Call of Duty: Warzone is no stranger to wacky character skins. Whether it’s Godzilla or the Terminator, ActivisionBlizzard has opened up the game to all sorts of cosmetics that could never be considered traditional, though this isn’t a problem for a game that blends WWII, Cold War, and modern high-tech weaponry, among other things.
However, one of the latest paid skins from Call of Duty: Warzone comes with its own dilemma. Specifically, the new Floof Fury pack includes a special Operator skin themed on samoyed for Kim Tae Young, and it seems that he has been plagiarized. Sail Lin, the apparent original concept artist, has taken to Twitter to explain her case, and it’s pretty convincing.
While ActivisionBlizzard doesn’t shy away from a high-level collaboration with a totally different IP, like the Umbrella Academy crossover and war zonewhich has recently been leaked, the in-game store also often receives unique and standalone skins, one of which is the Floof Fury pack.
In it appears the skin ‘Loyal Samoyed‘, apparently plagiarized, which appears to have been heavily inspired by Lin’s 2019 concept art, as captured on her ArtStation profile.
The Loyal Samoyedwhich was released just a few weeks after the controversial “Roze 3.0” skin for another Operator of war zonehas since been withdrawn from sale after Lin raised the issue with the developer, Raven Software, and Raven Software itself. Activision Blizzard.
The issue is clearly shown in the artist’s explanation on Twitter, where he shows how Loyal Samoyed draws heavy inspiration from the original artwork, including, but not limited to, the concept itself, the clothing, and an astonishing array of details.
Loyal Samoyed was released alongside the Warzone Terminator Character Pack as a featured item of the game’s Season 4 content, but was immediately pulled from sale once the matter was brought to light.
This implies that the developer also discovered some irregularities in the production of the skin and felt the need to act, although there has been no official announcement about what will happen next.