Check this out:

Skyrim: http://images.uesp.net/4/40/SR-wallpaper-Dragonborn-1024x768.jpg

Devil May Cry: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/DmC_box_art.png

DMC's reboot was announced earlier, yes, but it wasnt til well into 2012 that they actually released the box art.

It's a fairly common design (Hero holding weapons out looking down while crazy crap is going on).

You kidding me?

More like just not being original.

Kinda like Hollywood too http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18aaxsejr5w1pjpg/xlarge.jpg

It's a http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120120052624/callofduty/images/d/db/Modern_Warfare_2_cover.PNG http://bf3blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/battlefield-3-pc-box.jpg http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110918013829/deusix/en/images/7/7f/DeusixHumanRevolutionCover.png.

So it seems the Dragonborn has been stealing more than souls himself

This. You're making too much out of nothing.