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Apparently, Sony Computer Entertainment America and David Jaffe are being sued by some guy named Jonathon Bissoon-Dath and a woman named Jennifer Barette-Harzog for copyright infringement.  The couple claim that Jaffe stole the idea for God of War from their screenplay that was passed on by Sony. 

I could see how they might come to that considering their story, 'Olympiad' is about greek mythology and GoW is full of the same thing.  ZOMG!!!  AMAZING!!!!  I mean, it's not like these ideas haven't been around for centruies.  The idea of a single champion being sent by Ares to defeat an army and given weapons by the gods is incredibly original.  Also, I can see how the champion's hands being morphed into swords by Zeus is a direct copy of Krato's being given the blades of Chaos by Ares.  Ok, that last paragraph is complete sarcasim, if you didn't catch it.  The only standing arguement I can see is the fact that the game came out in 2005 and Jaffe said it took about three years to create.  2002 was the year Bissoon-Dath's script was rejected by Sony.  That and the "bottomless valley" thing, but it's not like that is really a new idea in the first place.  

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