TheFalloutTV show was first released in April this year to massive success with fans (and first-timers) jumping into theAmazon Primeseries. Accumulating 65 million viewers in the space of 16 days, it’s fair to say that people really enjoyed it. With the show already renewed for a season 2, there’s still a bit of a wait before we know where the story will take us next, but in the meantime, a Fallout fan film may be enough to keep you going until then.
The creator of Fallout: Breaking, Zack Finfrock, whose fan film received over$20k on GoFundMe, had one of their popular Fallout memes used as part of the game’s official Atom Shop images without permission by Bethesda in what seems to be one big misunderstanding.
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Posting on Twitter/X,Zack Finfrockshared a Fallout meme that they had created and weren’t too happy that Bethesda had reportedly “taken” it and used it as an official picture for their Atom Shop, where players purchase atoms to buy new outfits, weapon skins, and many other in-game accessories, without asking or crediting Finfrock beforehand.
“Look, I love #Fallout76, and it seems someone on the art team loves my #Fallout memes. So @JonRush1977, who do I talk to about this?” posted Finfrock. “I get that I don’t own the Vault Boy and whatnot, but you could have reached out so I could draw a newer, better version for your Atom Shop image.”
In a private message to Jon Rush, the creative director on Fallout 76, Finfrock asked him why his images were being used without permission and that it would have been a dream of his to actually provide the artwork if asked previously.
Rush replied by saying that the team would be “getting that fixed”, blaming a blunder by an external vendor. Rush went on to apologize for the mix-up, saying that it got “confused for the original” and, as a way of making things right, offered Finfrock the opportunity to provide his art for the game’s ‘Message of the Day’ and bundle assets for future patches.
Although it certainly sucked that Finfrock’s work was taken without due diligence and thorough checking by Bethesda, it seems as though this unfortunate event has led the Fallout fan film creator a pretty sweet opportunity to get his art into the game.
Since the blunder, Bethesda has now swapped Finfrock’s image with another and hopefully also will be giving all their Fallout images a good check from here on out.
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