EA accused of copying Warhammer 40k tanks for Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances

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EA accused of copying Warhammer 40k tanks for Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances

EA has been accused of copying Warhammer 40k tanks for its browser-based real-time strategy game Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances.

Users on Reddit noticed a number of tanks in C&C, developed by German studio Phenomic, are pretty much carbon copies of tanks in the famous Games Workshop tabletop game.

C&C's Forgotten Grinder Tank is compared to the Ork Bonecruncha, created by Games Workshop for Warhammer 40k in 1995. An image highlighting the similarity is below.

And the Forgotten Bombard Tank is almost indistinguishable from the 1995 Baneblade design. Again, an image comparing the two is below.

EA and Games Workshop are yet to comment on the matter. Interestingly, the Baneblade appears as a unit in the THQ published, Relic developed PC exclusive RTS Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - under license of course.

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[Raul Tha Monk]

They do pretty alike

 

[Sexy Beast]

They commented:

"Games Workshop and EA are aware of the IP issues around the artwork in question, which have now been resolved," .... "The artwork was internal EA concept art that was unintentionally released publicly. No Warhammer 40,000 tanks have ever made an appearance in Command and Conquer: Tiberium Alliances, and never will. Games Workshop and EA continue to have a strong relationship working together on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and the new free to play game Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes which just entered open beta."

Source: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/EA...-C-C-Tiberium-Alliances-Tank-Issue-41416.html

 

[Spitfire'd]

What a brilliant and great marketing response. I'm impressed.