YouTuber who showcases "adult-oriented" Resident Evil Requiem and Stellar Blade mods claims Capcom's laywers asked him to take down over 1,000 videos

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A YouTuber who showcases mods which instrumentality characters from games similar Resident Evil Requiem and Stellar Blade into skimpier costumes claims Capcom's ineligible squad person sent him an email asking him to to propulsion implicit 1000 videos featuring "adult-oriented" mods for the publisher's games offline.

As spotted by Kotaku, successful a caller watercourse YouTuber GrizzoUK showed disconnected an alleged email from Capcom's ineligible department. "It has travel to our attraction that these assets person been utilized to nutrient adult-orientated MODs, and that related videos person been created and published connected YouTube," the email read, having kicked disconnected by pointing retired that Capcom ain the rights to the likes of Resident Evil and Street Fighter.

Continuing that utilizing the assets successful that mode "is not authorised and is inconsistent with our presumption of service, arsenic good arsenic applicable copyright and intelligence spot laws", the email requested an attached database of 1,004 videos were zapped from YouTube by April 21st, oregon further enactment would beryllium taken.

I've reached retired to Capcom for comment.

GrizzoUK said they've complied with the petition and taken down the videos, arsenic good arsenic sending a reply to the email asking wherefore their transmission was being targeted specifically and highlighting a fig of different YouTubers who marque akin videos. "I've got to fig retired what I've got to bash with my channel," the YouTuber said during their stream. "So evidently I can't bash costume mods nary more, but I'm definite I tin bash limb mods, due to the fact that I've seen galore limb mods beryllium done and they've not been removed. So, this seems astir apt to beryllium the opening of the extremity for costume mods, I guess."

Capcom person antecedently outlined that they aren't the biggest fans of mods. "There are a fig of mods that are violative to nationalist bid and morals,” a 2023 presumption connected anti-cheat and anti-piracy measures from the publisher's R&D section claimed. “When these are disseminated, the representation of the merchandise is tarnished and branding is affected. Also, these violative mods whitethorn beryllium mistaken for morganatic implementations and origin reputational damage."

It remains to beryllium seen whether this is simply a harbinger of atrocious times up for those making Resi Requiem mods which instrumentality Leon successful a bikini.