For years, Rust has been one of the biggest games on Steam, even though the survival game is quite tough. Just as tough, the game’s boss is now demanding the removal of his assets from another title that is said to have stolen them.
Which assets are involved? Video games are built from thousands of objects. The so-called assets can be anything: furniture, weapons, characters, or in this case: explosives.
The Chief Operating Officer and company head of developer studio “facepunch”, the company behind the survival game Rust, recently watched a video of the shooter Delta Force. However, during the gameplay, he notices exactly an explosive that one of his employees created for Rust.
This is not just a similar asset, but clearly the exact same graphic. The boss suspects theft and speaks out on social media.
The videos of Delta Force are always elaborate:
Trouble over a graphic
What does the boss say? On X.com, COO Alistair McFarlane has gone public and also reached out to Delta Force. There he writes:
Hey Delta Force, @DeltaForce_Game, thanks for being such big Rust fans. Please remove our assets. If you wanted to collaborate, you should have reached out.
Alistair McFarlane on X.com
In a comment below, he links exactly to the “stolen” asset that the Lead Weapon & Prop Artist @ArtOfPilgrim developed as an employee for Rust. He reposted the post on X.com and agrees with his boss.
Curiously, despite the assumed theft of the texture, the COO praises the cinematic video of Delta Force on X.com, which he seems to like very much.
Here you can see the graphic in question:
How does Delta Force respond to the accusations? Instead of airing the dispute publicly, the developers of Delta Force contacted Alistair McFarlane within a few hours and settled the dispute, thus ending it.
As they later stated publicly on X.com, the developers purchased the assets from an online marketplace for developers and did not verify enough that the seller actually created the asset themselves and did not steal it.
They further thank Alistair McFarlane for keeping the trailer unchanged live. Delta Force promises to be more careful with assets in the future. In conclusion, the COO also wishes the developers good luck with the new season of their shooter. The action is unlikely to have any legal consequences for Delta Force.
Despite the public announcement of the alleged theft of the textures, the dispute between the developer studios of two of the biggest games on Steam has come to a gentle end. The happy ending also pleases the readers under the posts. Delta Force has already made a name for itself in the past with strong campaigns and cinematics: A competitor to Battlefield brings a co-op campaign based on an excellent action movie
