Genshin impact And Honkai: Star Rail Publisher HoYoverse is suing a group Genshin impact hackers in Canadian court. HoYoverse (and its parent company Cognosphere) on November 28 sued Joaquin Soriano and several other people, identified only by their online credentials, for copyright infringement related to hacking tools.
The group created, sold and distributed Genshin impact cheat tools called Akebi GC, Acrepi and Genshin The Akebi GC tool is sold by subscription: seven days for $7.99 and 30 days for $19.99, according to the lawsuit first reported by Torrent Freak and obtained by Polygon. (Acrepi is a free version of the same tool.) HoYoverse said it sent a cease and desist letter to Soriano, to which he responded saying he would remove the copyrighted material. HoYoverse claims the group actually didn’t – and told their community why they are developing a new tool Honkai: Star Rail.
HoYoverse said the fraud tools not only harm the company’s reputation, but also financially:
Akebi GC’s cheat features allow users to engage in numerous illegal activities and give them unfair advantages over other players. Akebi GC allows players to progress quickly in the game. Some cheat features offer benefits that reduce the chance of a player making in-game purchases. Like the Genshin impact The game is offered for free and is only monetized through in-game purchases by users. These cheat features cause significant damage to HoYoverse.
Genshin impact is free to play, which means you can play it without spending any money. But the game encourages players to participate in the microtransactions, and that’s how HoYoverse makes money. In the lawsuit, HoYoverse said it spent $100 million Genshin impact‘s initial development, plus an additional $200 million in updates. “This makes Genshin impact one of the most expensive games ever developed,” said HoYoverse.
The main points that HoYoverse is suing are circumvention of the anti-cheating tools and copyright infringement regarding the logo, characters and other art. HoYoverse claims it has lost revenue and spent a lot of money on monitoring, catching and banning cheating players using the Akebi GC, Acrepi and Genshin XYZ tools, as well as developing security patches and updates designed to reduce the impact to mitigate against cheating. .
HoYoverse is looking to the courts to force the group to stop selling its cheating tools, seeking damages “in excess of $50,000,” according to the lawsuit.
Genshin impact leaks have largely been the cause target of HoYoverse in recent years; Company has fought in courts across the United States to reveal identity of some famous people who publish Genshin impact inform at an early stage.