Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3
Sony has apologized
again, this time "unreservedly," to the people of Manchester and the Church of England for the depiction of Manchester Cathedral in
Resistance: Fall of Man. In response, the cathedral has created a set of "sacred digital guidelines" and the Very Rev Rogers Govender said, "We still fear that the next buildings to be cloned for virtual desecration could be a mosque, synagogue, temple or other church."
There is no word if money changed hands, but
according to the Manchester Evening News Sony did admit to "using the images" of the cathedral without permission. Sony also placed an apology advertisement in the newspaper to the people of Manchester. The newspaper then shows its gratitude by calling
Resistance a "bloodthirsty game." Dr. David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, said, "We have offended some of the congregation by using the cathedral in our science fiction game. It was never our intention to offend anyone in the making of this game, and we would like to apologize unreservedly to them for causing that offense, and to all parts of the community who we might also have offended." So, does this mean the
Church of England is over wanting money, or was that just done under the table?
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Sony apologizes about Manchester Cathedral ... again 
