[U] Some Rather Depraved Friday Trivia: PlayStation Has Removed A "Resident Evil" Illicit Copy-Cat Game Called "Ebola Village". Who Would Play Such a Game?!

I suppose the only good news here is that the malignant people who coded this complete ripoff of a game. . . did not make the majority of the characters / afflicted avatars. . . people of color. It will vanish into the mist, in any event -- very shortly.

Aside from the blatant stealing of intellectual property, the idea of creating a "game" that "Zombifies" people with an actual, real world, very dangerously-lethal virus. . . seems beyond the pale. Here's the gamer mag's take on it all (as of about midnight, overnight):

. . .Update [Fri 9th Jan 2026, 12:15am]: Well, this is curious, isn’t it? Sony has removed the trailer for Ebola Village from its official YouTube channel.

The game’s PS Store page remains live with a release date of 23rd January touted, so it looks like the title is still going to come out. [UPDATE: inactivated.]

But clearly the platform holder no longer wanted to host this release’s footage on its account. . . .

Sony has since removed the title altogether, likely due to complaints from the Resident Evil creators. Good riddance! [Updated: I see that some gamers have taken to calling this "Temu Resident Evil" -- but that only insults. . . Temu. Heh.]

Maybe it's just me. . . but the character they created looks a lot like. . . Roger Stone(?). Heh.

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