July is not only shorts, barbecue, kayaks and badminton, but also a good reason to take the results of the last six months. The first months of 2017 were rich in all kinds of scandals, intrigues and spins from the hut straight to the Internet. Especially severe attacks of hysteria were noted by animal defenders, Bolivians and guardians of American culture. Of all this game, we have collected the most loud scandals in our beloved entertainment industry in recent years.
Americans and Far Cry 5
This scandal flared up at the end of May: American patriots were offended by a new part Far Cry – On the most popular site to post public requirements there is a petition calling to cancel Far Cry 5.
The feelings of supporters of American values were offended by the way the real state of Montana showed in the game – the "Treasure Stop", called the Spanish word "mountain". From Ubisoft , one of the largest publishing houses in Europe requires to abolish the game or transfer its effect to Canada. And at the same time change the plot and the villains of American origin inscribed in it.
It seems that someone really offended the pseudo-hut cult, in which they worship weapons, steaks and the Bible. The petition is rapidly gaining popularity, but UBI is still possible to ignore the attacks from the New World. They are just used to.
Parrots and minecraft
The absurd parade is continued by virtual parrots in Minecraft. The story happened to them – one of the Reddit users, known under the nickname 1JL, demanded that the authors of the game prohibit feeding parrots with chocolate crumbs. Like, children get used to doing this in the game, and then feed real parrots with chocolate, subjecting their lives a deadly threat.
Typically, such statements cause a grin, but 1JL declared a war to developers if they did not listen to its requirements, and enlisted the wide support of like -minded people. The whole Reddit stood up to protect the parrots, the story became viral, and Mojang I had to give in to the rebels – cookies for feeding birds were replaced with another treat.
Balance and World of Tanks
Company Wargaming I got in a matter of months in two unpleasant situations. In April, one of their key games, World of WarsHips, The Islamic State terrorist organization was lit up in the propaganda video of the terrorist organization (prohibited in the Russian Federation), and some not too smart people hastened to connect the game with the group prohibited in Russia. Say, a new channel for promoting the game has appeared – this is such wild nonsense. As you know, terrorists despise laws and enjoy everyone, including personnel meetings. There could even be a game about Barbie in this video.
In the second case, WG was really to blame – fan World of Tanks I recorded a revealing video and criticized the developers for their new premium Chrysler K GF Ultimate tank. The car really broke the balance and used over -power "gold" shells. The requirement to remove the video and the threat of application of sanctions did not take action-the Sirfoch YouTube blogger resigned about the situation in all forums and received mass support. As a result, Wargaming was forced to apologize for too zealous actions and, like a cat Leopold, invited everyone to live together.
Milking cows and 1-2-Switch
The launch of Nintendo Switch could not do without a scandal – Peta accused Nintendo in hypocrisy https://sister-site.org/spinland/ and support for violence against animals. The fault of everything became bad and inaccurate, from the point of view of Peta, the process of milking cows in the collection of a mini-game 1-2-Switch. The president of the organization proposed either to close the topic with the milking of the virtual cow, or to show all aspects of this “violent act”. Nintendo Ingrid in Nintendo was disadvantaged-they reasonably reasoned that no one was dragging to court, but anyone can be offended because of the game, and it is not necessary to react at all at all. Before that, Peta has already attacked Battlefield 3 , Call of Duty: World at War And even a series Pokemon. Jack Thompson worthy heirs.
Maradona and PES 2017
A noticeable skirmish occurred between the famous football player Diego Maradona and the company Konami. Maradona found in a football simulator PES 2017 his beloved, but could not remember that he would give permission to use his image in the game. As a result – a lawyer of an eminent pensioner initiated a trial.
At first, the publisher was reflected, hoping to do with little blood. As a result, however, Konami had to follow Maradona’s lead – for the illegal use of the image of the Golden Boy, the offended football player paid a round sum. He was also officially made by the leading promoter of the series Pro Evolution Soccer Until 2020. Pleasant benefits, you will not say anything!
