PETA Is Urging Ubisoft To Replace Cockfighting Game in Far Cry 6

PETA has called for Ubisoft to edit Far Cry 6 days after its release, due to the cockfighting minigame.

[SyntheticForm]

LOL.

[robtion]

I'm all for protecting animals from cruelty but this just makes PETA look stupid. It's a game. They should focus on protecting animals in the real world. You know, the ones that are actually alive.

[SyntheticForm]

Oh, I agree, but I would say it depends greatly on the animal.

Big cats for example and endangered species I'm all for protecting. These are video game chickens though and I'm not moved; in fact I'm laughing at the absurdity of it all.

This is just senseless alarmism.

[Bobertt]

PETA kills more animals than they save.

[himdeel]

If they do, they should also replace the bullets in all the guns with Skittles. And the blood with rainbows.

[babadivad]

Peta kills more animals than any shelter. They don't try to rehome pets, they just kill them. They have even been caught stealing pets from peoples yards to euthanize them. The fucking nerve of these people.

[anubusgold]

Peta puts more animals to sleep than anyone else they should shut up. Thats a fact they like to hide because they cant find homes for them all.

[fr0sty]

I pose this question... if such a thing is permissible in a game because it's "just a game", at what point do we draw the line as to what isn't? Is rape permissible? is harming children in any way imaginable (physically, mentally, sexually, etc) permissible as long as it is done virtually? I'm against most forms of censorship myself, but I can't help but question exactly where we draw the line here, and who gets to draw that line.

[frostypants]

Not sure, but that line is a helluva long way from this. People are freaking out over chickens...CHICKENS...dying in a game where human beings are killing each other all over the place.

[TheDoomedGuy]

Right cuz chicken cruelty is what makes you question where that line is....not say...shooting people, stabbing, punching and all other violent action in games.

Chicken violence is a big no no of course.
Let chickens fight for their rights and better representation.

[SeTTriP]

The answer to your questions should be obvious ummm its not real, I just eat a plate of chicken no more then 30mins ago, and these people must be joking.

Go into a film or book forum and ask the same question . they've been indulging for quite awhile.

[yardank]

Check out the ESRB if you want to know how game content is rated.

[Rebel_Scum]

lol I was thinking the same thing when there was a similar article posted a few days ago. A lot of people here commented about how it aint real so whats the problem.

Whats stopping people from making kiddy grooming games or rape sims as mentioned above?

Context.

A game based solely on those topics would be bad taste. But a game with cock fighting in a latin influenced pretend country and society can make sense in context given cock fighting exists in latin countries legally or not that is influencing this game.

Problem is Peta is really one eyed when it comes to animals.

[1Victor]

Ladies and gentlemen get your cock fighting jokes ready this is going to be a long story. 🤦🏿

[sourOG]

Don’t be French Ubi. No one cares what PETA says.

[sourOG]

No offense to France our oldest ally. I think it’s f**led up Biden left y’all out of that deal.

[Kerppamaister]

Negotiations are back on, didn't you hear?

[GamingManiac]

Nah, fuck the French, Cocky bastards should be speaking German right now.

[sourOG]

No I didn’t hear.

Lol even the French went to go get their people in Afghanistan. What does that say about us.

[Christopher]

I think diesel submarines are the dumbest thing.

[sourOG]

@chris
I know a US nuclear sub just had a collision in the South China Sea in the last few days. Seemed serious with damage and injuries. It sounded expensive lol. Diesel sounds like quantity thing but I’m not caught up on details.

What I read it seemed symbolic but that just makes it worse. He forgot France in the collaboration and they had to reopen it lmao. No ill will, he’s just old and didn’t realize.

[NatsuXTheMaxspeed21]

bro stfu you sound so ignorant .

[sourOG]

No.

[NatsuXTheMaxspeed21]

ubisoft is mostly french tho... theyll cave in.

[sourOG]

You got the joke… very high chance of caving.

[Relientk77]

I was waiting to hear what PETA said about this lol

[gerbintosh]

PETA: Please stop the display of killing electronic animals!

Also PETA: Ignores the display of killing electronic people

[medman]

If I want to fight with my cock, that is my right. Get your hands off my cock, PETA.

[TheDoomedGuy]

I'll fight for your cocks rights!

[Rhythmattic]

Worry when it becomes hands on.

[VivaChe]

I don’t usually side with PETA but cockfighting is sick and it shouldn’t be promoted or condoned. I think it should be taken out of the game.

[Popsicle]

Then you should likewise be against any game that depicts violence against anybody or anything. Just because because something is depicted does not mean it is condoned.

[Master of Unlocking]

It's different though. Just because we humans are like that, naturally inclined towards violence, doesn't mean animals should suffer for it. They've paid way too damn high a price in history, during wars etc.for the evil that men do, that wasn't their doing at all. No dog or horse or bird or cat ever came up with the idea to invent the Gatling gun, land mines or the nuclear or hydrogen bombs.

