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 Capcom Co Ltd, the makers of the popular Xbox 360 video game Dead Rising now see themselves in a legal battle for the rights of the game which the MKR Group, the makers of the 2004 Dawn of the Dead film, says that they own.
The movie producer, MKR Group who owns the rights to the 2004 movie Dawn of the Dead and the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead movie, sued the Japanese game developer and publisher Capcom Co Ltd, the makers of the very similar video game entitled Dead Rising on Monday reported Reuters.
Earlier this month, Capcom filed a case against MKR in a California federal court, seeking a declaration that the game did not infringe on MKR's intellectual property rights. It also sought an injunction to prevent MKR from suing the company.
The game was known to be very similar to the two Dawn of the Dead movies in aspect when it was released on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console on August 8, 2006. In the 2004 movie Dawn of the Dead, the main characters are in a shopping mall completely surrounded by Zombies. Similarly, in the 2006 movie Dead Rising, the main character of the game is held up in a mall and can use nearly any object in the mall to hold off the hordes of the undead. The obvious similarities have not sparked any legal trouble until 2 years after the game was released.
Both works are dark comedies, the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in New York on Monday reads. In both, the recreational activities of the zombies and absurdly grotesque 'kill scenes' provide unexpected comedic relief.
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