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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Team Not Art Thieves

Posted by Zonk on from the in-the-clear dept.

Via Kotaku an Inquirer article reports that, despite earlier claims to the contrary, it looks like the folks behind the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. title are not guilty of art theft. It seems both Half-Life 2 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. use textures from a pack produced by Marlin Studios. The similarities are there because both teams used pre-canned materials for their titles, not because of any tom-foolery on the part of GSC GameWorld.

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  1. Damnit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    I bought all 38 copies of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. from the local Best Buy thinking it'd be a good investement.

  2. Re:In the minds of the consumer by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    just as unoriginal aesthetically as the other major players.

    Nah, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s dark brown halls look much nicer than DOOM 3's dark brown halls.

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  3. Re:In the minds of the consumer by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    So... they're not thieves, just as unoriginal aesthetically as the other major players.

    Yes, because games sharing the textures for some of their lamps are then all junk. :-s

    Give me aesthetically innovative lamp textures, goddammit!

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  4. Pff, so the STALKER dev team's innocent... by CaseM · · Score: 3, Funny

    But someone ought to take a good look at Marlin Studios. Apparently some of their textures were lifted straight from HL2!