[PS-Gamer-1986]

Master of unlockling

That's a very naive viewpoint.

What animals suffer from this game?
If you are implying people will play the game and suddenly start cockfighting, you would have to be worried that killing ingame would translate to harming people irl.

And many innocent people (who did not invent or use landmines, gatling guns etc, hurt nobody at all) died a violent death in the past and still do every single day, so depicting killing npc somehow condone the killing of these people?

Btw.
Violence is not only human nature, it IS NATURE period. Nature has been violent and gruesome for hundred millions of years and will remain to be long after humans are gone. Chimpanzees literally go to war, gnus get eaten alive by wild dogs - butt first!, male dolphins gang r@p€ females.......... It is gross but ii it "normal".

i totally respect choosing one side -accepting the depiction of fake violence against any fake being or not accepting the depiction of fake violence against anything AT ALL. But anything in between is foolish

[goldwyncq]

But shooting people is okay huh?

[VivaChe]

If you’re fighting human NPCs it’s assumed they’re willing combatants. When they’re not (ie. the airport shooting scene in Modern Warfare) then no that’s not ok either. The difference is whether in the game you’re killing a willing participant, ie. a “bad guy.” So there’s a difference (at least in my opinion).

[Popsicle]

@VivaChe I suppose that rules out playing games depicting those unwillingly drafted to fight in the multiples of wars that have occurred throughout the history. Also rules out games depicting enslaved gladiators during the Roman Empire whom were made to fight. etc., etc., etc.

Again depicting anything violent does not mean it is being condoned. If you want to take a stand against actual cockfighting I will stand with you. However, we are talking about virtual chickens.

[MetalProxy]

It’s absolutely ok to shoot people in certain situations

[oldenjon]

yeah of course, fuck people. not even being ironic

[PS-Gamer-1986]

Oldenjon

Why are you still here, able to write comments with that viewpoint? I mean i guess you are human...............or not? Or is it "every other human but me" or " every human I don't like" ? Where do you draw the line?

[RedDevils]

@VivaChe go play with your fuckung rainbow.

[RaiderNation]

But all of the gruesome human on human violence is ok?

Its not being "promoted." Like it or not, cockfighting happens and in certain cultures its perfectly accepted and legal. Just because its presented in a game doesnt mean UBI Soft condones or promotes it. Not everything that's simply presented as environmental storytelling is meant as a way of saying "hey we support this".

[Atom666]

I get what you're saying...but they're the geniuses who made a mini game out of it. Not sure they can play the whole "we don't promote this" card. "Environmental storytelling" this is not, lol.

Well, they could say those things if they weren't Ubi. They don't have the balls to just say that "this is a game...we use violence and controversy to sell this particular title...we're here to get your $$..."

[Master of Unlocking]

The thing is, it's not "simply presented as environmental storytelling" as you put it, since the developers allow you to actively participate in it...

[PS-Gamer-1986]

Atom666

Some People nowadays need disclaimers and trigger warnings. Seems they aren't able to use common sense smh.

[medman]

@vivache
Hey.....what I do with my cock is my business.

[ecchiless]

just be sure to clean later.... xD

[TheDoomedGuy]

And clean up all the blood...

[Realms]

Cock fighting is where you draw the line? Yeah let's disregard the murderous vigilante justice that the main character undertakes. I swear do some of you even think it through before posting about irrational emotional outrage that makes zero logic.

[Aloymetal]

@VivaChe.....Che was an assassin and scum but you're not ok with cock fighting....Ok

[Christopher]

Not in this world. If you play the Chicharron amigo quest you'll see that, in this world, chickens make their own decisions.

[Germaximus]

You're not alone. The majority are sheep zombies.

[Rachel_Alucard]

If all it takes to condone something, is it existing in the game as it would in the local culture. Then there's a laundry list of things you have to go down too instead of just singling out chickens. What about the fact you can literally buy whale meat in Japan and whaling is still a culturally accepted thing? What about the fact there is no protection for Animals in mainland China whatsoever? They have this dish in China called Ying Yang fish that involves deep frying fish while it is still alive. Absolutely no word from anyone until it's present in their video game.

[ScootaKuH]

But it makes sense in the context of the game. I'd also rather see something I know is fake than the real thing.

[qalpha]

Keep in mind, PETA are the people that once equated eating eggs to the Nazi Holocaust. Take that into account when you consider anything they have to say.

[TheDoomedGuy]

Wtf were PETA employees doing with thier eggs to come up with that comparison.

[ShadowWolf712]

Don't they have pets to euthanize?

[got_dam]

I plan on buying the game just for Chicken Fighter2. Cockadoodle-Ryu..... ya know, im sorry for all that.

