Creative Responds to Aureal Lawsuit

Creative Responds to Aureal Lawsuit is the business side of the news today, and this one has the usual late-90s mix of studios, publishing deals, lawsuits, money, and big promises.

The important bit: Creative Technology announced that it was served today with a lawsuit by Aureal Semiconductor, Inc. alleging infringement of two Aureal patents. Aureal is the new name adopted by Media Vision after it emerged from bankruptcy following what has been called the largest and most elaborate financial fraud case in the history of Silicon Valley.

It is not as fun as a new demo, but these moves decide what games actually get made, sold, patched, or buried. Ignore the suits and you miss half the story.