After having quite a week of news already, Ubisoft has sued the company MizuSoft due to selling cheats for a profit. These cheats are specifically in regard to their popular competitive multiplayer shooterRainbow Six: Siege. Ubisoft filed the lawsuit on October 23 earlier this week. In theofficial court document, the video game company is suing MizuSoft for “creating, selling, distributing, maintaining, servicing, supporting,and updating malicious software products that are specifically designed to (and haveno other purpose but to) enable their users to cheat at R6S, at the expense of Ubisoftand its legitimate customers.” The lawsuit is being based on three different counts including trafficking in circumvention devices, international interference with contractual relations, and unfair competition.
The owner of MizuSoft is a minor who is named under the s J.V.L. for the lawsuit. The money given to the company was channeled through their mother’s (Sandra Rijken) website design business known as Simpy San WebDesign where Ubisoft states that they are “informedand believesRijken, including through her company, is responsible for collecting, processing,and transmitting to one or more of the other Defendants payments made byMizuSoft’s customers for the Cheating Software.The Netherlands based business as of now seems to be permanently closed. Ubisoft is additionally suing ten other defendants and is seeking maximum damages of $25,000 per violation.
This has been quite a time for Ubisoft recently withdelayingWatch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters,andRainbow Six Quarantineto the second half of next year. On top of that, we now know thattwo more AAA games will release alongside the previously mentioned titles.Rainbow Six: Siegefirst launched back in 2015. Originally, the game had troubles getting its footing, but now it is one of the most popular competitive titles of this generation where it is still being supported four years later. Currently, there has been no statement made by Ubisoft or MizuSoft regarding the lawsuit.
