History BlandNameProduct / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/ChineseParents'': ''Lightning Boy and the Magic Stone'' movie is a play on Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''

** The vending machines around the Oldest House sell literal Bland-Name Products - all in plain white packaging, with such wild names like "pistachios" or "chips".

* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' features the mogmog Burgers restaurant in the video games and anime. While it looks just like a [=McDonald's=] (in fact, several Japanese [=McDonald's=] restaurants were temporarily re-designed as mogmog Burgers to promote the anime movie), its name comes from Japanese fast food chain Mos Burger.

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'':
** ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' and ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' have "OBC", which stands for Osean Broadcasting Channel. OSEA is the country you fight for in ''5''.
** ''VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault'', similarly, at one point has "BNN".

* ''VisualNovel/AtomGrrrl'' has mentions of "[=MickDee's=]", "Wanda's" and "Subwich".
* In the CallBack scene from Telltale's ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'', the label on the mall is [=JPPinney=].

* In ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'', Package Doge has "Wamazon" for "Amazon", and in Dogumaru's description, it has "cBay" for "eBay".

* ''VideoGame/{{Caligula}}'' has "Gossiper", a social network that is very clearly supposed to be Twitter.

* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'':
** The game features the infamous "Chirper", an in-game social network that residents use to voice compliments or complaints about how the player is running the city. The Chirper logo is a blue bird.
** The game's fandom has widely adopted the term "Cims" to describe the game's inhabitants, obviously echoing the "Sims" in ''VideoGame/TheSims''. It also connects to the ''Cities: Skylines'' developers' previous game, ''Cities In Motion''.
* ''VideoGame/CitizensOfEarth'' has Moonbucks Coffee and [=FedUPs=] postal service.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'' has "[=McBurger=] Kong" restaurants. They feature a giant gorilla statue on the roof, which gets a team-colored headband when garrisoned, and change into a cowering pose if the building is damaged to unusability. The expansion also adds ''[=McRoo=] Burger'' for a level set in Australia, and ''Massivesoft''.

* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':
** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' has Captain Gordon asking for a Teriyaki Pizza from "Pizza Shack" to be waiting for him when he returns.
** ''VisualNovel/DisgaeaInfinite'' has Amazombie, [[TakeThat Faildows]], and [[Website/{{Facebook}} DefacedBook]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' has Mao playing an unnamed but strangely familiar RPG on his Slaystation Portable.

* ''VideoGame/EiyuuSenkiTheWorldConquest'' has Oda Nobunaga constantly ordering supplies from Amasson, though in that universe it's based in South America and not the USA.

** The Interchange map features a familiar blue-and-yellow-themed furniture megastore named "IDEA" (IKEA).

** Adams Air Force Base in ''Broken Steel'' is based on Joint Base Andrews (formerly Andrews Air Force Base).

** "Wall Market" is supposed to be a play on "Wal-Mart".

* Some tracks in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport]]''. For example, Sunset Peninsula Raceway is a venue on the Florida coastline that includes a tri-oval approximately 2.5 miles in length and infield road course, similar to Daytona International Speedway. (''Forza'' is not immune, as several older NASCAR video games also lacked Daytona due to licensing issues.) The series finally got the official Daytona track in the sixth game, along with a licensed NASCAR {{expansion pack}} that includes Homestead Miami Speedway, whose infield course is even more similar to Sunset's.

* ''VideoGame/GitarooMan'' shows a "Burger Queen" restaurant in the background of the second level.

** Throughout the series, due to lack of an FIA license, the Monaco GP course is renamed Côte d'Azur, and the F1 cars are generic replicas.

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** "Cluckin' Bell", a pastiche of Taco Bell and KFC.
** Tarbrush Coffee, parody of Starbucks.

** One of the most hilarious in ''IV'' is Krapea, a brand of Swedish pre-assembled furniture... Much like IKEA.

* ''VideoGame/InFAMOUS'' brings us Cafe Con Quistador, whose signs bear an amazing resemblance to Starbucks's, only in blue, not green.
* The PC game ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget: Global Terror'' has a tofu restaurant called O'Ronald's (read: [=McDonald=]'s) as a major plot point.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'':
** Subverted. Palutena starts talking about "Super Bash Sisters", only to be corrected by Pit that it's actually ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
** Played straight with "Divinipedia".

* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Kud's grandpa sends things to her with "Fodex".

* In ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', in Spider-Man's first conversation with Hank Pym, he mentions having had lunch at "Taco Hut".

* Peter [=MacDonald=] in ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' ("Because, ''yes!'' The pen is still mightier than the sword!") is a reporter for the "DNN" news channel.
* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'':
** In ''Modern Warfare 2'', one of the levels takes place in and around a ''Burger Town'' joint based on ''Burger King''. There's also a ''Taco To go'' with a logo rather similar to ''Taco Bell''.
** The first level of ''Modern Warfare 3'' involves taking out a radio jammer on top of the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange Manhattan Stock Exchange]]". The final level, similarly, involves invading the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab Oasis Hotel]]" in an attempt to finally kill the BigBad.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' averts this with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOTech EOTech]] Sight; earlier games used sights from the same company under the generic "Holographic Sight" label. At the same time, though, the HAMR scope returning from ''Modern Warfare 3'' is now simply the "Hybrid Optic".
* ''Mother 2'', the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', had red "Come" trucks with a familiar-looking swirl logo. During localization, these became running stick figure logos.

