I haven't seen anything other than the fact that they are russian, but I'm always open to learn, and I'm not from the US either. I won't be buying this game in the end, but more because of how bad the writing seems.
This is such a weird connection to make. What the hell are russian game devs supposed to do? Storm the kremlin and topple putin? Why don't we apply the same logic to every other studio in the world who's taxes go to fund illegal wars?
I'm 100% behind not buying hogwarts legacy to not send money to JK Terfling. The studio was under no obligation to work with her. But punishing people for existing in one country makes no sense, especially when we don't apply the same logic to the rest of the world.
Did the devs do anything other than pay taxes that go to the russian government? I can understand people being iffy on the game if the devs outright said some stuff that's bad, but we can't really blame them for being born russians.
I know i'm going to get shit for this, and I swear I'm not trying to be a troll here, but if we don't buy this game because the devs are russian tax payers then we really should not be buying games from studios that pay taxes in the US. I'm not trying to say which is worse here, but the USA's impact on the world and it's own citizens insn't super peachy.
This is all moot if the devs actually did bad shit that I'm just not aware of tho.
This is less weird than some of the old late night streams that happened with Ryan and Jeff G back in the day. Some of the Giantbomb "classic" fans are really telling on themselves! Come on guys, it's friday night and nothing bad can happen here.
I also love all the remaining crew members and I'm sure they can keep GB going in a great direction. This text worries me as it feels like it was written by a PR firm and that's really not the direction GB should be heading in... Hope I'm wrong and I'm eager for what's next.
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