code from Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter are as surprising as they are unsubstantiated.  Warner Bros. has been assured by the game developer, Behaviour Interactive, that Bethesda’s allegations are untrue and that none of Bethesda’s code was used in the Westworld game.  Moreover, contrary to Bethesda’s baseless accusation, Warner Bros. at no time “induced” Behaviour to use the Fallout Shelter code in Westworld.

It’s all a very messy situation and it will be interesting to see how this plays out in the coming weeks.  You can read up on Bethesda’s side of events here.