Call of Duty Warzone Drama; Developers Accused of Plagiarism
Call of Duty: Warzone has launched Season 4 in earnest. Among the many new additions to the game were unique operator skins. Unfortunately, one of them strongly resembles the work of one of the netizens.
Developers of Call of Duty: Warzone have prepared many interesting new features for players in the next, fourth season of the game, beginning with numerous operator skins. The latest update introduces, among others, Arnold Schwarzeneggers from Terminator 2, or a slightly more eye-pleasing hairy samoyed dog. The problem is that the latter may have been used without the permission of the project's creator.
Plagiarism?
One Internet user, going by the handle sailin, claims that the Loyal Samoyed skin for Call of Duty: Warzone was plagiarized and based on a concept he created back in 2019.. At the time, the artist posted his work on ArtStation. Perhaps some of the developers responsible for additions to the popular online shooter took a bit too much inspiration from his work.
The evidence speaks for itself
It seems that sailin is indeed right that he is the original creator of the combat dog. To prove it, he published a post on Twitter (you can see it below), to which he attached graphics comparing his own design with the one used in Call of Duty: Warzone.
They're handling the case with white gloves
It must be admitted that both works are deceptively similar. Of course, we can't make judgments until we know all the information, but perhaps something is up, because Raven Software has quietly removed the troublesome graphic from its website.
It is worth adding that the aggrieved party contacted the developers about the matter. According to the information he provided, he received a response. Unfortunately, we do not know what its content was.
But it's been done before...
Interestingly, this is not the first time Activision Blizzard has been sued for plagiarism. In 2021, photographer Clayton Haugen accused the company of having one of its cameramen resemble a character in photos he had taken of one of its cosplayers. A few months later, the man reached a settlement with the publisher (via Bloomber Law).