* The girls of ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' do their shopping on Amazoo.nep, and Compa mentions that she found the location of the [[NoobCave tutorial dungeon]] through [[Website/{{Google}} DungleMaps]]. The reboot, mk2, gives us the [[Website/{{Twitter}} Chirper]] social networking site.
* In ''New York City Bus Simulator'', the streets are filled with these (as well as, inexplicably, what appears to be Engrish). Chevy becomes Cheyyv, Cold Stone becomes Old Son, Burger King becomes King King... witness it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzvo6KUk9M here]].

* ''VideoGame/NinthRock'' has both [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} MASA]] and [[Website/{{Facebook}} Spacebook]].

* Several of the ''VideoGame/PapaLouieArcade'' time management games use ''Creameo'' bits as a dessert topping, whereas in real life Oreo bits are a popular dessert topping.

* ''Pro Evolution Soccer'': Although its early instalments were praised for superior gameplay over its competitors, the series has been notorious for its lack of [[LicensedGame licenses]], resulting in fake player and team names. They run the gamut from BilingualBonus (Bayern Munich in ''PES 4'' is called "Rekordmeister", i.e. "record champion" - which they are in the Bundesliga) to AsLongAsItSoundsForeign (as was the case between the ''2012'' and ''2015'' editions, except for English teams, which are always indicated by their region, such as "Merseyside Red" for Liverpool).
* ''VideoGame/ProjectCARS'', due to being unable to license the official Suzuka circuit, instead has Sakitto, a slightly shorter and hillier Suzuka knockoff that lacks the central hairpin. Likewise, Azure Circuit is a stand-in for Monaco.
* Some of the civilians in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' wear New York Bets sportswear. At least one player for the Bets appears to be #5 Trillo.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' (part of the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series) has the "Vox" network (founded by Gleeman Vox, the game's BigBad). Originally an illegal TV network[[note]]It was originally broadcast from the Shadow Sector, where ''Deadlocked'' takes place.[[/note]], Vox had apparently become a legal network by the time the events of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' take place.[[note]]It's referenced on one of the commercials played by one of the radio stations that the player can play while traveling through space.[[/note]]

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has plenty of these, such as a fast food wrapper from "Burger Kong", a "Taxago" gas station, and vending machines selling "Cho Cho Cola" in a red can and "Cool Soda" in a blue can with a white recurved stripe; because the stripe is also a trademark of Coca-Cola, the former was replaced in later releases by a plain black can, the latter by a coffee machine. There's also a cigarette billboard that resembles the Marlboro chevron, only green-- Capcom was evidently unaware Marlboro uses that particular color scheme for their menthol line. Finally, there are the Exevia batteries, parody of Exide.

* One of the restaurants where you can buy food in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series is Freckle Bitch's, an obvious parody of Wendy's.
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' features the roadside convenience store chain Snuckey's, based on the real world Stuckey's chain. Oddly enough, Steve Purcell got away with a reference to the real-world Stuckey's in ''Sam and Max: On the Road''.

* ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Shift 2: Unleashed]]'' ran into a licensing problem with Monaco. Because Codemasters (Formula 1 2010) holds the F1 license and all the related tracks, Slightly Mad Studios was forced to call the track "Riviera". They even tell players to guess which circuit the track is based off of on the website.
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' lets you loot the ruins of several familiarly named stores, such as Shanel, Luis Witon, or the laptop-focused Appolo store.

* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' is loaded with these all over the titular town, including a Queen Burger (later Happy Burger) restaurant (complete with the "bun halves" framing the logo), Vestal Gigastore (Virgin Megastore), cardboard boxes stamped with "Fedy-X", and an out-of-place bag of jellybeans bearing a logo almost identical to Jelly Belly's. Then there's Poston Market, Texxon gas, the (S)Hell station with the nautilus shell, the Circle 8 convenience store with the logo that looks a suspicious lot like that of 7-Eleven, and the AEC restaurant with the A&W motif. Oh, and buried somewhere in there is [[AvertedTrope a legitimate Jack Daniels logo painted on a cargo door]].
* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' has the Sun On Yee and 18K [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs triads]], standing in for RealLife Hong Kong triads Sun Yee On and 14K.
* ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' has "Stardogs Coffee" shops.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'':
** Reoccurring through the series is Monolith Burger, with a giant "M" logo.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest IV'', stores include Sacks, [=WallMart=], and Radio Shock. The software store has games titled "Boom", "Sim Sim", "It Came For Dessert", etc.

* The ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' reboot has a Safeway lookalike store (Fastlane? Fastway?) in San Francisco, in the same location as the Safeway featured in ''Film/{{Bullitt}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'', a top-down UsefulNotes/NeoGeo rally racing game, had - among others - ''Toyot GT-Four''/''Land Crusher'' (Toyota Celica GT-Four), ''[=Parsche911=]''/''OD 6000X'' (Porsche 911), and ''Mitsuboshi''/''Thunderjet'' (Mitsubishi Pajero).

* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIIITheLostArtifact'' has transport company [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurotunnel "Eurochunnel"]] and a newspaper called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "UK Today"]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has "''Mew Mew Kissy Cutie''", Alphys's favorite anime, and its disappointing sequel, based on ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' and its disappointing sequel ''Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode''.

