This happens a lot, so often that there are multiple debunking stories on Reuters and the Associated Press specifically about debunking viral clips of war footage.The game is also a sandbox with a vibrant modding scene (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds began its life as an Arma 3 mod) that allows players to customize the game however they want."While it's flattering that Arma 3 simulates modern war conflicts in such a realistic way, we are certainly not pleased that it can be mistaken for real-life combat footage and used as war propaganda,” Pavel Křižka, PR Manager of Bohemia Interactive, said in a November 28 press release.“It has happened in the past (Arma 3 videos allegedly depicted conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, and even between India and Pakistan), but nowadays this content has gained traction in regard to the current conflict in Ukraine.”One of the most famous Arma 3 mixups came in 2013 when a Russian TV station aired footage from the game and claimed it was from the war in Syria.Footage from the game of a MiG-29 jet facing off against a counter-rocket, artillery, mortar (C-RAM) system has been used in several different viral clips, both to show the wars in Afghanistan and Ukraine."