Chinese pianist Lang Lang’s poster accused of plagirising gacha game Reverse 1999

A famous Chinese pianist’s promotional team has been accused of plagiarism by Reverse 1999 fans, after it was found a recent concert promotional poster lifts from the gacha game’s own. According to those on Chinese social media, Lang Lang’s team has since deleted the poster and might be investigating it further.

Fans over in China have already begun to dig into it, Photoshopping the pianist onto the Reverse 1999 character, Forget Me Not, and dubbing him Forget Lang Not. There’s also a video floating around RedNote in the style of the game.

It’s not the first time the game has been plagiarized, however. Competing gacha game, Silver and Blood, was caught using a near-identical design for its promotion. Some players on Reddit said they aren’t surprised the game, from Moonton, is ripping designs off, as its main title is a fairly close approximation of League of Legends and its autochess spin-off, Team Fight Tactics.

Plagiarism isn’t something that really comes up in video games all that often, so when it does, it really stands out. Recent examples include Destiny developer Bungie, which had been using art assets that ripped off other artists. However, as the studio had been hit with layoffs, it was suspected that the staff in question simply weren’t there anymore to answer why it was in there.

Reverse 1999 gets new 2.8 update in September

However, in more positive news, Reverse 1999 is getting a new update on September 19, with version 2.8. As with other gacha, the global version of the game is behind the Chinese version, which is currently on the 3.0 update.

New characters will include the six-star characters Nautika, Moldir, and Ulrich. Five-star characters will include Buddy Fair Child, who will be free. There are also new events and outfits to acquire once it lands later this month.