A new skin for call of Duty: war zone and Call of Duty: Vanguard is being eyed for its resemblance to another game’s character skin, just weeks after publisher Activision was accused of copying an artist’s work for Call of Duty cosmetics. One of the people who seems to be having trouble with Call of Duty’s new Doomsayer operator skin is a former Activision employee who used to work on the first-person shooter franchise.
On Monday the The official Call of Duty Twitter account promoted the malware Ultra Skin Bundle
Call of Duty fans quickly noticed the Doomsayer skin’s resemblance to a cosmetic revealed in July from the game-in-development crash, which is being developed by the studio Midnight Society. This studio’s co-founders include popular streamer Guy “Dr DisRespect” Beahm and Robert Bowling, the former creative strategist and community manager for Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward. (Bowling left IW in 2012.)
Bowling appeared to have issues with Call of Duty’s Doomsayer character skin and his likeness crash‘s “Four Zero Two” variant look, tweet early Tuesday morning“At least name it after me.”
Unlike the Loyal Samoyed skin, which was added (and quickly removed). Call of Duty: Warzone and vanguard Last month, the Doomsayer skin set some precedent in Call of Duty. One of the most iconic characters in the series is British special forces operator Simon “Ghost” Riley, who was the beneficiary of a number of hooded and skullface skins in several Call of Duty games. in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Nonetheless, the similarities between crash‘s variant skin and Call of Duty’s Doomsayer are powerful enough to anger a segment of the player base with accusations of plagiarism for the second time in a month.
Polygon has reached out to Activision for comment on the allegations and will update when the company responds.
