Sony has exorcised the depiction of a crook masquerading as a BT engineer from the best-selling PlayStation 2 game, The Getaway, following complaints from the monster telco. On release The Getaway featured scenes where the game's anti-hero, Mark Hammond, steals a BT engineer's van and his overalls to evade detection while engaged on a murderous rampage through London under the coercion of crime boss Charlie Jolson.
BT, understandably miffed at scenes where someone in its clearly branded overalls goes on a Terminator-style killing spree in a London police station, objected to Sony. The Japanese games giant has agreed to remove the offending material from further copies of the game.
"We were concerned about violent scenes involving characters dressed as BT engineers in the game," a BT spokesman told us. "BT made contact with Sony's senior people in the UK, who responded quickly to change elements of the game that might incite violence towards BT engineers, something we naturally take very seriously."
The Getaway, which cost more than £3 million to produce, sold 240,000 copies (according to pre-Xmas figures) after its early December release and tops gaming charts.
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News source: The Reg
