A €1 million lawsuit has been filed against Activision by the family of Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi over his depiction in 2012's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
The Guardian reports that three of Savimbi's children allege their father is portrayed as a "barbarian" in the shooter.
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"[He's portrayed as] a big halfwit who wants to kill everybody," lawyer Carole Enfert explained, but she added, Savimbi was actually a "political leader and strategist".
Savimbi led the opposition against Angola's communist-backed government and had the support of the US during the country's vicious civil war which resulted in the deaths of 500,000.
Appearing in the Pyrrhic Victory level of the game, Savimbi encourages his soldiers to kill as many enemies as possible while he waves a granade launcher. Denying the claims, Activision says Savimbi is shown to be a "good guy".
In 2014 ex-Panama dictator Manuel Noriega sued Activision for his depiction in Black Ops 2, claiming he was portrayed as "the culprit of numerous fictional heinous crimes."
Activision described that lawsuit as "absurd" and hired US Attorney and ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani to fight the case, which was thrown out of court by the judge.