* ''VideoGame/EuroTruckSimulator'' has AI traffic cars that look ''exactly'' like IRL cars except for the brand emblem. German police cars, for example, look most very definitely like a 2012 Volkswagen Passat... but their logo is two V's in a circle.

* Several of the Papa Louie time management games use ''Creameo'' bits as a dessert topping, whereas in real life Oreo bits are a popular dessert topping.
* ''Dyscourse''. A bunker at an abandoned military base contains an uneaten can of SLAM.
* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines''
** The game features the infamous "Chirper", an in-game social network that residents use to voice compliments or complaints about how the player is running the city. The Chirper logo is a blue bird.
** The game's fandom has widely adopted the term "Cims" to describe the game's inhabitants, obviously echoing the "Sims" in ''VideoGame/TheSims''. It also connects to the ''Cities: Skylines'' developers' previous game, ''Cities In Motion''.
* ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' features the rocket engine manufacturer "Kerbodyne". The real company was Rocketdyne, designer of numerous engines including the F-1 and J-2 that powered the Apollo missions.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' has "Bellwood's Cola", which has a graphical design very close to Coca-Cola.[[note]]This is because in Japan it actually ''is'' Coca-Cola, complete with the actual license, but the license didn't carry over to the international market.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{ThrashRally}}'', a top-down UsefulNotes/NeoGeo rally racing game, had -among others- ''Toyot GT-Four''/''Land Crusher'' (Toyota Celica GT-Four), ''Parsche911''/''OD 6000X'' (Porsche 911), or ''Mitsuboshi''/''Thunderjet'' (Mitsubishi Pajero).
* In the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn game ''Bug! Too'' (sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''), whenever Bug loses a life, a shoe crushes him. The shoe was apparently made by "Bug Crusha", with a logo that parodies the (long since defunct) shoe company British Knights.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series generally avoids using this trope, with most named in-universe products being wholly original. However, in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', a brand of dolls named "[[Franchise/HelloKitty Hi Skitty]]" is brought up a few times.
* ''VideoGame/AmericanTruckSimulator''. While Kenworth and Peterbilt are real, the rest of the companies in the game are this. You will encounter Chemron (Chevron) gas stations, UDS (UPS) trucks, and [=CarZone=] ([=AutoZone=]) billboards. Also, some jobs consist of transporting cars to or from Voltison dealerships, whose logo, color scheme, and vehicles look strikingly similar to Tesla's.
* ''VideoGame/EuroTruckSimulator'' had, amongst real life Volvo and Renault trucks, the Majestic truck company, along with its sole truck model, the Across. A few patches later, it was changed to the actual Mercedes-Benz Actros.
* ''VideoGame/EiyuuSenkiTheWorldConquest'' has Oda Nobunaga constantly ordering supplies from Amasson, though in that universe it's based in South America and not the USA.
* ''VisualNovel/AtomGrrrl'' has mentions of "[=MickDee's=]", "Wanda's" and "Subwich".
* The UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''Drift Out'' minced the names of its car models: Masda Familio (Mazda Familia), Lancha Deleta (Lancia Delta), Toyata Celca (Toyota Celica), Fard Siara (Ford Sierra), Mitsuboshi Galent (Mitsubishi Galant), BWM [=AW3=] (BMW AWD) and Subaro Legagy (Subaru Legacy). These and other ill-disguised brand names such as Michlin (Michelin) and Shall (Shell) can also be glimpsed on in-game billboards. The sequels avert this.
* ''VideoGame/{{Caligula}}'' has "Gossiper", a social network that is very clearly supposed to be Twitter.
* D.Va's "Game On" emote in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is directly inspired by the Mountain Dew and Doritos obsessed "Gremlin D.Va" that the fandom created. She munches from a bag of "D.Vatos" while playing her game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tattletail}}'' has the eponymous Talking Tattletail doll, an [[CreepyDoll extra-creepy]] version of the infamous Furby dolls.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has "''Mew Mew Kissy Cutie''", Alphys's favorite anime, and its disappointing sequel, based on ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' and its disappointing sequel ''Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode''.
* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' has the Sun On Yee and 18K [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs triads]], standing in for RealLife Hong Kong triads Sun Yee On and 14K
* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' repeatedly takes advantage of the stylized graphics to disguise nonsense names as proper brand names. For example, one part of Season Two has you distracting walkers by honking the horn of a "CHOVET" truck which, thanks to the smudges and dirt, looks almost indistinguishable from "Chevrolet".
* The intro to ''Interstate [='82=]'' reveals that retired Auto-Vigilante Groove Champion drinks Dan Jackal's Bourbon (rather than Jack Daniels' Tennessee Whiskey). And then there are all the cars - the Courcheval Manta, the Phaedra Clydesdale, and the Reliable J to name just a few.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'' (part of the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series) has the "Vox" network (founded by Gleeman Vox, the game's BigBad). Originally an illegal TV network[[note]]It was originally broadcast from the Shadow Sector, where ''Deadlocked'' takes place.[[/note]], Vox had apparently become a legal network by the time the events of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' take place.[[note]]It's referenced on one of the commercials played by one of the radio stations that the player can play while traveling through space.[[/note]]
* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Grottos and Gremlins]], board game of choice of the {{Nerd}} clique in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}''. The devs had [[https://archive.is/lfd9 wanted to]] feature it as a [[GameWithinAGame playable arcade game]], in a similar style to ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'', but this was dropped due to time constraints.
* ''Wall Street Kid'' ran on this. It's about buying stock in very familiar-sounding companies (Carnivore Cruise Lines, Rattel Toys, Pan Nam flights, etc.).
* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'', a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin racing game]] for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo, featured cars as the "Toyot GT-Four", "Citraen ZX", or "Parsche 911"[[note]]Japanese version. The export one had at least more original names[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/ProjectCARS'', due to being unable to license the official Suzuka circuit, instead has Sakitto, a slightly shorter and hillier Suzuka knockoff that lacks the central hairpin. Likewise, Azure Circuit is a stand-in for Monaco.
* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'':
** The AlmightyJanitor Ahti listens to a Pony Walkman.
** The vending machines around the Oldest House sell literal Bland-Name Products - all in plain white packaging, with such wild names like "pistachios" or "chips".

