Is FAU-G poster plagiarised? Was it conceptualized by Sushant? Gaming company clarifies

Gaming company nCore games on Monday took to ir social media handle to clarify rumours around ir newly anunced action game "FAU-G (Fearless and United - Guards). Within hours of anuncement by Akshay Kumar, social media was filled with accusation by Netizens claiming that poster was plagiarised. Moreover, many also alleged that makers stole concept from late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Vishal Gondal, Co-founder of Indian game developing company, in a statement said, "This statement is being issued to address certain ongoing conversations/rumours on social media that FAU: G was conceptualized by late actor Shri Sushant Singh Rajput, which is completely false and baseless."

On plagiarism row, he adds, “Furr, re are stories doing rounds that poster of our action game, FAU-G, is plagiarised. We would like to furr clarify that we have officially bought license to use im from Shutter Stock. Additionally, this is just a teaser poster and we would be releasing official game Title Screen and in-game art soon.  

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FULL STATEMENT

nCore was founded in 2019 by an Indian entrepreneur Mr Vishal Gondal and  Mr Dayanadhi MG & ors who have been in gaming industry for over 20 years. It involves a team of over 25 programmers, artists, testers, designers who have worked on top gaming titles in past and are currently developing FAU: G game.

Vishal Gondal started his 1st gaming company Indiagames in 1998 which was sold 100% to Walt Disney in 2012 and he is also called far of Indian gaming industry.

nCore is a mobile games and interactive entertainment company, based out of Bangalore, India. We create and publish category-defining mobile games for Indian market. Mr. Akshay Kumar has been a mentor to nCore. FAU:G is designed and developed by team at nCore.All copyright & intellectual property related to FAU:G is owned by nCore.  

To protect our interests, nCore and our founders will be initiating all necessary actions as may be legally advised against all such persons including any foreign nationals who may be percolating such baseless and fake news for reasons best kwn to m. #JaiHind.”

ABOUT GAME

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Friday came out with his own mobile smartphone game "FAU:G", days after central government banned 118 apps, including PUBG, amid fresh border tensions with China in eastern Ladakh. Akshay said game, titled "Fearless and United: Guards" hours Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (Self-Reliant India) campaign.

Akshay furr said that action game will donate 20 per cent of revenue towards Bharat Ke Veer Trust. It is based on real scenarios encountered by Indian security forces to deal with both domestic and foreign threats.

first level of game is set in Galwan Valley, where Indian and Chinese personnel had clashed on June. In a statement, Akshay said with 'FAU:G', he is hoping that its users will learn about sacrifices of soldiers and also contribute to families of martyrs.

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(With PTI inputs)