My little pony game?

[PixelSketch 11]

Ive recently heard of a my little pony online or something along those lines and im not sure what to think my friend told me about it and i was wandering if anybody had a clue to if it was real or fake can somepony help me?

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

There's one in the works that I think is called Legends of Equestria or something like that. There's also the gameloft app that already has a thread on here. I'm sure there are plenty of other less known things as well. That's all I can tell you, though. I'd take a scroll through the gaming section of the forums and see what you can find if I were you.

[Dusknight Haze 161]

Ive recently heard of a my little pony online or something along those lines and im not sure what to think my friend told me about it and i was wandering if anybody had a clue to if it was real or fake can somepony help me?

 

It was online for only a few months after a complicated development period. Hasbro feared the potential for it to expand into copyright infringement territory so they sent a Cease and Desist to the creators, and they shut it down.

 

Rumor has it that Hasbro didn't actually care all that much but federal copyright law states that the copyright is void if it is wholly infringed and a company does nothing to prevent this, since that's basically permission of free use.

 

There are other games made and in the works, mostly indie RPGs, a few VN type things, and the ever-infamous Fighting is Magic.

 

Sadly I don't think there will ever be an MLP Online again if people aren't willing to make it a shadowy and illicit ordeal since it's basically infringement.

[Radiance64 7,053]

This thread appears to be related to the My Little Pony franchise and/or the Bronydom in general. Thus, it has been sentenced to Sugarcube Corner.<br /><br />This is an automatically generated message, by the way.

[Scootalove 10,689]

I think that there is a My Little Pony game being worked on, so I probably should check. I could be wrong but, for now I can't wait to see it.

[Dusknight Haze 161]

To quote the MLP Online forums: 

 

"Just over a month ago, we released our first episode of our game. After a year and a half since the outset of the project, we were happy to present our first Episode to you. Though our servers suffered, we were pleased with the response and the great feedback we received!

Shortly after that–exactly 4 weeks prior to now–we received a complaint about copyright and trademark infringement. We initially dismissed this it was most likely submitted by some trolls, as they could be submitted anonymously by anyone through our CDN. However, we continued to look into it, and by the following Monday, found it to be very real.

Hasbro is not to be blamed here. As per U.S. Trademark law, as soon as an infringement comes to light, they are obligated to defend the trademark, or they will lose it. They had no choice in the matter, regardless of what they thought of the project or how it benefited them.

The matter was quite strict: there was little that we could do to work around it. We removed the download link and development was suspended. Discussions continued through the month, but it came down to one fact: MLP:Online had come to an end."

 

link: http://www.mlponline.net/threads/its-been-a-good-run.1520/

 

Edited because I had ponify on still -_-

Edited September 4, 2013 by Dusknight Haze

[PixelSketch 11]

THank you everypony this has helped me alot i have researched it and recently found yes it has been shut down i appreciate the kindness from everypony