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Halo - Warthog Cloned, Red Vs Blue DVD-ed

Posted by simoniker on from the dvd-ed-not-a-word dept.

Thanks to Eurogamer for their news item highlighting the similarities between Peugeot's new Hoggar concept car and Halo's Warthog buggy. The article's tongue-in-cheek disclaimer argues: "We feel sure that any similarity is entirely coincidental", and the likeness was originally brought to light by Halo machinima crew Red Vs. Blue, who have also just released the Season 1 DVD for their much-lauded machinima series, including "all episodes, PSAs, extra videos, outtakes, easter eggs and a directors commentary" - the basic episodes are also still freely downloadable in DivX/Quicktime formats for interested parties.

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  1. Hrm... by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the article on the Warthog: actually reminds this writer of the buggy from the start of Star Trek: Nemesis (which was even more clearly a Warthog rip-off!)

    Star Trek Nemesis probably had those buggies built long before anyone on the team had played Halo. Nemesis released at the end of 2002, Halo released at the end of 2001. I would bet that Star Trek was filming before Halo was released.

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    1. Re:Hrm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      These days a game can be in production for as long as a movie. Do I hear cries of "Duke Nukem Forever"? Halo, if I remember, had quite a long production period.

      And as we know, Star Trek has ripped off alot of ideas from technology. Look at sliding doors - we have them and Star Trek stole them! We have scientists working on teleportation - and Star Trek put that in their movies and series!

      Rip-off merchants, I tells ya!!!

    2. Re:Hrm... by Have+Blue · · Score: 3, Informative

      Halo had a buggy that resembled the final version (and the Nemesis version) in 1999, and had been in development for a year or two.

    3. Re:Hrm... by chrismcdirty · · Score: 2, Funny

      But everyone knows Speed Buggy is a ripoff of Jabberjaw which is a ripoff of Scooby Doo.

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  2. I Think... by dupper · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...it looks more like a Puma.

  3. Re:mmm by siegesama · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shotgun! Fuck.

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