Call of Duty accused of copying skin from another game, Deadrop

A new skin for Call of Duty: Warzone Vanguard calls for duty is getting suspiciously side-eyed for its similarity to a different 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 appears to take issue with Call of Duty’s new Doomsayer operator skin is a former Activision employee who used to work on the first-person shooter franchise.

The Monday Special will be held at official Call of Duty Twitter account promoted the Malware Ultra Skin BundleShigenori Ota (Doomsayer operator) shows off his skin. The Doomsayer is covered in black armor and a hood. Its most distinguishing feature is the glowing, hologram-like skull that shines through its helmet.

Call of Duty Fans quickly noted the Doomsayer skin’s similarity to a cosmetic revealed in July from the in-development game DeadropMidnight Society is developing the e-book. That 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 2012

Bowling appeared to take issue with Call of Duty’s Doomsayer character skin and its similarity to Deadrop’s “Four Zero Two” Variant look, tweeting early Tuesday morning, “At least name it after me.”

Loyal Samoyed skin is not to be added to and quickly removed Warzone: Call of Duty VanguardLast month, Call of Duty’s Doomsayer skin had some precedent. One of the series most recognizable characters is British special forces operator Simon “Ghost” Riley, who has been the beneficiary of a number of hooded, skull-faced skins across multiple Call of Duty games. You can read the entire article here Black Ops Cold War – Call of Duty WarzoneOperator Weaver wore a disfigured, glowing-skull Ghostlike appearance called Disciple of the Dark Aether. Vanguard Warzone have also recently experimented with LED-infused faces (Type Face) and futuristic helmets (Violet Stealth, High Bitrate), despite the shooters’ World War II-inspired setting.

Nevertheless, there are many similarities between Deadline’s Variant skin and Call of Duty’s Doomsayer are stark, enough to rile up a segment of the player base with accusations of plagiarism for the second time in a month.

Polygon reached out to Activision regarding the allegation and will keep you updated when they respond.