News Majestic Studios stealing assets from Oblivion?

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06/12/majestic-studios-stealing-assets-from-oblivion/1

Footage from a recent Majestic Studios game, Limbo of The Lost, shows that the title may have stole assets from Bethesda's Oblivion.

 

Well Bethesda is based in England so guess who ill be backing.

 

What about the original Metal Gear? Wasn't that on the NES or something?

I thought they were based in Maryland? In the States.

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Anyway, didn't we have this furore with Stalker with respect to Doom 3?

 

Its ok, they've changed the colour of the books in the bookcases in the backdrop!

 

I thought Bethesda were based in Bethesda in the US?

 

But they have even changed cursor! ...

 

Yes, but it turned out the assets were public ones that both games had legitmatly purchased and used. They were really boring things like light textures, so fair enough. This is a bit more serious though.

Whilst I've never done anything so totally blatent, when I used to make maps for Quake 3 and Doom 3, every single one of my ideas was based on something that already existed, I just found it easier, lol.

 

wow! the whole screenshot looks like Oblivion!

they are in heaps and heaps of trouble.

 

i believe that's called creative re-licensing - every artist and designer does it.

 

Went and found out more about this after I posted, and... wow... they've ripped stuff out of loads of games... I think that dev house is going to die due to sheer pressure of litigation. Or will they find a scapegoat to blame all of it on?

 

Wrong on two levels.

 

Rock Paper Shotgun have got a detailed look at this, including some hilarious trailers from the game for whoever is interested:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1903

 

Bra-****ing-vo. At least the Thief III library shelves had signs added. They should have just cut their losses and done something like Thief 4: Baldur's Diablo taking painkillers from the Crysis of Bioshock in Castle Wolfenstien 2004 WITH Cranny Faggot!

 

I think they also stole the cursor from somewhere XD

 

LOL. That was good stuff. Thanks for the link, Joe.

 

MSX2 was the first one, June or July of 1987, NES did see it in December, though.

On topic: Yeah, I've cheated in a test. But I balanced that out by falling asleep in one, passing out in another, and outright not going to another one.

 

Looks like Nosteratu has made an appearance in the game.

 

I'm actually going to make a formal complaint to commence legal action as I believe the cursor used is actually derived from my work!!

 

There's a pretty substantial debate on this over at http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=310683, give it a read, it's brilliant!

 

mmm its missed its release date on play.com because its still on pre-order dated 06/06/08 lol

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/877345/-/Product.html?searchstring=Limbo+Of+The+Lost&searchsource=0

Got to say that the game trailers dont do it any justice, the game looks pants even though it has cheated and ripped people off.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34863.html