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{{quote|''The TMP is actually an MP 9. We incorrectly labelled it as such when the weapon was being modelled, and some gun-nerd got pissed off about it. [[Trolling Creator|So we kept it known as a TMP.]]''|''James'', developer of ''[[CryofCry of Fear]]''}}
 
 
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== Action Games ==
* In ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]]'', the grenade launcher resembles the [[wikipedia:Milkor MGL|Milkor MGL]], while the third game's "Spiral" is actually a [[wikipedia:Lahti L-39|Lahti L-39]] anti-tank rifle.
 
 
== First-Person Shooter ==
* ''[[Counter-Strike (Video Game)|Counter-Strike]]'' for (almost) every gun; the real names can be found if you look at the console, though. Also, there's a patch that replaces the fake names with the actual names; the "Maverick Carbine", for example, becomes the "Colt M4A1". Interestingly enough, the real names were used in the ''[[Half-Life (Video Gameseries)|Half-Life]]'' mod version, but not the retail stand-alone product. Probably a key difference is that the ''[[Half-Life (Video Gameseries)|Half-Life]]'' mod was free, but the retail Counter-Strike wasn't.
* ''[[GoldenGoldenEye Eye007 (1997 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Golden Eye 1997]]'' (and most other [[James Bond]] games for that matter) have this; example: "RC-P90" for the FN Herstal P90.
** In all of the EA 007 games they used fake names that were ridiculously close to the real ones, like "Koffler & Stock" (for Heckler & Koch) or "Wolfram P2K" (for Walther PPK or P99). They also called the Desert Eagle an "IAC Defender".
** Averted in ''Everything or Nothing'', as all the guns have their real names (i.e. P99 instead of P2K).
** Interesting variation in ''Quantum of Solace'': While the Walther guns and the M14 are referred to by their actual names, a good deal of the rest are named in the form of [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]] to previous Bond films. The Glocks are the [[Goldfinger (Film)|GF17/GF18]], the M1911 is the [[Casino Royale (Film)|CR1911]], and the AKS-74U is the [[From Russia Withwith Love (Film)|FRWL]]. [http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/007:_Quantum_of_Solace_(VG) More here.]
** ''[[GoldenGoldenEye Eye Wii007 (Video2010 video Gamegame)|Golden Eye Wii]]'' kinda zigzags with this trope; the P99 and WA 2000 (both made by Walther, who apparently has some sort of endorsement deal with the Bond films), as well as the AK-47, are all called by their real names, but every single other gun has an extremely contrived-sounding fake name (for example, the SCAR-H is called the "Kallos-TT9", and the M4 is the "Terralite III").
* ''GoldenEye'''s [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' avoided this by using made-up weapons from the future, but one [[Cheat Code]] let you use weapons from ''GoldenEye'' that had had their names changed ''again'' for legal reasons. It got a bit confusing.
* ''[[Soldier of Fortune]]'' used lots of obvious real-world guns that were given either flatly descriptive names (such as calling what is clearly a SPAS-12 simply ''the shotgun'') or fake ones, such as "Silver Talon" in lieu of ''Desert Eagle''...
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* The ''[[Time Splitters]]'' series uses both AKA 47 names and real gun names in about equal measure. You can shoot someone with a Luger pistol in Timesplitters 2, but the AK-47 is referred to as the "Soviet S-47". In ''Future Perfect'', they drop the real names -- the Lugers are Krugers, and the S-47 is the Soviet Rifle. Most of the weapons have generic names -- Shotgun, Pistol 9mm, etc.
* ''[[STALKER]]: Shadow of Chernobyl'' has a variety of weapons, ranging from semi-antique to state-of-the-art, which are given obscure alternate names, though they exist in real life (for the most part). Examples: the AK-74 becomes the "Akm 74/2", the AKS-74U is the "Akm 74/2U", the AN-94 Abakan is the "Obokan", the Franchi SPAS12 is the "SPSA14", and so on.
* Curiously inverted at times in ''[[Black (Videovideo Gamegame)|Black]]'' - while all the gun names are real, many of the models are modified.
* ''[[No One Lives Forever]]'' uses this, with the exception of M79 grenade launcher and AK-47. What's most puzzling, the Dragunov Sniper Rifle is referred to as "Geldmacher SVD", while "SVD" only would suffice (like in the "Klobb" case for ''[[GoldenGoldenEye Eye007 (1997 (Videovideo Gamegame)|GoldenEye]]'', it was named after a dev team member). Same goes for the sequel.
* ''[[Far Cry]] 2'' plays with this. It mostly gives its weapons real names (with the exception of a .50 pistol that's quite obviously a Desert Eagle), but the manufacturer names are generally not the real-life makers of each gun. Some are marked as having been made by "Precision Armaments", a corporation known for making cheap knock-offs.
* Zig-zagged by the ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' franchise. The first of the series uses vague and ambiguous names for all its weapons, such as "Hunting Rifle" and "Auto Shotgun", even though they clearly are modeled after real-life firearms. The second game and DLC introduces a few correctly named guns, but still insists on using nondescriptive names for the others.
* [[Brink]] has some guns that are obvious expies of real weapons. For example, the Colt M1911 is renamed 'Kalt', Steyr TMP is 'Tampa', and Knight's Armament ChainSAW is 'Chinzor'. Others have names based after real weapons, but more closely resemble other guns. The 'FRKN-3K' appears to be named after the FN-2000, but more closely resembles the FAMAS, while the 'Sea Eagle' is named after the Desert Eagle, but modeled on the Smith & Wesson Sigma auto-pistol. Others have [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pun-based names]], like the SIG AR 'Rhett'. Some reference pop culture, like a revolver named 'Ritchie' after [[Revolver]]'s director, Guy Ritchie. The others reference the inventors of their real-world counterparts or features of their design, like Eustace Stoner's Armalite AR-15 named 'Euston', and a gatling gun named 'Gottlung'.
* Done in the "Ballistic Weapons" mod for ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004 (Video Game)|Unreal Tournament 2004]]'': the occasional real-world firearm is in the mod, under a name that may or may not be similar to its actual name -- an M4 with grenade launcher named the "M50", for example.
* A form in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Videovideo Gamegame)|Rainbow Six]]'' games -- while the weapons' model names/numbers are kept, references to their manufacturers are removed (with the exception of some logos on the guns themselves).
* Several of ''[[FEARF.E.A.R.]]'''s guns are renamed and often modified versions of real firearms: the [[G 2 A 2]] is a fully automatic lookalike of the H&K [[SL 8]] (a semi-automatic sporting rifle), the RPL is a slightly off-model [[MP 5 A 3]], the [[SM 15]] is based on the OA-93, the USP-40 is renamed the AT-14 and given an extended clip (18 rounds, rather than 13), the VK-12 is more or less identical to the SPAS-12, and the ASP battle rifle is a carbon copy of the TAR-21, except that the former uses 7.62mm rather than 5.56mm rounds.
 
