"We should never have published Pac-Avoid," King admits

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Following accusations of knowingly cloning the game Scamperghost, King CEO Riccardo Zacconi has issued an open letter to the community addressing the issue of the publisher cloning games, as well as being a trademark troll.
"The details of the situation are complex, but the bottom line is that we should never have published Pac-Avoid. We have taken the game down from our site, and we apologise for having published it in the first place," the publisher said of its 2009 Scamperghost clone. "Let me be clear: This unfortunate situation is an exception to the rule. King does not clone games, and we do not want anyone cloning our games."
Regarding the trademark issue, Zacconi stated that this is a common practice and less devious than the general populace believes. "There is nothing very unusual about trademarking a common word for specific uses. Think of 'Time', 'Money' 'Fortune', 'Apple', and 'Sun', to name a few. We are not trying to control the world's use of the word 'Candy;' having a trade mark doesn't allow us to do that anyway. We're just trying to prevent others from creating games that unfairly capitalise on our success."
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