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Zynga faces retaliatory lawsuit brought by Kixeye

Kixeye took another stab at Zynga in the ongoing legal battle between the two gaming companies.

The game maker announced today that it filed a cross-complaint against Zynga in the Superior Court of California. The move comes as retaliation for an earlier suit that Zynga filed against both Kixeye and one of its employees who formerly worked on Zynga's CityVille game.

"We will fight to our last breath to keep this predatory company from accessing our confidential information and best practices," Kixeye CEO Will Harbin said in a statement to CNET today. "We intend to defend … Read more

Kixeye chief: 'Zynga is burning to the ground'

Kixeye CEO Will Harbin, who abruptly found himself in the middle of a lawsuit with his social-game rival Zynga, is firing back at the CityVille maker.

"Zynga is burning to the ground and bleeding top talent and instead of trying to fix the problems -- better work environment and better products -- they are resorting to the only profit center that has ever really worked for them: their legal department," Harbin said in an e-mailed statement to CNET.

Harbin's issues with Zynga relate to Alan Patmore, a former general manager on CityVille that left the game maker … Read more