![]() ![]() Which is why you now have Craftworld, Ynnari, Drukhari, Astra Militarum, etc. They couldn't hold the rights to Imperial Guard, Eldar, etc. This is actually why GW changed the names of most of their factions in the last 5 years. Even the word Space Marine is only loosely held as a trademark by GW. Not difficult because frankly early GW had very little actual copyrightable stuff as it was. They changed just enough to avoid copyright infringement. Its that everything in the games resembles something from Warhammer AND they built these IPs after a deal to make games with Games Workshop fell through. Its not just Starcraft Marines resemble Space Marines. The evidence is actually overwhelming that Starcraft and Warcraft were ripped from Warhammer, so you complaining about it makes no sense. No, there is no technical copyright infringement. Blizzard salvaged the assets to make Starcraft and Warcraft. Blizzard was in fact in the works with GW to make Warhammer games. 3 years? Starcraft is pretty much a non-entity outside its slooooowly dwindling community. You complaining about that is literally the first time I've seen that being brought up in like. It isn't so much the idea that I find tiresome, it is how convinced so many people are that it is true based on next to no evidence. Eldar? They are both psychic and that's it. Tyranids and Zerg? They are both ant swarms in space with a hive mind, and the similarities end there. I would get if there were other parallels, like the fluff for both units being similar, or other units/armies bearing 40k analogues, but the evidence is just. Starcraft Marines superficially resemble Space Marines. I would ask the question of why the idea is so pervasive, but it basically comes down to one thing: But it's just an urban legend (for reference, it was Warcraft which was potentially going to be a Warhammer Fantasy game). NinthMusketeer wrote: We've all heard it Starcraft was originally a 40k licensed game, Starcraft ripped of 40k, Starcraft was inspired by 40k, etc. ![]()
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