In general, if you are photographing someone and you think you might want to use the image commercially later, you should try to obtain a model release for the photograph.
true or false

The statement is true.

You need a model release when you want to use the image commercially.

A document that spells out under which conditions a photographer may use a photograph of someone is a model release, and when photograph or image of someone is used commercially it means use for advertising purposes.

personally, i think the games do because it's actually them controlling it. this might cause them to think it's okay to do it for real. as for animated movies i think they are mostly fine because they're animated. also, animation has come a long way causing animated movies to become more real but 30 years ago this wouldn't be as big of a problem as today.