Bungie has “resolved” a plagiarism accusation after an artist accused the studio of lifting their alternative design of an “iconic” Destiny 2 weapon.
Earlier this week, Bungie revealed a physical Nerf LMTD blaster based upon Cayde-6’s hand cannon, Ace of Spades.
Shortly after the blaster was revealed, artist Tofu_Rabbit called out the developer on Twitter/X, stating the Nerf design was not merely “similar” to a design they did back in 2015, but essentially a carbon copy, down to the “same brush strokes and scratches/smudges”.
The artist said that seeing their work lifted without acknowledgement was a “punch in the gut” as they’d been “playing this game for a decade”, but did acknowledge this was likely “contracted people lifting some obscure work”.
We are currently investigating internally and with our partner. We are in contact with the artist and will share more on what next steps we are taking once we have gathered more information. https://t.co/7GrZ2jbjQv
— Destiny 2 Team (@Destiny2Team) September 11, 2024
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Bungie dropped a statement shortly thereafter, saying it was “currently investigating internally and with our partner. We are in contact with the artist and will share more on what next steps we are taking once we have gathered more information”.