Ex-dictator Manuel Noriega sues Activision over 'Call of Duty' game

[Niklasgunner]

[url]http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-noriega-activision-lawsuit-20140715-story.html[/url]
[quote]Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega is suing the Santa Monica video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. for depicting him and using his name without his permission in one of the fastest-selling video games.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Noriega alleges that “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” portrays him as “a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state.” This was done “to heighten realism in its game,” which “translates directly into heightened sales” for Activision, the lawsuit states.

Noriega, 80, is seeking lost profits as well as damages. His attorneys did not respond to requests for comment.
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[AK'z]

[quote]seeking lost profits[/quote]

So doing atrocities should automatically gain you money, get outta here m8.

[JDER14]

But...you were a genuinely horrible human being.

[gudman]

[quote]“a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state.” This was done “to [b]heighten realism[/b] in its game,” which “translates directly into heightened sales” for Activision, the [b]lawsuit states[/b].[/quote]

So... doesn't that mean, that Noriega's lawsuit agrees that him being "a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state" is "realistic"?..

[fruxodaily]

For anyone who cares *SPOILERS*

[sp]He plays a roll in the kidnapping of Mason, when you play as Hudson you're given the task to eliminate a target which they say is Menendez, shooting anywhere but the legs (?) will kill the target. You find out in the end the person you actually shot was Mason and it was all staged[/sp]

[t]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121124064718/callofduty/images/c/c1/Manuel_Noriega_Time_and_Fate_BOII.png[/t]

[editline]16th July 2014[/editline]

He pretends to work with the US when really he deadset hates them, which is pretty much what he did IRL. If anything Black Ops 2 portrayed him how he was, a cruel evil cunt

[Sableye]

"I'm going to sue you for portraying me as an evil dictator!"-evil dictator
" but you were..."-activision

[Sonic Fan]

Doesn't surprise me. Fidel Castro flipped his shit when Black Ops I came out.

Although [sp]you didn't kill him, you killed a body double who Castro himself hands Mason over to the Russians when revealed at the end of the mission.[/sp]

[fruxodaily]

[QUOTE=Sonic Fan;45405850]Doesn't surprise me. Fidel Castro flipped his shit when Black Ops I came out.

Although [sp]you didn't kill him, you killed a body double who hands Mason over to the Russians when revealed and captured.[/sp][/QUOTE]

He was probably more pissed over how Black Ops portrayed his relationship with the Soviet Union and made him out to look bad

[Chernobyl426]

I didn't even know he was real :v: