EA drops the bomb and directly fingers ex-EA COO John Schappert for ripping off The Sims Social; I guess his revolving door at EA has been nailed shut. Their lawsuit document has extensive, convincing, and utterly unsurprising examples of Zynga’s copying of The Sims Social. I love their example of the green yoga mat with a white tree design, one of the many customizing items from Sims Social that is dutifully knocked off in The Ville.
Electronic Arts thinks Zynga went too far copying the design of its popular Sims series for Facebook game The Ville , and has filed a copyright infringement suit against the social game giant.