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Kalashnikov, manufacturer of the AK-47, has been accused of copying designs from a game. No doubt, some polygons and color don't amount to the craftsmanship that Kalashnikov is known for. But the aesthetics do appear to be from a game.

Real-world weapons ending up in videogames is nothing new, but IGN has an interesting and very odd report about the process going the other way. It involves a shotgun called the EPM28 Mastodon in a game called Oceanic, currently in development at indie studio Ward B, and Kalashnikov Concern, a Russian defence company known worldwide as the creator and original manufacturer of the AK47.

According to Ward B CEO Marcellino Sauceda, he was contacted in 2020 by a contractor from Kalashnikov Concern, who wanted to turn the Mastodon, a brutal, futuristic shotgun that was revealed in concept art in February 2020, into a real firearm. Naturally, that sort of exposure would be a huge PR gain for the studio and its largely unknown game, and the contractor assured Sauceda that Kalashnikov "will be showcasing your name, [and] you'll have a brand on the gun."

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