{"id":522144,"date":"2026-03-04T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2191999"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:05:21","slug":"flight-sim-developer-asks-people-not-to-use-its-game-to-make-fake-footage-of-ukrainian-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/flight-sim-developer-asks-people-not-to-use-its-game-to-make-fake-footage-of-ukrainian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight sim developer asks people not to use its game to make fake footage of Ukrainian war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/flight-sim-developer-asks-people-not-to-use-its-game-to-make-fake-footage-of-ukrainian-war.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eagle Dynamics, developer of flight combat sim DCS World, has asked people not to upload footage from its game and claim it to be footage from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The company behind the military combat simulator made a plea to users, requesting they respect the sensitivity of real-world events: &#8220;it is paramount to avoid generating images that could be misconstrued and potentially put lives in danger&#8230; we beg you to be sensible and avoid using DCS to create videos of this nature&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-02-dcs-world-developer-asks-people-to-not-use-its-game-to-present-fake-footage-of-ukrainian-war\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-03-02-dcs-world-developer-asks-people-to-not-use-its-game-to-present-fake-footage-of-ukrainian-war\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagle Dynamics, developer of flight combat sim DCS World, has asked people not to upload footage from its game and claim it to be footage from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The company behind the military combat simulator made a plea to users, requesting they respect the sensitivity of real-world events: &#8220;it is paramount to avoid generating images that could be misconstrued and potentially put lives in danger&#8230; we beg you to be sensible and avoid using DCS to create videos of this nature&#8221;. 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