Gamer Creates Hitler for FaceBreaker

One has to wonder why a pugilist bearing the likeness of Adolph Hitler is the most downloaded user created character for EA’s boxing game FaceBreaker - available by the company’s EA Sports World web site.

Is it because people want to beat the hell out of history’s most notorious demon, a man that epitomized evil and wiped out millions? Or could this seemingly harmless user created character be used as a way to promote antisemitism? Or perhaps we are reading way too much into all this? In cases like this, the voice of the community is paramount, because both viewpoints could prove to be true.

Whatever the reasons for this character’s popularity (as small as it is according to its statistics on the EA Sports World page), one thing is for certain: EA Sports is either unaware of its existence or is fine with it. We gave EA the opportunity to respond one way or the other, but as of this writing we haven’t received one. We’ll follow this story and tell you how it ends but we’d love to hear what you think? Controversial or much adu about nothing? Sound off!

And if the page suddenly disappears, you can see the original in this EA Sports World page screenshot we took earlier today.

Thanks to Harold Goldberg for the tip!