Silicon Studio subsidiary Ignis Imageworks filed a lawsuit against game console software developer Zener Works at the Tokyo district court on Thursday, with Ignis Imageworks seeking 222 million yen (about US$1.95 million) in allegedly unpaid outsourcing fees.
Ignis Imageworks stated in the lawsuit that it entered into an agreement to develop in-game assets for a smartphone game that Zener Works was developing.
Ignis Imageworks received 54 million yen.
Ignis Imageworks continued its development on the assets under Zener Works’ direction, continuing to attempt negotiations regarding the as-yet undecided details of the agreement and how it would be able to be fulfilled, but was unable to do so until it had completed development of the assets in March 2021.