10 Video Games That Blatantly Ripped Off Iconic Franchises

10. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

The Game: Once upon a time, Sony decided they wanted all of their most iconic characters to do battle. In 2009, they began development on a game that would pit Kratos, Nathan Drake, Fat Princess and more all against each other in one epic brawl.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was released on 20 November 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was a crossover fighting game that revolved around beating blue orbs out of your opponents and then collecting them. Doing so would build up a super meter. Each character's super move got three levels, with each level being more useful than the last. They were the only moves that could kill opponents, so they were pretty important.

The Game It Ripped Off: Super Smash Bros.

PlayStation All-Stars was essentially Sony's version of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. The series' massive success was no doubt why Sony wanted a title like it for themselves. Development even began one year after Nintendo released Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii.

PS All-Stars suffered from many issues. Its single-player campaign was low-budget and lackluster in comparison to Brawl's Adventure Mode. Its reliance on using super moves to kill opponents wasn't popular either. The game received mixed to positive reviews and relatively low sales. At least four DLC characters were planned, but only two were released. The other two were canceled due to the first two not selling well.

PlayStation All-Stars' servers were shut down on 31 January 2019. The game never had a sequel. It wasn't an awful game, but it failed the second that it tried to replicate such a successful and beloved title.