“GoldenEye 007” (GoldenEye 007) is a classic shooting game launched on the N64 console in 1995. It is also loved by many fans overseas. According to foreign media reports, a fan player took 3 years to open the world masterpiece “Polar This old game was reproduced on the map editor of “Far Cry 5”, but now it was reported that the game was claimed by the copyright owner of “007” and the game was removed overnight.
In early June of this year, overseas media Kotaku reported that player Krollywood reproduced “Golden Eye 007” through the “Polar War Howl 5” map editor. Through the image, this remake recreated many map scenes of “Golden Eye 007” in 1995 with amazing details. , And all of these are built and manufactured using the original materials of “Polar War Howl 5”.
Originally, players could find the map file by searching for the name of “Krollywood” in the arcade mode of “Polar War Howl 5”, but now you can’t find it anymore, because Ubisoft has already downloaded the game map file from the server Removed.
After questioning, it was confirmed that the reason for the removal of the work was that MGM (English: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., MGM) filed a copyright claim, so Ubisoft had to remove the game.
Confirmed, MGM took down the GoldenEye maps from Far Cry 5.
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It is worth mentioning that although Ubisoft responded to Kotaku’s complaint that they respect the copyright owner, it has not confirmed whether MGM is really the copyright holder of “Golden Eye 007”. According to foreign media reports, the ownership of the game copyright of “Golden Eye 007” is not clear. Originally, the development team Rare planned to remake the game on Xbox 360, but it was cancelled in 2008.
In January of this year, a game that was suspected of being remade for “Golden Eye 007” but was canceled was revealed by foreign media on the operation of the simulator, but there was no follow-up later.
There are also doubts about whether Krollywood infringed the copyright of “Goldeneye 007”. Krollywood used the code and module materials of the “Polar War Howl 5” map editor for production, and did not use any of the original game “Goldeneye 007”. Code; Secondly, Krollywood did not use the “Golden Eye 007” remake for commercial profit.
Although Krollywood still maintains the game’s files, it is obvious that with the copyright declaration of MGM, the game may not be easily released for the time being before the players and fans can taste the nostalgic memories.
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