An artist says Nerf’s Future 2 hand cannon is a ripoff of their work

An artist who goes by on X says that the look of Nerf’s Ace of Spades handgun from Bungie’s Future video games got here from a commissioned paintings they drew virtually a decade in the past.

Nerf and Bungie unveiled its latest foam dart gun collaboration on Tuesday that includes a restricted version model of from Future 2 that’s out there for buy on . The next morning, @tofu_rabbit posted photographs evaluating Nerf’s latest foam dart launcher to a chunk of artwork they made in 2015 and posted on their primarily based on the identical gun from the sport.

The artist identified 11 elements or designs on the Nerf gun that allegedly line up completely with their unique design. They embrace options like an the wrong way up spade on the deal with, equivalent formed cracks in a strip of paint on the bullet chamber and a paisley sample etched on the gun simply in entrance of the set off. They declare the design of the Nerf gun “DIRECTLY lifts a fee” they did in 2015, and add that the likeness goes past simply being “related” or “coincidence.”

Bungie issued a press release on that they’re investigating the artist’s claims and “will share extra on what subsequent steps we’re taking as soon as we’ve gathered extra info.” We’ve additionally reached out to Nerf’s guardian firm Hasbro for remark.