{"id":445224,"date":"2024-01-02T09:11:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=445224"},"modified":"2024-01-03T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:20:12","slug":"new-indie-infestation-88-has-you-running-frompublic-domain-mickey-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/new-indie-infestation-88-has-you-running-frompublic-domain-mickey-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"New indie Infestation 88 has you running from\u2026public domain Mickey Mouse?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/2024\/01\/01\/mickey-mouse-public-domain-steamboat-willie\/\"><em>Steamboat Willie<\/em> now in the public domain<\/a>, people have free reign over the classic cartoon. To celebrate that, indie developer Nightmare Forge revealed their new co-op PC horror, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2635640\/Infestation_88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Infestation 88<\/a><\/em>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/mickey-mouse-inspired-horror-game-infestation-88-announced\">IGN<\/a> that stars the Disney mascot himself: Mickey Mouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Infestation: Origins - Official Reveal Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qe85jZhSflk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game features co-op gameplay where players have to handle a rodent infestation. Who\u2019s the leader of that club? Mickey Mouse. A disgusting, vile-looking Mickey Mouse. We get some gameplay with some creepy crawlies and that\u2019s pretty much it. If you did watch the video, you can see that it starts with a disclaimer about Mickey that talks about free use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the Mickey seen in the game is based on 1928&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4\"><em>Steamboat Willie<\/em><\/a>, Walt Disney\u2019s first short. In it, a young Mickey Mouse plays music and transports Minnie Mouse on, you guessed it, a steamboat. Other versions of Mickey are still copyrighted, so you can\u2019t use <em>Fantasia<\/em>\u2019s version in your magic-based FPS just yet \u2013 sorry game developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-open-mouse\">Open Mouse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So why did Mickey Mouse go public? Copyright laws for any media from the past can only keep them for 95 years. It was originally 55 but Congress extended the rights up 20 years back in 1984 and again in 2004.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means a majority of things from 1928 are public domain now, such as J.M. Barrie\u2019s <em>Peter Pan <\/em>and A.A. Milne\u2019s <em>The House on Pooh Corner<\/em>, which introduced the bouncy marsupial Tigger. Also included is another Mickey Mouse short, <em>Plane Crazy<\/em>. Perhaps we\u2019ll finally get a horror-based <em>Peter Pan<\/em> game that actually shows how insane Peter Pan is. Last year, A.A. Milne\u2019s <em>Winnie-the-Pooh<\/em> was inducted into the public domain. This brought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W3E74j_xFtg\"><em>Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>to life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No release date was given for <em>Infestation 88<\/em>. Given that it looks, in a way, playable, as well as relevant, I wager it\u2019ll be out this year. Also, expect to see way more uses of Mickey Mouse in media. Hopefully, it\u2019ll be much more than cheesy horror.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Update &#8211; Infestation 88 changed to Infestation: Origins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>[<strong>Update: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMForgeGames\/status\/1742265867268710470\">In a statement released by the studio<\/a>, the team is changing their game to &#8220;Infestation: Origins,&#8221; following allegations that the original title evoked Nazi imagery (which the team refers to as &#8220;additional meanings&#8221;).]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mouse is inside your house<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":445225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[429,176,19109,136],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":888,"display_name":"Michael Murphy","user_nicename":"michael-murphy"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Infestation88_pic.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Michael Murphy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/michael-murphy\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Infestation88_pic.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445224"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445616,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445224\/revisions\/445616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445224"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=445224"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=445224"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=445224"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=445224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}