No, Akshay Kumar's FAU-G was not conceptualised by Sushant Singh Rajput, team clarifies

New Delhi: On Friday, when superstar Akshay Kumar announced the multiplayer action game FAU-G (Fearless And United - Guards), a section of people believed that it was conceptualised by late star Sushant Singh Rajput. However, FAU-G developers - nCore Games - has refuted the claims by releasing a statement on the same and said that the "rumours on social media that FAU-G was conceptualised by Sushant is completely false and baseless." 

Meanwhile, the company also addressed the claims that the poster is plagiarised.

Vishal Gondal, Co-founder of Indian Game Developing Company, said in a statement:

"This statement is being issued to address certain ongoing conversations/rumours on social media that FAU-G was conceptualised by late actor Shri Sushant Singh Rajput, which is completely false and baseless.  

nCore was founded in 2019 by an Indian entrepreneur Mr Vishal Gondal and Mr Dayanadhi MG & others who have been in the gaming industry for over 20 years. It involves a team of over 25 programmers, artists, testers, designers who have worked on top gaming titles in the past and are currently developing the FAU-G game.

Vishal Gondal started his 1st gaming company Indiagames in 1998 which was sold 100% to Walt Disney in 2012 and he is also called the father of Indian gaming industry.

nCore is a mobile games and interactive entertainment company, based out of Bangalore, India. We create and publish category-defining mobile games for the Indian market. Mr Akshay Kumar has been a mentor to nCore.

FAU-G is designed and developed by the team at nCore. All copyright & intellectual property related to FAU-G is owned by nCore."  

On the plagiarism row, he adds, "Further, there are stories doing the rounds that the poster of our action game, FAU-G, is plagiarised. We would like to further clarify that we have officially bought the license to use the image from Shutter Stock. Additionally, this is just a teaser poster and we would be releasing the official game Title Screen and in-game art soon.  

To protect our interests, nCore and our founders will be initiating all the necessary actions as may be legally advised against all such persons including any foreign nationals who may be percolating such baseless and fake news for the reasons best known to them."

Clarification @vishalgondal ⁩ @dayanidhimg @akshaykumar #FAUG pic.twitter.com/qVFMjv5Crt — nCORE Games (@nCore_games) September 7, 2020

Akshay Kumar announced FAU-G on Twitter. He wrote, "Supporting PM Narendra Modi's AtmaNirbhar movement, proud to present an action game, Fearless And United-Guards FAU-G. Besides entertainment, players will also learn about the sacrifices of our soldiers. 20% of the net revenue generated will be donated to Bharat Ke Veer."

Supporting PM @narendramodi’s AtmaNirbhar movement, proud to present an action game,Fearless And United-Guards FAU-G. Besides entertainment, players will also learn about the sacrifices of our soldiers. 20% of the net revenue generated will be donated to @BharatKeVeer Trust #FAUG pic.twitter.com/Q1HLFB5hPt — Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) September 4, 2020

The game is based on real scenarios encountered by the Indian Security Forces to deal with both domestic and foreign threats. The game is expected to launch at the end of October with its first-level set in the Galwan Valley backdrop followed by third-person shooting gameplay in the subsequent releases. The game will be available on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.