Welsh horror game sparks legal threat for featuring private home in advertising

An upcoming Welsh horror game has drawn fire for featuring a private home in its advertising - and its owner is now considering legal action.

Publisher Wales Interactive announced survival horror The Maid of Sker last week using images of the real-life Sker House situated near Porthcawl in South Wales. It was the first time the owner of the house had heard of the project - and they were, perhaps understandably, displeased.

The real-life Sker House (pronounced "Scare House") isn't even featured in the game - the action instead takes place within a fictitious hotel of the same name, presumably to avoid the house itself being shown.

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