There`s Nothing Sweet About King Bullying Stoic Over The Banner Saga

Candy Crush Saga developers King are opposing The Banner Sage developers Stoic's use of the term Saga in their title. To us, this seems needlessly petty.

There`s Nothing Sweet About King Bullying Stoic Over The Banner Saga

Developers ‘Stoic’ are just now getting recognition for ‘The Banner Saga.’

Hailed as a hauntingly beautiful survival tale, The Banner Saga is a turn based strategy game in which Nordic Vikings and Horned Giants fight to survive against the steel fury of a race of golems and the wintery wrath of a frozen, godless world.King are contesting Stoic’s right to use the term Saga in their title. In fact they filed a Notice of Opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office under the grounds that The Banner Saga is “deceptively similar” to their aforementioned Saga range.And once more, for clarity, because this is really the crux of the matter…King make Candy Crush Saga – A match three puzzle game about aligning sweets.

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