As much as I know theft isn't new in the Alien fandom (i.e., Greg Land stealing Tristan Jones's art for Marvel), I'm still shocked and appalled that Cold Iron has lifted stuff from mine and my husband's alternate-universe fanfiction. It's so small that no one unless you're familiar with our work would notice, but it's still disgusting. No fan should have to go through this, but it is an unfortunate reality, and we won't put up with this.
https://youtu.be/sJglh2Zs0rcPictures and descriptions from Twitter:
"Interesting that these two rifles that appear in #AliensFireteamElite are a bolt-action and semiautomatic version of the same rifle, something that's never been done before in real life, but was done in Bad Company about a month before the game's release."
"This is what #AliensFireteamElite stole from us on alternate-universe Gorman, his jump from enlistment to commission, "mustang", and the clearing of criminal records after a Marine's service-all elements of Bad Company long before Fireteam's release."
I will not be engaging with people who won't even watch the video for the context.