TeamKill, the developer behind the upcoming sci-fi third-person motion horror sport Code Violet, reveals why the sport won’t ever be launched on PC.
In a press release launched on X (previously Twitter), TeamKill defined Code Violet received’t be launched on PC to stop folks from modding “vulgar variations” of the sport’s characters. “We maintain our voice actresses and actors with excessive regard, in addition to our inventive imaginative and prescient for the sport and story, and reject any type of destroying that with sexual mods,” the dev said. “Making a joke out of our artwork and probably tarnishing the popularity of our voice actresses and actors just isn’t value the additional cash we will make.”
For higher or worse, modders have shaped the unsung spine of the online game business. And, in some circumstances like Skyrim, mods have added to the longevity of the title and made it extra enjoyable for many individuals. There are additionally different nice video games on the market like Stanley Parable, which was a mod for Half-Life 2. Even DOTA 2 was as soon as a mod for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.
Some folks, nonetheless, use mods as a possibility to sexualize characters by eradicating clothes or giving them a extra scandalous look. Whereas many builders ban gamers from utilizing such mods on their titles, TeamKill has gone a step additional and determined to not launch the sport on PC, a platform the place the modders work.
Some gamers applaud the developer’s sturdy stance on such a delicate situation, however others are merely calling it a “advertising stunt.” Within the eyes of skeptics, the developer is simply making an attempt to earn free publicity in an try to outdo its earlier title, Quantum Error, which acquired a comparatively low Metacritic rating. Furthermore, the developer additionally said that it’s not releasing the sport on Xbox as a result of not having the “experience or manpower to port to that platform,” because it’s only a small crew of 4 folks.
Code Violet is ready to be launched completely for PlayStation 5 in July.