* ''VideoGame/GitarooMan'' shows a "Burger Queen" restaurant in the background of the second level.
* ''VisualNovel/TenDaysWithMyDevil'' has "Prata" shoes, "Horshey's" chocolate, and "Crackle Jacks." Amusingly, in the prologue sequence Prada is mentioned by name - Haruhito claims to ''own the company'' - but it's referred to as "Prata" in all subsequent dialogue.
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' lets you loot the ruins of several familiarly named stores, such as Shanel, Luis Witon, or the laptop-focused Appolo store.
* ''VideoGame/CitizensOfEarth'' has Moonbucks Coffee and [=FedUPs=] postal service.
* ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity'' gives us Rad Bowl Energy Drinks.
* ''Mother 2'', the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', had red "Come" trucks with a familiar-looking swirl logo. During localization, these became running stick figure logos.
* In ''New York City Bus Simulator'', the streets are filled with these (as well as, inexplicably, what appears to be Engrish). Chevy becomes Cheyyv, Cold Stone becomes Old Son, Burger King becomes King King... witness it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzvo6KUk9M here]].
* ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderIIITheLostArtifact Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artifact]]'' has transport company [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurotunnel "Eurochunnel"]] and a newspaper called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today "UK Today"]].

* The freeware game ''[[VideoGame/OneBitHeart 1bitHeart]]'' has "[=BitPhone=]" for "iPhone" and "Mutter" for "Twitter" (though "tweets" are still the term used for sending messages).

* The arcade version of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' has signs for "Caca" Cola and "Fefs"(Pepsi), and "Esso Gus" [[CrateExpectations barrels]].

