IKEA Sends Cease and Desist to Horror Game Over Its Lookalike Setting
7th November 2022
IKEA sent a cease and desist letter to the upcoming survival horror game The Store is Closed over its similarities with the company’s chain of warehouse locations.
As reported by Kotaku, the famed Swedish furniture giant sent the request to The Store is Closed‘s sole indie developer Jacob Shaw, who also goes by the studio name Ziggy. The letter demands that Shaw make significant design changes to the game, which is set in a large warehouse store that strongly resembles an IKEA. Lawyers for the furniture company claimed The Store is Closed commits copyright infringement due to comparisons made by some news outlets between the game and IKEA’s stores.
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