[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(?). Heh.

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