It makes no sense for any shooter that models it's guns after real guns to use fake names .   I found it really annoying in the early going picking up and discarding guns just to identify them.

Eurocom can use the proper name for the P99.  Other Activision titles use real gun names.  It's hard to imagine that a publisher would license the rights to use a manufacturer's gun likeness and name on a per title basis?  Is this actually how it is done?  Does Blood Stone use fake gun names?

I don't know because I've not played either, but it might be to retain the names from the original.

I thought it was the PP9. Shows how much I know about guns...

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Because like with cars in games they have to buy the licence to use the name.

Really don't care much.
I rather have awesome weapons like the cerebral bore or cyclone then the same boring assault rifles with generic names.

probably a homage to when games didn't have as much money and they couldn't afford to have licensed weapons.

The gun licensing is probably on a per-title basis.

" probably a homage to when games didn't have as much money and they couldn't afford to have licensed weapons. "

" Original had fake names, sometimes named after the people who made it like the "klobb". "

Blood Stone has real licensed names for it's weapons
 
I'm using an AK-74 alot in that game

Because having the guns be named differently will certainly impact the gameplay a lot. 

Because not everyone cares whether a gun is called an assault rifle, an AK-47, a machine gun, or Happy Dave's Boom-Boom Device.

Actually, the AK-47 is properly named. I would assume because the gun is the intellectual property of the Russian government (or so I've heard) and the name can be used without paying royalties.

Happy Dave's Boom-Boom Device. "

I love James Bond games mostly for their fake gun names, so Yay!
 
I never played the original Goldeneye but it's sequel had some real gun names mixed with fake ones. It had the real SA-80 but it's version of an M-16 was called a "Mustang"

" I don't know because I've not played either, but it might be to retain the names from the original. "

I certainly would care if they're named after guns from the original game, or even similar to those names.  Personally I loved the Laptop gun and the RCP90, along with others.  Their name is also what set them apart.

I can't imagine something I care less about than the names of my virtual guns. This is exactly why I only play games with fictional guns with my friends, because they are the types of guys that will explain to me what type of gun it is, why it was invented and other shit that I don't care about.

I'd rather see fake names in all games. Screw trying to keep track of the difference between an AK-47, an AK-74, an M16, etc. etc. 
 
To many letters and numbers, man! Did the creators just glance at their license plates while naming them?!