Hasbro and Backflip settle with Peak on My Little Pony copycat suit

Hasbro and its Backflip mobile games division have settled a lawsuit that alleged the companies copied Peak Games‘ Toy Blast when they launched My Little Pony: Puzzle Party.

In October, Istanbul-based Peak Games sued Hasbro and Backflip, alleging they stole the Turkish game publisher’s Toy Blast, using the same basic game design and similar imagery. My Little Pony: Puzzle Party also allegedly lifted original content and level designs as well as numerical scores that Peak selected to provide a balance between challenges and achievements. Copycat games are an epidemic on mobile devices, but this one is unusual in that it involves a couple of Western companies. Most of the copycats happen in Asia.