[jznrpg]

Don’t be sorry I appreciated it .

[slowgamer]

*Sigh* They should praise the game because you can pet almost any animal and not getting stuck on little cocks.

[Christopher]

You can also feed certain animals in the wild if you holster your weapon.

[dbcoops]

Someone here said the other day after the first article about this we would see a Peta article, you called it.

[dbcoops]

Is Peta putting the same amount of energy into making Cuba change its laws regarding Cockfighting where its currently legal in REAL LIFE?

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

I'm against animal abuse, but maybe they can focus on cases of it in the real world? The thing about fiction is it isn't real, and the vast majority of people who play these games aren't engaging in such problematic activities IRL. Moreover, focusing on cases in fiction doesn't actually solve real world instances of it, as that stuff is happening whether or not this particular game depicts it. Armchair outrage in general is just useless and only serves to annoy people. If these people want to actually make a difference they should stop talking and actually do something that makes a difference.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Well said.

[Knightofelemia]

I knew there would be a story popping up about PETA and the chicken fights in FC6 this is what I think about when people mention PETA.

https://youtu.be/ZixDZZ71o3...

[Mr_Luke]

Well, it was just a matter of time... i knew this was coming ^^'''

[brewin]

A GAME about shooting people in the face and blowing s*** up and they're worried about chickens fighting lol

You can also use a flamethrower to burn plants, trees, grass etc. What about plant rights and ethical treatment

[Ninver]

No

[Ninver]

If I want to abuse my cock it's my right. You didn't buy the game for me.

[dmonee]

Saw this coming a mile away lol. Here we go with the sensitive Karen’s, moving in on the gaming world. Let’s censor video games now and only allow games like super Mario.

[nowitzki2004]

Peta Griffin

[Bathyj]

The cock fighting in farcry is awesome. It's so tongue in cheek, it's presented like Street fighter. They don't wear blades and they don't die. At least in the first fight I had. Just get over it. I'm expecting more trouble from women's groups for all the machete kills I did on women.

[ikarodemon]

PETA is a big Joke.

[VTKC]

It's a videogame. There's been smashing of people's heads in, slicing people to ribbons, blowing people up, disemboweling, assassinations on people with a variety of choice. PETA STFU and get a grip.

[Orchard]

Won’t somebody think of the virtual animals 😱🤡

[iplay1up2]

Really? I can kill someone I car jacked, but cock fighting, which is real, is unacceptable!?!?!?!?!?

[Germaximus]

I used to think this was stupid when I was younger but I understand it more now.

"Turning a horrific bloodsport like cockfighting into a Mortal Kombat–style video game match is a far cry from real innovation, as today’s society is strongly opposed to forcing animals to fight to the death. Roosters used in cockfights are fitted with sharp spurs that tear through flesh and bone, causing agonizing and fatal injuries. PETA Latino urges Ubisoft to replace this reprehensible minigame with one that doesn’t glorify cruelty."

Basically, if you condone it in the game, you condone it in real life. Lead by example.

[46player]

PETA can go to Hell with Brandon.

[Npugz7]

Get fu?$ed it’s a damn video game!!!!

[Knushwood Butt]

I hope they replace it with dog fighting.

[SavageFlamingo]

PETA? The people who kill kittens and puppies and throw them in the dumpster? How do they feel they still have the right to ask for something like that?

[EvilCalvin]

Basically people suck. No matter how you look at it.

[MadLad]

Switch it to kitten punting.

[ScootaKuH]

Oh PETA stop it. No animals are being harmed. It's a game!

Perhaps PETA should concentrate of real life issues, like pangolins being hunted almost out of existence.

If people can't tell the difference between a game and reality then they have much larger problems

[dreamed]

Man I can't believe Ubisoft actually did this,what with all the inclusivity going on in their games..lol I better go and try it out before they update it out of the game....

[dreamed]

If peta care that much they should check out chicken farming in the UK...trust me it Will make you puke. Also chickens will eat eachother alive...I've seen it happen.

[CrimsonWing69]

But it’s ok to mass murder humans.

[Mh10]

If you remove the cock fights then I'm not buying the game.

[ConsoleAgnostic]

People are getting shot in the face in this game and they are worried about roosters... I love animals, but this is ridiculous. 🤦

[brewin]

PETA is one of the most liberal hardcore left wing cancel culture propagandists the world has ever seen. Now you know why America is screwed. We are under full leftist control. The outrage over the most trivial stuff is just sad 🙈🐑

[ajax17]

This just reeks of "look at us, we're still relevant." Aren't these the same fuckers that steal people's dogs off their lawns and kill them?

[cluclap]

There is literally a part where you have to shoot and kill like 30 dogs and no one talks about this lol

[Nicknasty]

The world has really lost its mind lately