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Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers.

Sports video games strive for realism by closely replicating real-life players, but digitally reproducing their tattoos has led to court fights over ownership rights.

whitesoxfalife761947d ago

talk about greyest of a grey area, they just replace the authentic ones and replace them with generic kind. But that also hurt that person's authenticity....

TheUndertaker851947d ago (Edited 1947d ago )

Not just authenticity but personality too. Most people have some pretty good meanings behind the tattoos that they choose. Adding a generic one or removing them all together causes players to lose part of who they are.

Granted in this instance it’s a video game representation but that representation is a reflection of each individual player.

jlove4life1947d ago

Hell itcost me 99 dollars deluxe edtion formy player to be a crub at overall 75 pay the artist a few bucks

RememberThe3571946d ago

The game costs a lot so the publisher can afford to pay the artist royalties. I think.

RichardKing901947d ago (Edited 1947d ago )

In modern computer games, each company tries to make players as realistic as possible.

roadkillers1946d ago

Yeah, what the flying ****? How can someone own something that has become a part of your body? Creepy.

2pacalypsenow1946d ago

I think I the tatoo artists who usually design it.

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kevnb1946d ago

ya that makes sense, but I think there are times when exceptions should be made. If we are drawing a person the tattoos should be fair game, if we are just copying the tattoos for any other reason then sure, sue them.

roadkillers1946d ago

Honestly, I do not buy NBA because a basketball player has a tattoo I like..

Skankinruby1946d ago

This is an odd fact I was unaware of, I dont do the tattoo thing so I'm unaware of the rules. Does this apply to everyone or just celebrities

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno15h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Cacabunga15h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator10h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac8h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.

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The Epic Games Store Has Two More Freebies this Week

It's time to add two more games to your library for free from the Epic Games Store.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto1d 18h ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger881d 13h ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb198123h ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein22h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.