Blizzard Sues Private World of Warcraft Server for "Large-Scale, Egregious, and Ongoing Infringement of Blizzard's Intellectual Property"

Blizzard Sues WoW Private Server It Alleges Raked In Millions

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard is seeking legal action against yet another WoW private server, accusing the creators of Ascension WoW of copyright infringement, racketeering, and having earned millions of dollars illegally.  In a court document submitted on June 12 in California, Blizzard cited many of the same offenses it used against the creators of Turtle WoW in a lawsuit last year. Blizzard alleges the makers of Project Ascension have …

Blizzard sues private World of Warcraft server for "large-scale, egregious, and ongoing infringement of Blizzard's intellectual property"

Blizzard has filed a copyright lawsuit against the private World of Warcraft server project, Project Ascension.

Blizzard issues complaint against Project Ascension WoW private server as Classic Plus rumors build ahead of BlizzCon

Blizzard Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against the operators of Project Ascension, another of the Classic+ like private servers. Project Ascension is one of the largest World of Warcraft private servers currently running. The dev team have done a lot of work on bringing the classic world, with greatly enhanced class design and gameplay mechanics to really set it apart as its own game. The complaint was filed against Powell and others, who se…

Blizzard Project Ascension Lawsuit: Massive Legal Hit

A definitive intellectual property crackdown has formally initiated the high-stakes Blizzard Project Ascension lawsuit, marking a severe escalation in the publisher’s persistent campaign against unauthorized ecosystem networks. Filed officially in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the extensive legal complaint accuses the platform’s developers of systematic copyright infringement, direct circumvention of […]

World of Warcraft: Blizzard Shuts Down Another Private Server!

Since Microsoft owns Blizzard, they don’t want MMO players to have a different experience than the official one.   Earlier this year, a private World of Warcraft server called Turtle WoW announced that it was shutting down after Blizzard ordered it to cease operations and filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against it. Now, another server has landed in the crosshairs. On Friday, a new lawsuit was filed against Project Ascension, a private ser…

Blizzard Entertainment Sues Unauthorized 'World of Warcraft' Platform Project Ascension

Blizzard Entertainment Sues Unauthorized 'World of Warcraft' Platform Project Ascension: The 51-page federal complaint targets the unauthorized server network for copyright infringement and racketeering.