![]() Specifically, it refers to the Magical Guitar peripheral that TAC part-owner Topway Electrical Appliance made for Konami's Guitar Freaks series of games in 1999.Ī TAC representative told GameSpot that the CEO and sales manager of RedOctane visited Topway's Chinese factory twice, once in 2001 and again in 2004, asking questions about the design of the Magical Guitar controller. In TAC's countersuit, the company claims that it was RedOctane and Activision who mimicked its own offerings. Much of the RedOctane/Activision complaint centers around the packaging and advertising similarities between the official Guitar Hero game and controllers, and TAC's own "Guitar Mania" line of peripherals. TAC today announced that it has filed a countersuit against RedOctane and Activision, alleging that they have violated federal antitrust legislation. Guitar Hero controller (l) and TAC Freedom V Wireless controller (r) Rock-and-roll is nothing if not belligerent, so it seems fitting that TAC is firing back. Last month, Activision and RedOctane, publishers of the popular PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero, filed suit against peripheral manufacturer The Ant Commandos (TAC) over its unlicensed guitar controllers.
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