* In ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'' one of the levels takes place in and around ''Burger Town'' joint based on ''Burger King''. There's also a ''Taco To go'' with a logo rather similar to ''Taco Bell''.
** The first level of ''Modern Warfare 3'' involves taking out a radio jammer on top of the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange Manhattan Stock Exchange]]". The final level, similarly, involves invading the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab Oasis Hotel]]" in an attempt to finally kill the BigBad.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' averts this with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOTech EOTech]] Sight; earlier games used sights from the same company under the generic "Holographic Sight" label. At the same time, though, the [[http://www.leupold.com/tactical/scopes/mark-4-hamr-riflescopes/ HAMR]] scope returning from ''Modern Warfare 3'' is now simply the "Hybrid Optic".
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' features the roadside convenience store chain Snuckey's, based on the real world Stuckey's chain (oddly enough, Steve Purcell got away with a reference to the real-world Stuckey's in ''Sam and Max: On the Road'').
* ''[[VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest The 11th Hour]]'' has a "Victim" mouse trap in the laboratory.
* ''VideoGame/InFAMOUS'' brings us Cafe Con Quistador, whose signs bear an amazing resemblance to Starbucks', only in blue, not green.
* The Exidy arcade game ''Star Fire'' is obviously a pastiche of ''Franchise/StarWars''. It came out a couple years before the official ''Franchise/StarWars'' arcade game.
* The ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' reboot has a Safeway lookalike store (Fastlane? Fastway?) in San Francisco, in the same location as the Safeway featured in ''Film/{{Bullitt}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPG has ads for an energy drink called Red Beast.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' has Monolith Burger, with a giant "M" logo.
** In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest IV'', stores include Sacks, [=WallMart=], and Radio Shock. The software store has games titled "Boom", "Sim Sim", "It Came For Dessert", etc.
* Peter [=MacDonald=] in ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' ("Because, ''yes!'' The pen is still mightier than the sword!") is a reporter for the "DNN" news channel.
* ''VisualNovel/REAlistair'' has its {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPG "Rivenwell Online". Stores in the mall include "Boundary's Books", "The Divide", and "Gamego". Boundary's sells a book called "Planetost" (the others are generic, like notebooks and encyclopedias), and Gamego sells "Movie Maniac", "Diamond Moon: Final Phase", "Other Saga", "Monochrome Diet", "Demon of Edo", "Walk This Way", and "Rock Festival".
* ''VideoGame/NanashiNoGame'''s plot centers around a dual-screened handheld game system called the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS TS]].
* In the ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' series, due to lack of an FIA license, the Monaco GP course is renamed Côte d'Azur, and the F1 cars are generic replicas.
** Subverted in ''Gran Turismo 5'', which has two actual licensed Ferrari F1 cars in it (the F2007 which also appeared in ''[=GT5=]: Prologue'', and the F2010). Also notable is the use of a number of RUF-branded cars in [=GT5=] as stand-ins for Porsches (which Sony does not have a license for) although since RUF builds their actual cars on top of unmarked Porsche bodies this doesn't necessarily apply. Instead, the cars are described as being based on "vehicles from a German automaker."
* ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Shift 2: Unleashed]]'' also runs into a licensing problem with Monaco. Because Codemasters (Formula 1 2010) holds the F1 license and all the related tracks, Slightly Mad Studios was forced to call the track "Riviera". They even tell players to guess which circuit the track is based off of on the website.
* Some tracks in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport]]'' behave this way, too. For example, Sunset Peninsula Raceway is a venue on the Florida coastline that includes a tri-oval approximately 2.5 miles in length and infield road course, similar to Daytona International Speedway. (''Forza'' is not immune, as several older NASCAR video games also lacked Daytona due to licensing issues.) The series finally got the official Daytona track in the sixth game, along with a licensed NASCAR {{expansion pack}} that includes Homestead Miami Speedway, whose infield course is even more similar to Sunset's.
* ''Game Dev Story'' (and many of Kairosoft's simulation games, in fact) contain too many Bland Name Products to count.
* In the CallBack scene from Telltale's ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'', the label on the mall is [=JPPinney=].
* Some of the civilians in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' wear New York Bets sportswear. At least one player for the Bets appears to be #5 Trillo.
* ''Season of the Sakura'': The Yamagami Electronics Shop has Sany and Shapr TV sets, and the video game consoles Neo Ger CD, Sage Seturn, Playson, and an obscured PC-FX.
* ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'' has, among others, [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Kaprica]] and [[VideoGame/{{Homeworld}} Heegaraa]].
* The original ''VideoGame/TransportTycoon'' used real names for trains/trucks/planes. In ''Transport Tycoon Deluxe'', however, they changed these names to something that sounds similar (for example, "[=EuroStar=] -> [=AsiaStar=]).
* Averted with ''VideoGame/DukeNukem''. Soon after the launch of the first game, the name was changed to "Duke Nukum" because of the character Duke Nukem from ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}''; however, since the name was not trademarked, they switched back to "Duke Nukem".
* ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' has "Stardogs Coffee" shops.
* ''VideoGame/BeamNG.drive'' is built around crashing incredibly familiar-looking vehicles with minor design differences from their real counterparts. As an example, the German brand "ETK" produces cars with a very distinctive grill.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat Joint Assault'' at one point has "BNN".
** ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' and ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'', similarly, have "OBC", which stands for Osean Broadcasting Channel. OSEA is the country you fight for in ''5''
* The car manufacturers in ''SplitSecond'' are pastiches of real companies. Ryback cars look like modern versions of classic American muscle cars such as the Camaro, Mustang, and Dodge Challenger. Cobretti look like Italian speedsters and the name sounds like Ferrari or Lamborghini. Hanzo has cars that resemble the Impreza and Lancer, and the name sounds like Mazda or Honda.
* ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' has Calorie M**te and [[VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} Keymania IIDX]].
* The girls of ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' do their shopping on Amazoo.nep, and Compa mentions that she found the location of the [[NoobCave tutorial dungeon]] through [[Website/{{Google}} DungleMaps]]. The reboot, mk2, gives us the [[Website/{{Twitter}} Chirper]] social networking site.
* ''VideoGame/{{Poke646}}:'' The vending machines of the titular company are full of different sodas. Would you drink a bottle of Poke?
* Like the ''GTA'' example above, ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'' does this with its cars.
* The import/export warehouse level in ''VideoGame/RainbowSix3RavenShield'' has boxes labeled "Panafonic".
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. Palutena starts talking about "Super Bash Sisters", only to be corrected by Pit that it's actually ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
** Played straight with "Divinipedia".
* One of the restaurants where you can buy food in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series is Freckle Bitch's, an obvious parody of Wendy's.
* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Kud's grandpa sends things to her with 'Fodex.'
* The PC game ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget: Global Terror'' had a tofu restaurant called O'Ronald's (read: [=McDonald=]'s) as a major plot point.
* The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' clone ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters'' was named as such in order to avoid copyright suits from Nintendo. The tactic didn't work, as the game was much too similar to ''Mario'', with entire levels copied over. The courts ordered ''The Great Giana Sisters'' off the shelves. Later, the game achieved cult status, with two sequels: ''VideoGame/GianaSistersDS'' was released on the Nintendo DS, and ''VideoGame/GianaSistersTwistedDreams'', made by the developers of the original ''Giana Sisters'', was released for PC and consoles, including, ironically, Nintendo's Wii U.
* Another Bland Name Product clone of ''Mario'' is ''[[http://www.secretmaryo.org/ Secret Maryo Chronicles]]'', an open-source Mario clone/game engine starring a childlike chibi instead of a portly plumber. Originally, the game was a straight ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' clone, with sprites directly ripped from the original game. To avoid legal troubles, the developers later switched to a unique graphics style and a completely different protagonist. However, much of the Mario influence remains in ''Maryo'' down to the enemies, items, and even the music (which is entirely made up of fan remixes of ''Mario'' themes''). Unlike ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters'', ''Secret Maryo Chronicles has received no acknowledgement from Nintendo, meaning that this game is, for now, safe from legal troubles.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' refers a few times to an in-universe {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPG called ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Galaxy of Fantasy]]'', in which, according to the dossier the Shadow Broker has on [[MindHive them]], [[spoiler:Legion]] apparently have a level 612 [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Ardat-Yakshi]] {{necromancer}}. They also have the [[UltimateGamer386 maximum possible score]] in ''[[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor N7 Code of Honor]]: [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Medal of Duty]]''.
* All over the place in ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'', if you bother looking - up to and including Cheezee Pooz, a parody of the already bland-name Cheesy Poofs from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Parodied with some vending machines in the second game for a drink called "Professor Doctor", calling it "the original" and asking that you "don't settle for imitators".
* ''VideoGame/NinthRock'' has both [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} MASA]] and [[Website/{{Facebook}} Spacebook]].

