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Call of Duty publisher sued by family of Angolan rebel

Video game publisher Activision is being sued by the family of Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi, who have objected to his depiction in the game Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

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hellothere19773051d ago

hmmmm, interesting. didn't Ellie from TLOU have a very close likeness to Ellen Paige? didn't she threaten to sue Naughty Dog and so they ninja-edited her character model and denied any association between Ellen and Ellie?

however, Treyarch undeniably uses this guy's likeness AND name against his wishes, but this is somehow OK to americans?

hypocrites, much?

DragonDDark3050d ago (Edited 3050d ago )

She didn't threaten to sue Naughty Dog... She even said she's going to play it. (by now she did) https://twitter.com/Naughty...

hellothere19773050d ago

perhaps not...of course, no reason to be too upset about free publicity on a popular game that paints your character in the highest of light. doubt she would be happy if they made Ellie's character into something that went against Ellen's established beliefs...like a a racist homophobe or something of that level.

Halo4isTrash3050d ago

The dude is a Rebel/Terrorist, they don't have rights.

dmetripaulpavlin3050d ago

That's not how rights work. And to you he is a terrorist to his people he was a freedom fighter. No different from any nation in history, very few figures set out to do actual evil most have the intent of taking care of their own and eliminating all that oppose it or could hinder it.

hellothere19773050d ago

you are aware your government trained and supplied many of these so-called "terrorist", right?

Halo4isTrash3049d ago

@Hellothere77 I live in the Uk, not the the US, even if it was the UK who were "helping" these "rebels", that doesn't make it right & it doesn't mean i support anything my gov't does.

DragonDDark3049d ago

Or she is just a good person?

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Activision team is opening a new game studio in Poland 'Elsewhere Entertainment' to build new AAA IP

Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.

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windowscentral.com
Psychonaut856d ago

They’re not working on Call of Duty? Give it time.

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Call Of Duty 2026 is a Ghosts reboot claim leakers

The details for multiple future Call Of Duty games appear to have leaked, including a follow-up to Advanced Warfare.

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Activision Blizzard Faces $23.4M Fine for Patent Infringement

Activision Blizzard ordered to pay $23.4M for patent infringement involving popular games.

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Skuletor13d ago

Another L for Xbox, when are they going to have good news?

MrDead13d ago

I would read the article but the giant pop-ups from the top and bottom of the screen made me close it.

Without reading $23.4 million isn't a deterrent for a company that size.

peppeaccardo13d ago

Boss: Let's fire a few people to recoup on that loss.
Slave: Cortana has decided to get rid of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks.
Boss: Let's get those Firing Letters "Copilot Approved" and send them through the power of the cloud.
Slave: Long Live Phil !!!
ALL in the room: LONG LIVE PHIL !!!!

rlow113d ago

Well another troll company with a patent trying to extort money out of companies. Seems like they’re going to try and sue everyone.

PRIMORDUS13d ago

Not enough drain them for more, fuck Blizzard POS company.