Orion Project under fire
Steam has been in an uproar this week over a game calledThe Orion Project, which was issued a DMCA claim from Activision. Trek Industry developer David Prassel alleges that the publisher had no right to do so, and that his game was removed from Steam with “no warning,”and that he did nothing wrong. That has the potential to go real south real quick, andhe created a campaign to build offthis supposed injustice.
But while everyone seemed to err on the side of Prassel, more information came to light over time that didn’t necessarily help his cause. As a few members of the community have pointed out, several weaponsdolook very close toCall of Dutyguns, if not exactly the same. Take this example here —you can clearly see that(among other examples) they were allegedly lifted fromBlack Ops III. Now, it’s Trek’s word against Activision, with the former stating that big publishers are trying to keep indies down (and possibly preying on that narrative), while trying to stomp out allegations thatthey mismanaged the company in the past, stole assets previously, or re-released their own game (Dino BeatdownintoDino Horde) to avoid bad ratings and reviews.
Either way it’s a mess, but there’s enough information out there for you to make a judgment on it. We’ve reached out to both parties for comment.Since I assume Prassel is reading this, please note the use of the phrase “alleged.”
Orion[Reddit viaKotaku]
