Future maker Bungie and toy producer Nerf are investigating claims that the design for his or her just lately revealed Ace of Spades Nerf gun straight copied parts from a fan design in 2015.
X person @Tofu_Rabbit claimed on Wednesday that the brand new toy gun copies design parts, in addition to brush stroke and smudge results from their authentic design.
Additionally they posted a side-by-side picture displaying what they declare are very comparable, and in some instances an identical design parts.
Bungie now says it’s trying into the matter, and can replace “on what subsequent steps we’re taking as soon as we now have gathered extra info”.
Complicating issues will likely be the truth that the gun isn’t just in-game content material however an precise phsyical Nerf gun that gamers can pre-order.
Bungie just lately introduced that Future 2 will undertake a brand new launch mannequin.
As a substitute of 1 giant annual enlargement, the developer will intention to launch two medium-sized expansions and 4 main free content material updates yearly, it mentioned.
Every of those will depart from the “one-shot” marketing campaign construction Bungie has been utilizing since Shadowkeep, and every will likely be a possibility “to discover thrilling new codecs as a substitute”.
Bungie introduced in July that it was shedding 220 employees (roughly 17% of the studio), with an extra 155 employees being “built-in” into Sony Interactive Leisure.
