Far Cry 6: PETA wants to ban cockfighting in the game

Last Wednesday (6), Ubisoft finally released the long-awaited Far Cry 6But the reviews didn’t take long. Then go a mapDedicated to animal rights, he petitioned to try and rule out one of the mini-games available in the adventure: virtual cockfighting.

“Turning a horrific, bloody sport like cockfighting into a Mortal Kombat-style video game is far from a true innovation, as today’s society is staunchly opposed to forcing animals to fight to the death,” says a communication from the organization.

PETA is trying to improve the lives of animals around the world, thus always opening discussions to try to boycott companies that do not favor animal welfare. In Brazil, fighting cocks and any other fight with animals has been a crime since 1961.

No digital cockfighting

The NGO believes that video games are an important part of digital media and offers many small games to educate people about animal abuse – if you want to play titles like Pokémon Black & Blue, Super Tofu Boy or Mario Kills Tanooki, just go to official site.

“The roosters used in battles have sharp spurs that tear flesh and bone, and inflict painful and fatal wounds. PETA is asking Ubisoft to replace the abhorrent little game with one that does not glorify cruelty,” the NGO added.

There was another case of the organization boycotting recently related to the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which allows users to collect insects and fish to display in an in-game museum.

Far Cry 6 It was released worldwide on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S platforms. This time, Giancarlo Espositowho starred in the series, Too bad In other productions, he is one of the actors who lent his voice and face to the saga.

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