CodeHunters was the brainchild of Ben Hibon, who had been commissioned to produce the film by MTV back in 2006.

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That may sound uncharitable, but no similar credit was given to Ben Hibon for CodeHunters for the much more successful Borderlands.

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So it is strange that the games would borrow so much from an animated short film, especially without involving Hibon or anyone else on the project.

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