Monday, August 19, 2019

Ion Fury Devs Are Donating $10,000 After Backlash Over Transphobic Comments

Voidpoint, the developers behind Ion Fury, apologized after it was revealed the team made sexist and transphobic statements in their developer Discord channel. The team also added homophobic language into Ion Fury itself. In a pair of statements from Voidpoint and publisher 3D Realms, the two companies said it will patch out the offensive language from the game, and Voidpoint promised to pledge $10,000 to the LGBT non-profit, The Trevor Project.

Over the weekend a Resetera forum thread published screen captures from the Voidpoint Discord channel that showed the Ion Fury developers make disparaging statements towards the LGBT community, specifically at the trans community.

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source http://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/19/ion-fury-devs-are-donating-10000-after-backlash-over-transphobic-comments

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