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内容总结：

独立游戏发行商iam8bit近日正式起诉Skybound游戏工作室，指控其存在欺诈、违约及盗用设计等行为，涉案金额达数百万美元。

诉状称，双方自2021年4月合作以来，Skybound长期未按约定提供月度财务报告，并通过虚列开支条目实施会计欺诈，涉及金额超400万美元。此外，iam8bit指出Skybound在独立游戏《Stray》的任天堂平台发行合作中，擅自盗用其设计的宣传方案及机密分成信息，并几乎原样复制其创意素材，以此绕开合作方单独达成协议。

Skybound母公司由《行尸走肉》原著漫画作者罗伯特·柯克曼担任董事会主席。目前Skybound未对诉讼作出公开回应。iam8bit已向洛杉矶高等法院提起多项诉讼，包括违约、欺诈、不当得利和商业秘密盗用，并要求赔偿经济损失、惩罚性赔偿及律师费用。

中文翻译：

独立游戏公司iam8bit近日起诉天降游戏工作室，指控其存在欺诈行为并盗用设计创意。据称天降公司涉嫌实施涉及数百万美元的财务欺诈计划。

天降游戏工作室因其欺诈与违约行为遭到独立厂商iam8bit起诉，其中包含盗用原创设计的指控。天降游戏工作室的母公司天降娱乐由罗伯特·柯克曼担任董事长，其最为人熟知的身份是经典漫画《行尸走肉》的创作者。我们已就诉讼事宜联系天降公司寻求回应，但截至发稿前尚未获得答复。

iam8bit既是电子游戏开发商，也经营黑胶唱片原声带等极客周边商品的销售业务。该公司于2021年4月与天降游戏工作室建立合作关系。iam8bit在诉讼中称，自合作以来天降公司持续多年进行财务造假，且未按月提供准确的合作项目财务报告。洛杉矶高等法院的起诉书中指出："天降公司未按约定提供月度报告，还在支出项目中虚增数百万美元的虚假条目。"iam8bit声称天降公司至今未对这些条目作出解释，甚至对其聘请的第三方审计机构也未予说明。该公司主张因财务问题造成的损失超过400万美元。

iam8bit同时指控天降公司在独立游戏《迷失》的相关交易中将其排除在外。据该公司法律顾问陈述，iam8bit曾为《迷失》在PlayStation和Xbox平台的发行设计开发宣传材料。诉状指出天降公司利用从iam8bit获取的商业机密，单独与任天堂达成了该游戏的发行协议，并借助iam8bit与发行商安纳布尔纳互动之间的保密版税分成信息排挤合作伙伴，同时在营销活动中使用了与其创意产出"几乎完全相同的复制品"。

iam8bit在起诉书中列出的完整指控包括：违约、欺诈、侵权、不当得利和挪用资产。该公司法律团队正在寻求赔偿金、惩罚性损害赔偿及律师费补偿。

英文来源：

iam8bit is suing Skybound Game Studios alleging fraud and theft of designs
Skybound has been accused of a multi-million dollar accounting fraud scheme.
Skybound Game Studios is being sued by indie outfit iam8bit over fraud and breach of contract, including the theft of original designs. Skybound Entertainment, the parent company of Skybound Game Studios, is chaired by Robert Kirkman, who may be best known for creating the original comic book of The Walking Dead. We've reached out to Skybound for comment on the lawsuit but have not received a response as of publication.
iam8bit is a video game producer as well as a merchandise operation selling vinyl soundtracks and other geek gear. The company entered into a partnership with Skybound Game Studios in April 2021. Since then, iam8bit alleges that Skybound conducted a multi-year accounting scheme and failed to provide accurate financial reports for the partnership each month. "Skybound failed to provide the monthly reports as agreed," the Los Angeles Superior Court complaint reads. "It also padded its expenses with millions of dollars in fake line items." iam8bit claims Skybound has yet to explain the line items, even to a third-party auditor that it engaged. The company is alleging more than $4 million in damages related to the accounting issues.
iam8bit also accused Skybound of cutting it out of a deal regarding indie video game Stray. According to the company's counsel, iam8bit designed and developed promotional materials for the launch of Stray on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The complaint claims that Skybound used trade secrets from iam8bit to secure its own deal for the Nintendo launch of the game. It alleges Skybound used confidential information about iam8bit’s royalty split with publishing Annapurna Interactive to cut out its business partner, while also using “almost exact copies” of its creative output for marketing.
The full list of allegations in iam8bit's complaint include breach of contract, fraud, conversion, unjust enrichment and misappropriation. The company's legal team is seeking monetary damages, punitive damages and attorneys' fees in compensation.