Blatant God Of War Knock-Off Being Sold On Xbox Store

Screenshot: Dolaka LTD / Xbox / Kotaku

God of War Ragnarok is likely one of the most anticipated video games of 2022 and has folks all over the world hyped, as the children say. But it’s solely coming to PlayStation consoles. Well don’t fear Xbox gamers, somebody has spent at the very least 20 minutes growing an Xbox model of God of War. Except it uh…sucks, seems horrible, and is probably going unauthorized by Sony.

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As noticed by Eurogamer, there’s a brand new and pretty low cost motion sport obtainable on Xbox that appears to star Kratos. The sport has the not-at-all-clunky title of War Gods Zeus of Child and is accessible for $4.09 within the US. Seems like a deal, till you see the sport in motion…

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The sport has no sound results or music, restricted animations which can be simply damaged, and there’s no actual depth to it. It’s simply waves of the identical enemy attacking Kratos time and again as he flails about, killing them and incomes a degree for each vanquished. Nearly the whole lot within the sport seems to be an asset ripped from elsewhere, together with the enemies, which appear to be a monster from a Resident Evil sport. Also, the title display for the sport has a unique title, “God of Warning.”

Here’s the outline of the sport from its precise retailer web page, which seems worryingly similar to every other sport on the Xbox retailer:

War Gods Zeus of Child is a superb battle sport. Destroy all enemies and creatures with the Zeus War Gods of challange [sic]. Kill all of them together with your gun. Launch assaults with varied combos. Reach the very best monster kills with out dying. Feel the facility of the warning god.

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Kotaku contacted Microsoft about this clear knock-off and requested the corporate the way it prevents a majority of these video games from showing within the retailer.

It seems this sport, which was made in Unity and launched on July 26, is a part of the Xbox Creators Program. The concept is to let smaller groups and solo devs use their consoles as dev tools, making it simpler for folks to make video games and promote them throughout Xbox and PC. In concept, it is a cool concept that jogs my memory quite a lot of the Xbox Indie program from the 360 period.

But it additionally has the potential to be abused by naughty devs trying to flip a couple of property to make a fast buck, particularly if the vetting of video games isn’t thorough sufficient. And whereas this God of War clone is extra a horrible joke than an enormous drawback, I’d be nervous about what else is being allowed to slip onto the Xbox retailer with what seems to be little oversight.