Speaking in an interview with IGN, Ward B CEO Marcellino Sauceda says he was contacted by Kalashnikov contractor Maxim Kuzin in early 2020 asking for permission to turn a fictional shotgun—the Mastodon—that appears in its upcoming FPS Oceanic into a real-life weapon.
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