Sooooo…how are they getting away with this? I thought 343 still owned the halo IP?
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[quote]Sooooo…how are they getting away with this? I thought 343 still owned the halo IP?[/quote] Uh.....they can still, you know.....buy the rights to use some halo stuff in d2? Its a thing, and fortnite does that with everything already
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[quote]Sooooo…how are they getting away with this? I thought 343 still owned the halo IP?[/quote] LoL those who know, Know!
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There’s a big difference between actual Halo weapon models and Halo inspired weapon models. That’s how. MS owns the IP btw.
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Edited by SirHeadPoppington: 12/9/2021 11:08:57 PMThe Br looks exactly the same though. Br and forerunner both have the exact same animations as the halo weapons too.
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Microsoft owns the ip. 343 is just a sub developer created by Microsoft. As long as they are not 100% identical, any game can copy other scenarios. Take any military fps for example.. they have all created and used identical looking weapons.
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It’s from Halo CE which Bungie does own the license to that still I believe as they created it?
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Bungie does not own the IP or any licensing rights for Halo. These are inspired by and quite similar without ripping assets and infringing on copyright.
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Ha…didn’t know that.
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They made Halos 1-Reach so I am pretty sure they can use any creative assets from those games as they did make them. However, they cannot make Halo itself as 343 has ownership of the IP
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Edited by SirHeadPoppington: 12/9/2021 11:12:33 PMThey don't own the rights to any Halos not even the games they made. 343 even took over running Reach when Bungie split from Microsoft
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Edited by RingersCheckmate: 12/7/2021 6:33:27 PM[quote]They made Halos 1-Reach so I am pretty sure they can use any creative assets from those games as they did make them. However, they cannot make Halo itself as 343 has ownership of the IP[/quote] Not at all actually. Bungie doesn't own the rights to any halo content even to stuff they made prior to 343. If you make art for a publisher or company, than leave that company, the company keeps the rights to that art unless specifically stated when you leave. A great example is Marty O'Donnels contempt of court for Destiny music that he shouldn't have published. Either Bungie got Microsofts OK to use it here or they've dodged the legal definition of comparing it to halo, probably calling it inspired by and not directly using.
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They probably got the OK to do it seeing as how Phil Spencer is an avid Destiny player.