Analyzing court transcripts from the Scratch trial, Gamasutra has uncovered a $6 million development cost to date for the game, plus intriguing discussions on legal definitions of tools vs. source code.
From more than 30 pages of court reporter-transcribed details today, the Los Angeles Superior Court ended up ruling that 7 Studios needed to return DJ game Scratch's source code to original publisher Genius Products.
Genius and Numark are embroiled in a complex legal battle over Activision and its newly acquired 7 Studios subsidiary. 7 Studios has been developing Scratch for Genius, but allegedly ran out of money and was acquired by Activision, which is planning rival game DJ Hero.