Grit

gamedeveloper.com:

Gala Games has clarified that the first NFT being offered for Grit, the first blockchain game being released on the Epic Games Store, made use of a "placeholder asset" from the Unreal Engine asset store that will be replaced in the near future. According to statement provided to Game Developer, the use of a 3D horse model listed for sale on the Unreal Engine asset store was not intentional.

“The Grit horse NFT pictured in the tweets was a placeholder asset. The NFT, which was given away for free and exclusive to Galaverse attendees, will be replaced with the correct image when finalized," the company said. "In our rush to get things ready for Galaverse we didn’t replace the Grit placeholder image. It has been taken down."

Yesterday's debut of Grit came with a small controversy when Apex Legends senior character artist Liz Edwards noticed that an NFT (non-fungible token) being given away to Galaverse attendees looked very familiar. It turns out the image tied to the blockchain asset was a 3D model created by Unreal Engine asset store vendor Alexander Spivak. 

(Edwards did notice that other NFTs given away by Gala Games also made use of third-party 3D assets found on the Unreal Engine asset store.)

The use of Spivak's model as an NFT raised eyebrows among social media users, who wondered if purchasing assets on the Unreal Engine asset store granted permission to sell them outside of games as digital collectible objects. Spivak (who confirmed to Game Developer that the 3D horse was his creation) also sells the models on other 3D asset platforms, including his own website and CGTrader.

Without knowing which platform's terms of service applied to the use of this asset, it was difficult to determine if this use constituted a