Now
Six Days in Fallujah is back, with Highwire Games as its new developer, Victura as its new publisher, and brand-new technology and direction to try and valorize a battle that its creators feel hasn’t gotten due attention (despite numerous books, documentaries, Fox News recreations, and even an opera that all center the perspectives of U.S. Marines).
Its return has not been warmly welcomed by everyone in the video game community. IGN’s Rebekah Valentine spoke with Arab and Iraqi game developers exhausted and infuriated by the game. U.S. military veterans John Phipps and Tristan Greene have also spoken out against the game’s revival.
Hogwarts Legacy, the forthcoming
Harry Potter game, is set to feature trans-inclusive character creation, but fans aren’t having it.
Many gamers plan to boycott the game owing to explosive comments on trans lives and healthcare from
Harry
Potter author JK Rowling. WB Games studio Avalanche, who are developing the game, state on its website that the author is “not directly involved in the creation of the game”, yet fans remain undeterred.
Developers on the game reportedly “pushed hard” to include trans representation in the game, uncomfortable with Rowling’s comments.
Yet while the character creation is a step in the right direction for representation, the game is already tarnished in the eyes of fans.
Feature by Ed Thorn Senior Staff Writer Published 31 Jan, 2021
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.
Sundays are for discovering that coffee bags exist and having to sit down for a moment to process the news. Let s have a brew together and read the week s best writing about videogames.
For NME, James McMahon asks the question: where do gaming s urban legends come from? It reminded me of when players thought Bigfoot roamed the woods in GTA: San Andreas, and how it led to lots of videos with hard-hitting titles like San Andreas: The Truth About Bigfoot .
GamesIndustry.biz surfaced allegations of abuse and harassment at Scavengers Studio, the developer of
Season. Specifically, the report detailed instances of abuse and sexual harassment from the studio’s co-founder and creative director Simon Darveau, among other accusations of the studio fostering a toxic work environment.
GamesIndustry.biz‘s Rebekah Valentine spoke to nine current and former employees of the studio, who detailed other instances of extreme workplace behavior including abusive remarks, yelling, and groping employees.
In the wake of the report, Scavengers Studio issued a statement regarding the allegations that surfaced and outlined its course of action in response. Specifically, the studio noted that Darveau has been indefinitely suspended from the studio and its Board of Directors, alongside additional shifts within the studio’s management. The studio also noted that an external audit will take place to assess the workplace environment, culture, and prac
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