Kangaroo and Tekken 7
Japanese companies are increasingly afraid of the anger of the Western world. First studio Team Ninja I decided not to let out Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 outside Japan, fearing the feminists, and now the authors followed their example Tekken 7.
The illustrious fighting game will appear in the States and Europe, but in a cut-out form-without a fighting kangaroo Roger Jr. The reason was a massive negative reaction to the video in which a person, saving his dog, hits a kangaroo on the head, turning it to flight. The creators of the game sensibly reasoned that in the virtual scammers to such an animal there is no place. And although the Kenguru boxer has been listed in the series since 1995, only visitors to the arcade halls in the Tokyo quarter of Akihabar will now be able to play for it.
Bolivia Government and Ghost Recon: Wildlands
The Bolivian government was offended by the company Ubisoft , French embassy and France as a whole. And all because of the tactical shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, whose action is just taking place in Bolivia.
True, in her fictitious version, the right to create which every creator has. This was reminded of Ubisoft, releasing an official response to the claims of the Bolivian authorities. The international conflict did not work out, and although now the game in Bolivia is prohibited, additional PR in the rest of the world outraged Bolivians clearly provided her. The scandal is given a special piquancy to the fact that in the country the Koki bushes are considered sacred, and Evo Morales, the current president of Bolivia, in his youth was a collector of Coca. The Cocaine bushes are endowed with the status of the country's “cultural heritage” of the country and are protected by law.
Streamers and authors Persona 5
Creators of a cult role -playing game Persona 5, received the highest grades around the world, slightly "struck" – the company Atlus strictly forbade streamers, flyers and other bloggers to show plot episodes of the game.
This was announced in the format of ultimatum, and in case of disobedience, ATLUS promised to strictly punish the tyranny with the help of legal sanctions, blocking and other forms of Bangammer. Of course, people did not like it, and a wave of discontent swept throughout the Internet. The publisher had to apologize, repenting of his previous formulations. Three weeks after the release of the game, the requirements were significantly softened. And although the company asked everyone for forgiveness, the sediment remained.
Praey and Prey
In May Bethesda SoftWorks quarreled with an independent studio No Matter Studios Because of the name of the game. The game was the cause of the conflict Prey for the Gods, The first word in the name of which conflict with the brand Prey.
After several public attacks at Bethesda, the Indie creators decided to back down and renamed the game in Praey for the Gods – It turned out that, just in case, they registered an additional brand one and a half years before the conflict. The prudence turned out to be useful, Prey came out and turned out to be a great game. As for PFTG, she has to prove her significance at the very end of this year – the release is scheduled for December.
Guides and Blizzard
Usually players attack companies, but in this case everything happened exactly the opposite – the company Blizzard I took up the players earning in World of Warcraft Paid excursions.
It is no secret that there is a whole business in Wow: experienced players conduct newcomers on dungeons and raids, destroying monsters and allowing beginners to pick up equipment from corpses. Representatives of Blizzard politely asked to finish such a practice, and sent the most effective entrepreneurs-benefits to eternal expulsion, that is, permanent ban. Fortunately, they limited themselves to a short list of victims, but with a reservation that the sanctions will become tougher if someone else wants to earn in this way. Everyone heard a warning.
Jim Sterling and Digital Homicide Studio
Video blogger Jim Sterling, known for the personal site Jimquisition, He became famous for the scandalous disposition and severe criticism of any games that he did not like. In 2016, the company Digital homicide sued sterling, demanding to compensate for the damage that he inflicted on the studio with his videos about her, what to hide, terrible games.
At first they asked for ten million dollars as a fine, then fifteen. It got to the point that Digital Homicide persuaded YouTube to remove one of the “puppies” of sterling, but in the end they restored the video, and the blogger was recognized in this conflict with the right. Interestingly, I put the point in history Valve , in this war. The company tightly deleted all Digital homicide games from Steam and betrayed her developers of public anathema. And she did the right thing!
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