Mob Wars Creator Puts A Hit Out For Zynga, Sues For Copyright Infringement - TechCrunch
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It looks like the controversy around Mob Wars , a very popular social network game that has been rumored to pull in as much as $1 million a month, is only getting started. Creator David Maestri and his company Psycho Monkey have filed suit against Zynga, a popular developer of social network games. The lawsuit centers on Zynga’s game Mafia Wars - a text-based game very similar to Mob Wars, which has also developed a large following.
Zynga’s Mafia Wars launched after Maestri’s Mob Wars with very similar game play and design (not to mention a similar name)...
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