Angolan rebel, Jonas Savimbi may have been killed over a decade ago, years on, his family are suing makers of a popular video game over what they claim is a ‘barbarian’ portrayal of the slain rebel leader.

AFP news quotes lawyer of the Savimbi family, Carole Enfert; as saying the UNITA [The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola] rebel chief is represented in the Black Ops II game as a "big halfwit who wants to kill everybody", and that it was an "outrageous" image that does not reflect his personality as a "political leader and strategist".

The three children of Savimbi currently resident in France, are seeking over $1m (£695,000) in damages from the French branch of Activision Blizzard.

Meanwhile, a lawyer for Activision Blizzard, Etienne Kowalski, disputes the family’s claims instead he said the “guerrilla chief who fought the MPLA [Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad]” was shown in a "rather favourable light" as a "good guy who comes to help the heroes".

The Call of Duty franchise has grossed more than $10bn since its launch a year after Savimbi’s death.

Savimbi features at the level of the film called “Pyrrhic” victory where he is heard ‘charging his troops to fight and kill MPLA rebels. "Here they come. Here they come my brothers... Fight my brothers. Death to the MPLA!"

In the end, Savimbi is portrayed as a winner who boasts and gloats over the death of MPLA rebels. The game brings to the fore, the real-life historical involvement of the CIA in Angola.