SleepyEgg

Shady developers stealing assets from other developers and selling them on the iOS App Store isn't a new phenomenon. But what if that same thing happened on the Mac App Store, and instead of just repackaging certain assets, the shady developer ripped off the entire app and sold it for cheap, keeping the profits for himself? That's what those behind a game called Lugaru HD, Wolfire Games, are saying has happened to them, and so far, Apple has done little to help.

Lugaru HD is a combat game involving a "rebel bunny rabbit" that is on a mission to exact revenge on those who slaughtered his village. The app is available through Steam for both Mac and PC, but recently joined the Mac App Store at $9.99 per download. Shortly thereafter, another company going by "iCoder" uploaded an identical version of the game—this time named Lugaru—and priced it at $1.99. Since the games are otherwise identical and there's no indication that it was ripped off, it's easy to see how regular users would choose to pay for the cheaper, counterfeit option.