Majestic Studios, a small three man developer team, recently released their latest game, Limbo of the Lost. Generally this game would have slipped under the radar of most gamers... it's a generic, low budget point and click adventure. However, one of the reviewers over at GamePlasma saw a pretty striking resemblance between Limbo and Oblivion. You can read their original article here.

It would appear the developers simply took screencaps of oblivion and used them as backgrounds for their own game. Upon reading this to myself, I was pretty amazed that someone would try to pull this off. I mean, if you look at the screen shots its obviously ripped right from oblivion. I figured we'd get a nice lawsuit out of this and be able to move on with our lives; that is, until I stumbled upon a few more articles and threads on the subject.

Here is where it gets good.

Various forumers and employees of gaming sites have discovered a huge list of games that Limbo of the Lost has stolen from. Oh, wait... did I say games? I meant games and movies. Yes, thats right. They stole from movies too. At this point, I'm just completely stunned and quietly laughing to myself at the absurdity of this whole situation. Who in their right mind would expect to get away with this? The amount of comparison shots that have been posted all over the internet in the past 24 hours is ridiculous. They come from all types of games, some dating back to the 1990's!

Shacknews Article

Here is a list of games and movies that people are reporting have had stolen images, textures, FMV sequences, and even some audio/dialogue from what I'm reading.

• Diablo 2


• Theif 3


• Oblivion


• Morrowind


• Unreal Tournament 2003


• Unreal Tournament 2004


• Spawn (movie)


• Silent Hill 4


• Painkiller


• Pirates of the Caribbean


• Black and White 2


• Vampire: The Masquerade


• Crysis


• Return to Castle Wolfenstein


• World Of Warcraft

There are probably more to be found, but for right now, all I can do is laugh.