VGW: Unrequested and unassuming, Top Spin 4 arrived mysteriously at my doorstep this week. It is almost as if it caught me contemplating the upcoming Virtua Tennis 4’s Move and Kinect support, and knew it had the advantage. It knew I was weak and disenchanted after Sega’s sub-par 2009 entry. Upon unwrapping 2K Sports’ Top Spin 4 and stepping onto the virtual court, the sinking feeling washed over me – it was time to draft a long overdue breakup letter to my beloved Virtua Tennis series.
Take-Two Interactive CEO has addressed the rumors surrounding a possible partnership between FIFA and 2K Sports.
From VGC: "A tattoo artist has successfully sued 2K Sports and its parent company Take-Two Interactive for including her designs in WWE 2K video games.
Catherine Alexander filed the lawsuit in 2018, claiming that her tattoo designs had been used without her permission in WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17 and WWE 2K18.
The tattoos in question are original tribal-style designs Alexander applied to WWE superstar Randy Orton’s upper back and arms in real life."
I don’t either. On can argue that she owes Orton for being the canvas to show her artwork. I personally feel that since money was exchanged between her and Orton, that the issue should be if Orton wants his tattoos showcased or not.
Very confusing… so Pepsi has no issues with Punk having a tattoo with Pepsi symbol with him being in all of these promotions.
Can you get sued for using WD-40 in a movie? At what point do you own something. Too confusing.
I can understand the artist's point of view and the ruling was more than fair:
"The jury determined that Alexander was entitled to $3,750 in damages. It also determined that since none of the game’s profits came as a direct result of her tattoos being included, she wasn’t entitled to any further compensation."
That is nothing to be honest. It does make it harder for authentic Orton to be included in wrestling games in the future. She will probably try to to push for more. I wonder how the amount was worked out.
She won't get more because they ruled even though they included the tattoo in the game they didn't profit off it because no one bought the game just because of her tattoo. The $3750 is for using it without having the rights to it.
Any decent tattoo artist wouldn't replicate a design anyway so why does it matter? It's his body 😂 this is a poor ruling because now it opens the can of worms of every famous person in games having to be edited or some tattooist will sue.
But could also result in companies having to pay artists for using their work, which is a good thing. It's unusual, but why should a tattoo have less worth than a painting, song or a logo?
Getting a tattoo is usually expensive. I'd argue the person paying for the tattoo to be made on his body is owner of all rights for said tattoo.
"It's unusual, but why should a tattoo have less worth than a painting, song or a logo?"
It's not about having more or less worth. Rights don't exist in isolation and are balanced against other rights in a society. This is why death threats can get you locked up despite being a form of speech.
The decision here gives undue consideration to the artist's copyright, with the implication being that it should trump Orton's right to his own likeness*. The very act of tattooing someone inherently relinquishes control over how that particular copy of the art is displayed. Rather than recognize this, the decision goes against precedent to suggest receiving a tattoo effectively transfers the rights to one's image to the tattoo artist or copyright owner of the tattoo.
*I'm assuming Orton gave permission for his likeness to be used in the games. The article didn't state otherwise.
EA Sports doesn’t seem too concerned about 2K getting the rights to an NFL game of their own.
As everyone anticipates the release of Madden 22, we’re also waiting for news on another football game that is on the way. 2K Games, the developers of the dormant but never forgotten NFL 2K franchise, have their own NFL game on the way. Announced back in 2020, 2K has been working on an arcade-style football game with the NFL license. When it releases it will be the first game to use the NFL license not developed by EA since ESPN NFL 2K5.
You know what would be even better? Do I really have to say it? Don't even get me started.
Of course EA aren't concerned publicly. Give up the license so that others can make a game and see if that lack of concern still applies. They say more football games are good for the industry. But they are the very reason there's a lack of them.
I haven't bought a simulation football game since NFL 2K5 which I still have on the OG Xbox. That should give clues on what I think of EA, the NFL and the license. And, I'll never buy a game just because it's the only one on the market undeserving of purchase. Playing an arcade game I'm hoping will be good will never make me go out and buy Madden. And that's being nice about it.
I'd like to see Sega start making sports games again. I hate EA to the core and I refuse to support them unless it's a title I care about which is really rare.
EA spent 1.5Billon$$$ to keep the NFL License Sim to them for anther 5years. This is just EA saying There new game is to arcadey to compete with us.
blitz was always more fun than madden, so here's hoping sega can pull off making a fun game
im a 10000 years old and forgot about that, despite working with people from sega currently.
Didnt EA also buy up the NFL Blitz rights at one point? They used to have the EA Big label, which made fun, arcadey alternatives to their sim sports games. I miss NBA Street and NFL Blitz style games honestly. I always thought they should have made an NHL Street, but instead we got FIFA Street, which pretty much ended that style of releases from EA.
I hope the 2k NFL game is great, but I also hope they bring back some of the 2k Sports line. The NHL series could use some competition as EA has let that get pretty stagnant. Madden has been crap for years as far as Im concerned. At least they are on Gamepass so I cant complain too much as I never pay for them. I definitely miss the NFL 2k series, those were always a blast to play! They were a fine line between sim and arcade-style fun.
Yes Im aware. I wish 2k would get back in the game though as there is just no competition and EA has gotten lazy the last few years with NHL in particular.
They are scared of 2K running them out of the simulation industry and they know it. Even with 2K at its worst they are still 100x better at sports simulation. 2K nowadays is garbage too but I'd rather take my chance with them at a sports game than EA.
I think that tutorial mode is quite different. I think 2K should be commended for their in-depth tutorial mode. Too many people play games improperly, and 2K went to great lengths to get players acclimated to how the game works.
"[Editor's Note: 2K Sports provided us with a review copy of the Xbox 360 version. The PS3 version of Top Spin 4 boasts very competent Move motion controls, and, while accurate and tons of fun, simply can't handle the deep and subtle range of controls offered by a standard controller.]"
Competent motion controls? Did he play the same PS3 demo I did?
And that last part about not "being able to handle the deept and subtle range of controls offered by a standard controller" might have a whole lot more to do with the fact that the Move implementation - based on the demo - feels like a lazy afterthought, than with the Move controller itself.
Table tennis in Sports Champions certainly proved that 1:1 motion controls (and Top Spin 4 felt like it was reading nothing more than the broadest gestures) can deliver a level of subtlety and control that can't be done on a gamepad.