Activision accused of ripping off Dr Disrespect's game for a $20 Call of Duty skin
Just a few weeks after acknowledging the «misstep» of plagiarizing the Floof Fury skin for Call of Duty: Warzone(opens in new tab), Activision is facing accusations of having done it again, this time with a skin that looks remarkably similar to a «Variant» in Midnight Society's upcoming extraction shooter Deadrop.
Variants, in the world of Deadrop, are the players who purchased the first round of early access passes to the game. Among the bonuses granted to them for being first in line are «VisorCortex IDs,» which are basically NFTs that grant unique visor skins to those who own them. Think Daft Punk but more overtly martial.
«The VisorCortex acts as your identity within the Midnight Society and can be used as your verified avatar in and outside the community,» the studio explained(opens in new tab) in March, before Midnight Society's game had a proper title. «Variants may sell their Access Pass along with their attached VisorCortex ID to relinquish their utility within the Midnight Society or trade VisorCortex IDs with other Access Pass holders without losing their Variant perks.»
Fast-forward to this week, when Activision rolled out the new Doomsayer skin for Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard. The centerpiece of the skin is a glowing, pale blue holographic skull beneath a loose-fitting grey hood, which people quickly noticed bears a strong resemblance to a Deadrop visor skin. And not just any visor skin, but very specifically the one belonging to Robert Bowling(opens in new tab), who prior to his days at Midnight Society was community relations manager and creative strategist at Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward.
Bowling appeared to acknowledge the similarities on Twitter, writing—without any obvious context, although
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