Wargaming has filed a complaint against Changyou.com Limited and Beijing Gamease Age Digital Technology Co for the similarities between Project Tank and World of Tanks. Not only do they allege they “copied the plot, theme, dialogue, mood, setting, pace, and character of World of Tanks, in addition to copying specific features, items, tanks, and artwork” but Wargaming also asserts that Project Tank has violated one of its patents for multiplayer matchmaking.
“Copying is evidenced by the fact that the designers of Project Tank copied historical inaccuracies found in WoT, each of which does not affect game play, but which was included in WoT to simplify the tank modeling and rendering process,” the complaint reads. “Copying is further evidenced by the fact that the designers of Project Tank copied tanks from WoT that never existed in real life, and which included features original to WoT.”
Changyou is, for its part, denying the allegations.
Source: Polygon