 
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* Some of the weapons in ''[[All Points Bulletin]]'' are fictional, but the barely-modified G36C is named "STAR 556", the H&K USP is named "Obeya FBW", the AK-47 is named "N-TEC 5" and the Desert Eagle is named "ACT 44".
* ''[[Wolf Team]]'': [http://wolfteam.softnyx.net/Guide/Weapon.aspx And how.] AKEI-47, EM-16, EF-2000...
* ''[[City of Heroes (Video Game)|City of Heroes]]'' allows for Thugs and Dual Pistols players to customize the appearance of their right and left pistols individually. The plainly named "Semi Auto" model is clearly a Desert Eagle clone. They do however use the real names for the Colt Navy, Colt Model 29, and Uzi options.
* ''[[Fallout (Video Game)|Fallout]] Online'' adds [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Assault_rifle#AKA-47 a weapon] literally called the [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Armageddon_Rag,_Vol._4#Crazy_Ivan.27s_New_and_Used_Guns AKA-47].
 
 
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== Role-Playing Games ==
* In ''[[Fallout 3 (Video Game)|Fallout 3]]'', all guns have generic names like "Assault Rifle" (similar to an HK HK33), "Chinese Assault-Rifle" (a Chinese variant of the AK-101), etc. This is unlike the first two games, which used real names for the real guns mixed in with the fictional weapons.
** In ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout: New Vegas]]'' there are even real world firearms with generic names, such as the Assault Carbine (M4), 9mm SMG (M3A1), Battle Rifle/[[Shout -Out|"This Machine"]] (M1 Garand), Service Rifle (Older M16 model), 9mm Pistol (Browning Hi Power), and many more.
* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' both uses fake names and a couple real ones. The Franchi SPAS 15 is called the Jaegerspaz XV, the Uzi is given the ludicrous pseudonym ''Lassiter Killmatic,'' and the Glock 17 is called the Brokk 17c. Strangely, the Steyr AUG and Colt Anaconda are called by their proper names. The Utica M37 is a pretty clever pseudonym, since it must have taken some actual research on the part of the developers to discover that Utica is a small town in Upstate New York like the actual weapon's hometown of Ithaca.
* While ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' uses entirely fictional weapons, one very, very familiar gun is present: The Ruhm, which is the German MG 34 with a different paint job. For comparison: [http://www.wingdamage.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/valkyria-chronicles-dlc.jpg Ruhm]; [http://www.smhq.org/history/mg34.jpg MG34].
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== Survival Horror ==
* The original ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games for the [[Play Station]] (as well as ''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]'') featured plenty of real firearms such as Berettas, Colt revolvers, Remington shotguns among other. Once the series started being released on the GameCube, Capcom decided to use generic names for the weapons: the Beretta was replaced by a custom version called the [[Bling Bling Bang|Samurai Edge]] (previously introduced in ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]''), while the Colt Python was renamed the "Silver Serpent". A few of the weapons in ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' are named after real weapons, such as the TMP, the Red 9 (a variant of the Mauser C96) and the Chicago Typewriter (the nickname for the Thompson submachine gun).
 
 
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** ''Vice City'' was actually much like ''III'' and ''San Andreas''' originally in that it did have real names in its first release. It was only after the [[Bowdlerize|Bowdlerized]] "Haitian Friendly" version was released that this trope came into play.
* The ''[[Saints Row|Saint's Row]]'' games do this with all of their firearms, but if you look at the weapon closely you can probably identify its real-life counterpart. Most obvious is the AK renamed the "K6 Krukov". Humorously, the in game version of the Desert Eagle is called the GDHC .50, "GDHC" standing for "Goddamn Hand Cannon."
* In ''[[The Godfather (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Godfather]]'' game almost all weapons have generic descriptors or are [[Named Weapons]] except for maybe the Tommygun and (Colt) "Python".
* ''[[The Saboteur]]'' uses this rather haphazardly. Some weapons are given generic names (like 'silenced pistol' or 'automatic shotgun'), some use fictional names (e.g. 'Raum pistol' for a Mauser C96 or 'Kruger' for Parabellum 08 i.e. 'Luger') some use their popular names ('Tommy Gun') and in some cases the name is left unaltered (MP 40, Panzerschreck).
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' uses both real gun names as well as fake names. You'll see famous and well known guns of the period such as Springfield Rifles and Henry Repeaters. However the M1911 gets the award for ultimate [[Bland-Name Product]] in this game: High Powered Pistol.
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