Future 2’s Ace Of Spades Nerf Gun Accused Of Stealing Fan Paintings

Future 2 is not any stranger to plagiarism accusations. Bungie was accused of utilizing fan art work for one of many recreation’s Witch Queen trailers again in 2021, and once more in 2023 for seemingly utilizing fan artwork for a cutscene in Season of the Deep with out permission. Whereas it is in all probability in direction of the again finish of the studio’s record of issues for the time being, plagiarism accusations are making the rounds as soon as once more.

This time, Bungie is being accused of lifting a bit of fan artwork by Twitter person Tofu_Rabbit for its lately introduced Ace of Spades Nerf gun collaboration. Tofu_Rabbit has claimed that the nerf gun’s design matches their art work that was commissioned again in 2015, and whereas their art work is a variant of the sport’s iconic gun, it appears as if Bungie or Nerf have lifted Tofu_Rabbit’s particular design.

Tofu_Rabbit has shared a aspect by aspect picture of the 2 weapons in query, highlighting the similarities between them. From a fast look, they do not actually look that related, however a more in-depth inspection reveals that the 2 weapons share remarkably related scuff marks in the identical positions, most notably on the barrel, in addition to similar patterns close to the set off and chamber.

Future 2’s Ace Of Spades Nerf Gun Accused Of Stealing Fan Paintings

It is price noting that since it is a collaboration with Nerf, it is doable that Bungie is probably not accountable for this little hiccup. It is also doable that somebody contracted to make the design lifted artwork from 9 years in the past and hoped that no one would discover. In that case, it might be extraordinarily tough for Bungie to verify for plagiarism, particularly with how common the Ace of Spades is as a weapon.

Nonetheless, it sucks for Tofu_Rabbit to see their work lifted – and presumably offered – with out credit score on this method. The excellent news is that Bungie seems to have already reached out to Tofu_Rabbit, and they’ve defined in a separate Reddit put up that “the suitable folks have already seen it.” Here is hoping that the studio or Nerf proprietor Hasbro kinds out some type of compensation for Tofu_Rabbit for his or her work.