Call of Duty: Vanguard (hereinfollowing referred to as Vanguard) A plagiarism controversy arose over the new skin ‘Royal Samoyed’ of the Korean operator ‘Taeyoung’.
The controversy began on the 30th, when concept artist ‘Sailin’ wrote an inquiry to Activision’s official account through Twitter. In the tweet, she said that she was the original creator of the Vanguard Samoyed skin, and that it was only following the skin was released that she learned that her work had been plagiarized.
In addition, data that compared and contrasted the parts claimed to be plagiarism were also disclosed. According to this, the design of the gun behind the back, the shape of the scarf, the elbow protector worn on the left arm, the small bag located at the waist, and the shape of the pants are becoming a problem.
Author Sailin attached the tweet with a link showing that the original Samoyed skin was his work. In the link, you can check the Samoyed medic work similar to the announced skin, and it was confirmed that the work was already uploaded 2 years ago.
At the end of the article, the writer concluded, “I ask Activision for clarification and compensation, and I hope the situation will be resolved as soon as possible. As an individual artist, I must publicly comment so that this does not happen once more in the future.” .
Activision Blizzard did not give an official response to this, but the related skin reveal video and photos are now gone.
