The head of the Management publishing house is pronounced against abortion: the development study rescinds the contract

John Gibson is President of Tripwire Interactive. The company publishes games like Maneater and Chivalry 2. On Twitter, he spoke positively about the new abortion law in Texas. That earned him many critics of the game industry and the completion of a development study.

Why criticizes Gibson? In a tweet, John Gibson praised the implementation of the controversial law banning abortion in the US state of Texas. Although he does not usually make political statements, he felt it was important here because many in the industry of the game were against the law:

I am proud that the #USSupremeCourt has supported the Texas law banning abortion in babies heartbeat. As an artist, I do not get very often political. But with so many vocal colleagues on the other side of this issue, it was important for me to express myself as a game developer pro-life.

John Gibson via Twitter

However, the tweet earned him much criticism in the game industry. For example, one of the developers of Gears of War, Cliff Bleszinski, demanded that Gibson left him to follow on Twitter (via Twitter).

Some gaming companies who have previously worked with Tripwire Interactive distance themselves from the statement. One of them, Shipwright Studios, has even canceled their contracts with the publisher.

The first study ## is separated from Tripwire Interactive

What the study says developer? Shipwright Studios is a game developer that is incorporated into complete sets. You have worked in Legends of Aria, Chivalry, Scavengers and Maneater, for example. Shipwright said in a Twitter posting that have been working with Tripwire for more than 3 years.

But in the future there should be collaboration between the studio and the publisher.

Consciously decide not to work with us because it goes against the ideals of the company. Has nothing against personal opinions, but as soon as they are made public, it gets immediately contact the company and partners.

It is unfortunate, but we believe that if we allow this pattern continue, we would be hurting ourselves, its employees, its partners and the entire industry. (...).

We begin immediately to rescind the previous contracts.

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Torn Banner Studios developer, creators of Chivarly 2 have also been expressed and emphasized that the statement does not reflect the opinion of the team and they are exactly the opposite opinion. However, so far it has not been mentioned separation Tripwire Interactive (via Twitter).

What's behind the law? Texas law states that children can not be aborted after the sixth week of pregnancy. From that moment, the first beating of the heart, which makes the child a living being heard. However, critics say that very few women have realized that they are pregnant then. In addition, the law makes no exceptions for incest, child abuse and rape.

In addition, individuals may file civil lawsuits against people who help pregnant women find or obtain information on abortion. These helpers can be sued for up to $ 10,000. Is considered one of the strictest abortion laws more in EE. UU. And President Biden also spoke against it (through Zeit.de).

Gibson was already incorporating ### songs against abortion in games.

Gibson's tweet remained a note to the margin for a long time until the game known journalist Jason Schreier said it (via Twitter).

Several users commented on this tweet and showed that Gibson already has a past with the abortion issue:

• For example, there is a soundtrack in the game Killing Floor 2 sings about how cruel and unfair the abortion (via Twitter).
• In other songs should praise the Christian life and criticizing the lives of non-Christians.

Twitter users are surprised that only now many companies have realized the attitude adopted Gibson on the subject.

Increasingly statements on the Internet have consequences

John Gibson is not the first person whose tweet or testimony on the Internet had consequences.

The developer of Guild Wars 2 Jessica Price lost her job because she accused a member of the community of sexism in Twitter. However, this was a creator of popular content and was anything but sexist. This led to a long discussion, at the end of which Price lost her job.

We recently reported in Gibson about a case in which the Social Networks of the company Vertegear was fired. He tried to get new followers with clichés and memes: The company Tuitea to the Streamers on Twitch, harvesting a shit storm of sexism, says goodbye to who