Nope
Logos and trademark names does not fall under anything considered as being fair use as they are considered property.
Google this.
“EA and firearms copyright”
Further as to trade marks.
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Thanks for bring that up (here’s a link for the lazy: LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You),
I think it is also worth mentioning that some of the manufacturing industries for sports cars and even military focused aircraft/helicopter manufacturers are trying to get legislation in which would allow them to sue you if you don’t pay up to use their ‘signature’ audio from their machinery -_-
Would they go after you?
50/50 but probably if your EA or become as big but really do we need to use branded products in a video game? Rule of thumb thought is there is really know way to figure out what will set someone off but if you become as big as EA then it’s 100% someone will sue you for some reason.
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If you want to know the best way to get around this, it is to contact your local airsoft manufacture and negotiation some sort of partnership deal as they own a lot of the licenses to weapons from the manufacturers.
By doing that I hear it can make things soooo much easier to get a hold of the rights to use real weapon names, branding, etc. in your game over going the direct route and having to fight tooth and nail just to get the rights to use just 1 GUN IN GAME…
I believe one example of a developer who did this was Zombie Studios with their Special Forces: Team X Game (I’ll try to find some articles on the subject and update this post if/when I do)