* The arcade version of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' has signs for "Caca" Cola and "Fefs"(Pepsi), and "Esso Gus" [[CrateExpectations barrels]].
* Several instances are shown in ''Tony Hawk's American Wasteland''. Most notable are "The Foxy Theatre", "69 Gas", and "Kuchi", a clever take on the Gucci clothing brand.
* A rather badly-done example in the ''RobotWars'' game ''Arenas of Destruction'' (no, [[NamesTheSame not]] ''[[NamesTheSame that]]'' [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Robot Wars]]). In the Robot Builder, some of the motors and batteries you can equip your machine with include "Dosch" and "Yuarta"...except in the preview images for these items, the names and logos of the real-world companies (Bosch and Yuasa) are shown on them instead. Oops.

* UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 racing game ''World Driver Championship'' has, among others: Ellipse Stallion = Ford Mustang Cobra R, Rage 512 [=EVO=] = Porsche 911 GT1 [=EVO=], Reeds [=R12=] Manta = Chevy Corvette [=C5R=], Elan Swift TT = Lotus Esprit [=GT1=], Ram Venom [=GTR=] = Dodge Viper [=GTSR=], and [=EXR=] Mystic = TVR Speed 12.
* Maria collects [[MyLittlePhony My Precious Pony]] dolls in the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' games.
* ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' series: Devil = Lamborghini Diablo, Age Erisso = Fiat 500, Age Abeille = Renault 5 Turbo, Age Pegase = Lotus 7, Lizard Bayonet = Corvette, Assoluto Istante = Vector W8, Assoluto Gephardo = Porsche 952 LM, etc. The cars in ''R4'' and later were mostly completely made up, although some had bits and pieces from real cars. The car on ther [=RR7=] cover resembles a Saleen S7.
** The Gamespot reviewer for Ridge Racer 6 once confused the "Klonoa" signs found in the game with the real-life "Nokia."

* ''VideoGame/ProEvolutionSoccer'': although its early instalments were praised for superior gameplay over its competitors, the series has been notorious for its lack of [[LicensedGame licenses]], resulting in fake player and team names. They run the gamut from BilingualBonus (Bayern Munich in ''PES 4'' was called "Rekordmeister", i.e. "record champion" - which they are in the Bundesliga) to AsLongAsItSoundsForeign (as was the case between the ''2012'' and ''2015'' editions, except for English teams which are always indicated by their region, such as "Merseyside Red" for Liverpool).

* ''VideoGame/AVampyreStory'' has an energy drink called "Scarlet Bovine". This is a double bland-name, referring both to Red Bull energy drink and Crimson Cow, the game's publisher.
* UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 racing game ''World Driver Championship'' had, among others: Ellipse Stallion=Ford Mustang Cobra R, Rage 512 [=EVO=]=Porsche 911 GT1 [=EVO=], Reeds [=R12=] Manta=Chevy Corvette [=C5R=], Elan Swift TT=Lotus Esprit [=GT1=], Ram Venom [=GTR=] = Dodge Viper [=GTSR=], [=EXR=] Mystic=TVR Speed 12.
* Even some of the old Sega console games have these. "Marobare" (Marlboro) and "Bridalstone" (Bridgestone) ads have appeared on the roadside which looks like the real thing if you are not paying close attention.
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish''. The Beamishes own a high-end television made by -- according to the narrator -- [[TakeThat Fony]]. Then, there are Willy's game systems of choice: his [[UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} Nintari]] [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem home console]] and portable [[UsefulNotes/GameBoy Game Buddy]].

* ''Franchise/Disgaea'':

* ''Headhunter'' sports several boxes bearing the amusing logo "Nosy" done in Sony's font.

* The vending machines in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' all have CaptainErsatz brands of beverages, such as [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga Cielo]] Mist, [=SoBay=], Mad Bull, Dr. Salt, One-Up, and Fountain Dew.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d or at least poked fun at by the punny item descriptions. [=SoBay=], for example, is described as a drink that has uncanny popularity in Internet auctions. The [=BauerBar=] is said to have enough energy packed to "keep you going for Series/TwentyFour hours straight".
** There's also [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Cylon Tea]], which comes in twelve flavors.
** Also extends to some other items; one of Elizabeth/Theodore's requests requires you to ask for Junpei's COMP-Station Portable, and its description states that there's a disc for [[VideoGame/OdinSphere Odin Cube]] inside of it.
** The spinoff game ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' mentions both Mad Bull and Dr. Salt again, with the former even getting its own tagline ("Mad Bull gives you wins!"), and when you encounter a fake wedding photo in the second labyrinth (based on Group Date Cafes and wedding imagery), several characters will comment that the picture looks "Photochopped."

