A new Call of Duty Warzone dog skin included in season 4 of the battle royale game is the subject of controversy as an artist accuses Activision of plagiarising a design they created two years prior. The ‘Loyal Samoyed’ skin, introduced as part of the ‘Floof Fury’ tracer pack, replaces the head of operator Kim Tae Young with that of the giant, fluffy pup breed.
Concept artist Sail Lin claims that the skin, which also sports a black and white patterned scarf and blue camo clothing, closely resembles a design called ‘Samoye Medical’ that they uploaded to Artstation in December 2019. They posted comparison shots on their Twitter account, along with a statement about the situation.
“I am the original artist that the upcoming CoD Vanguard Samoyed skin was plagiarised from,” writes Sail Lin, “Even though I am a CoD player, I am very disappointed to see my work being plagiarised by a big company like Activision in this way.” They say that they have reached out to Activision to seek “an explanation and/or compensation.”
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