Poppy Playtime developer Mob Entertainment is suing Google for failing to remove “scam” apps from the Google Play store.
In legal papers filed on Wednesday (thanks, TorrentFreak), Poppy Playtime’s creators accuse Daigo Game 2020 Inc. of releasing “scam” apps intentionally advertised with names like Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3 and Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 well before the instalments had been officially released for mobile devices.
As well as blatantly using Poppy Playtime’s name, promotional art also clearly uses Poppy Playtime’s characters and screenshots from the authentic game’s second chapter.
According to the complaint, Mob contacted Google numerous times over several months, but each time an erroneous app is removed, it simply pops back up again a day or two later.
The apps reportedly don’t even download a copycat or derivative game, either.
“Mob Entertainment’s trademarks and copyrighted material to trick consumers into spending up to $95 for a game prior to its release on Google Play. Instead, it asks users to pay $30 to $95 for the ‘Guide wuggy playtime mod’,” the complaint added.