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' had plenty of these, such as a fast food wrapper from "Burger Kong," a "Taxago" gas station, and vending machines selling "Cho Cho Cola" in a red can, and "Cool Soda" in a blue can with a white recurved stripe; because the stripe is also a trademark of Coca-Cola, the former was replaced in later releases by a plain black can, the latter by a coffee machine. And there's a cigarette billboard that resembles the Marlboro chevron, only green-- Capcom was evidently unaware Marlboro uses that particular color scheme for their menthol line.
** Exevia batteries, parody of Exide.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' had a [=DeLorean=] replica ([[SerialNumberFiledOff sans emblems]]) at the Stagla gas station. And ads for "Safsprin", "Aquacure", and "Adravil".
** All of the games use real-life weapon models for the guns, but only in the first game do they actually go by their brand names (Beretta, Remington shotgun, the Colt Python magnum, and a MAC-10 automatic gun in the PC version). Later games either address guns with a generic title ("handgun", "magnum") or give them a different name altogether (In the REmake, for example, the Colt Python became the Silver Serpent). ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' has a mixture of both (a 909 and the "Wing Shooter", for one)
* ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush'' series: Most of the cars are knockoffs of real ones, although a few are completely made up. Compact=Acura Integra R, Muscle Car=Corvette Sting Ray, Bruiser=Plymouth Hemi Cuda, Exotic & Super GT=Vector M12, Mobster=Chevy Fleetline, Sportster=Dodge Viper (RT-10 roof, but with GTS competition stripes), 4x4=Ford Explorer, Protoype=Ford [=GT90=] concept car, Euro LX=BMW Z9, Venom=Lamborghini Diablo, Concept=BMW Nazca C2?, Panther=[=McLaren=] F1. The gas stations are also generic imitations of Shell, with the word "Fuel" and a smiley face in place of the shell logo.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' is loaded with these all over the titular town, including a Queen Burger (later Happy Burger) restaurant (complete with the "bun halves" framing the logo), Vestal Gigastore (Virgin Megastore), cardboard boxes stamped with "Fedy-X," and an out-of-place bag of jellybeans bearing a logo almost identical to Jelly Belly's. Then there's Poston Market, Texxon gas, the (S)Hell station with the nautilus shell, the Circle 8 convenience store with the logo that looks a suspicious lot like that of 7-Eleven, and the AEC restaurant with the A&W motif.
** Oh, and buried somewhere in there is a legitimate Jack Daniels logo painted on a cargo door.

* ''Super James Pond'' (also known as [Super] James Pond II) has "Bony" stereo systems.
* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}} 2'' features a game called ''[=SymHomeless=]'', and lampshaded by a local newspaper telling that "lawsuit narrowly averted by changing i to y".

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' had Mao playing an unnamed but strangely familiar RPG on his Slaystation Portable.
** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' had Captain Gordon asking for a Teriyaki Pizza from "Pizza Shack" to be waiting for him when he returns.
** ''VisualNovel/DisgaeaInfinite'' has Amazombie, [[TakeThat Faildows]], and [[Website/{{Facebook}} DefacedBook]].
* An item from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' is called Penters Natural. (Werther's Original)

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has Nuka-Cola! Two hundred years after a nuclear war they're still good! They also come in Nuka-Cola Quantum, which is enhanced with a mild radioactive strontium isotope, which gives it a kick and a pleasing blue glow.

** During Zack and Cloud's escape from Nibelheim, the truck tires read 'Goodstone' (Goodyear + Bridgestone).

* Just about every car model in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series is a Bland Name Product version of an existing car. Examples include the Mundano (Ford Mondeo), Counthash (Lamborghini Countach in ''GTA 1''), Beast/Banshee (Dodge Viper) (the Banshee is a Corvette in ''Vice City''), Impaler (Chevrolet Impala), Bug (VW Beetle), ''GTA V'''s BF Injection (VW Baja Bug), Penetrator (Jensen-Healey Interceptor), Benson (Mercedes-Benz 300 SL), Aniston [=BD4=](Aston Martin [=DB4=]), Phoenix (Pontiac Firebird), Fortune (1990s Ford Thunderbird), Cheetah (Ferrari Testarossa in ''III'' and later), Infernus (Lamborghini Diablo in ''GTA III'', Honda NSX in ''San Andreas'', Pagani Zonda in ''GTA V''), Coil Voltic (Tesla Roadster), Buffalo (80's Camaro in ''San Andreas'', Dodge Charger 2012 in ''GTA V''), and U-Jerk truck.
** ''GTA V'' added car manufacturers that are basically an IRL manufacturer by another name. "Bravado", for example, is the in-game equivalent of Dodge: they make the Gauntlet (2008 Challenger), the Buffalo (2006 Charger), the Banshee (2013 Viper), the Bison (2013 Dodge Ram), and the Gresley (2013 Durango).
** It's also important to point out that very few vehicles (at least in the later 3D sequels) are actually exact replications of the car. Although you can usually tell what it's supposed to be mimicking (especially iconic vehicles), it will never be completely accurate (not including the new name).
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' also uses "Panoramic" instead of "Panasonic".
** ''San Andreas'' and ''IV'' also have Sprunk soda, an obvious reference to Sprite.
** ''Grand Theft Auto London 1969'': Fat = Fiat, Squealey = Austin Healey, James Bomb = Aston Martin DB5, Crapi = Ford Capri, Myni = Mini Cooper, Locust = Lotus, Reno = Renault, Harold = Triumph Herald, Raver = Rover, Jug Swinger = Austin Powers Jaguar E-Type, MC Hamper = MG Midget, S-Cart = Ford Escort.
** ''Everything'' in the GTA 'verse is this. Perhaps most clever is "Eris" shoes for "Nike" in ''San Andreas'', both being Greek goddesses.

* ''Headhunter'' sports several boxes bearing the amusing logo "Nosy," done in Sony's font.
* In the much-loved 'A New Life' stage of ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'', one of the best ways to get started is to slip a pair of drugged donuts to some FBI agents, so you can steal their uniforms. The fauxnuts are, of course, from 'Delicious Donuts', using the characteristic color scheme and font of Dunkin' Donuts.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has more of these than you can poke a stick at, although it's more because [[PungeonMaster the dev team love puns]] than for legal reasons. Cloaca Cola and Dyspepsi Cola, Tom's of the Spanish Main toothpaste, Hatorade sports drink, Red Minotaur energy drink, Domesticated Turkey bourbon, Eye-Pod mp3 players, Elmley sunglasses... the list of crimes against the English language is almost endless.
* The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' features sponsors such as Marioro (cleverest use of a cigarette brand ever), Luigip (after Italian motor oil company Agip - the logo is Luigi's nose-and-'stache instead of the six-legged lion) and Yoshi 1 (after German motor oil Mobil 1). The only one that carried over to the American version was Koopa Air (while the name does not denounce any brand, its boards had the same color scheme as those of Goodyear tires in the Japanese version, unlike the American version). Luigi Raceway also has a "64 ball", a reference to the Union 76[[note]]Also known as simply "76".[[/note]] ball.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear''

* In ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', in Spider-Man's first conversation with Hank Pym, he mentions having had lunch at "Taco Hut".

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA II - Operation Arrowhead]]'', the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships BAF's]] standard offroad vehicle (simply called offroad in-game) is the ''Hand Over Offender''. [[BlatantLies Totally not]] a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_rover_defender Land Rover Defender,]] even though they are identical.
* In ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'', Package Doge has “Wamazon” for “Amazon” and in Dogumaru’s description, it has “cBay” for “eBay”

** Suspiciously similar-sounding brands like, 'Zibbo' (Zippo) lighters, 'Paid' (Raid) pesticide, '[[IPhony GPhones]]', 'Roler' (Rolex) gold watches, and even cigarette brands like 'Malboro' (Marlboro), 'Wilston' (Winston), 'Strike' (Lucky Strike) and 'Apollon Soyuz' (Apollo Soyuz). The Graphics Card is also modelled after an [=ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti=].
** The Interchange map also features a familiar blue-and-yellow-themed furniture megastore named 'IDEA' (IKEA).
** Averted for certain items like Ibuprofen painkillers, Grizzly First Aid Kit and the Powerbank, which is clearly modelled after a Xiaomi Mi 10400mah Power Bank with the Xiaomi logo visibly unaltered.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'' had "[=McBurger=] Kong" restaurants. It featured a giant gorilla statue on the roof, which would get a team-colored headband when garrisoned, and would change into a cowering pose if the building was damaged to unusability. The expansion also adds ''[=McRoo=] Burger'' for a level set in Australia, and ''Massivesoft''.

* The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' clone ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters'' was named as such in order to avoid copyright suits from Nintendo. The tactic didn't work, as the game was much too similar to ''Mario'', with entire levels copied over. The courts ordered ''The Great Giana Sisters'' off the shelves. Later, the game achieved cult status, with two sequels: ''The Great Giana Sisters DS'' was released on the Nintendo DS, and ''VideoGame/GianaSistersTwistedDreams'', made by the developers of the original ''Giana Sisters'', was released for PC and consoles, including, ironically, Nintendo's Wii U.

* In the CallBack scene from Telltale's ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuture'', the label on the mall is [=JPPinney=].

* ''VideoGame/ProjectCars'', due to being unable to license the official Suzuka circuit, instead has Sakitto, a slightly shorter and hillier Suzuka knockoff that lacks the central hairpin.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' had plenty of these, such as a fast food wrapper from "Burger Kong," a "Taxago" gas station, and vending machines selling "Cho Cho Cola" in a red can, and "Cool Soda" in a blue can with a white recurved stripe; because the stripe is also a trademark of Coca-Cola, the former was replaced in later releases by a plain black can, the latter by a coffee machine. And there's a cigarette billboard that resembles the Marlboro brand, only green (looks like Capcom didn't know Marlboro sells a menthol...).

* ''VideoGame/ThrashRally'', a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin racing game]] for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo, featured (in the Japanese version) cars as the "Toyot GT-Four", "Citraen ZX", or "Parsche 911".