Over the last few years, there has been a sharp rise in abuse directed at game developers and the actors who appear in their works. One of the most high-profile recent examples saw Final Fantasy 14's Sena Bryer, who plays Wuk Lamat in Dawntrail, receive death threats online. However, there have been countless other instances involving actors from Resident Evil, Baldur's Gate, and, most recently, Ghost of Yotei.
While some studios, like Ubisoft, which offered psychological and legal support to its developers who faced abuse in the wake of Assassin's Creed Shadows, and Square, which says it will take legal action against harassers, are taking a stand, many others, unfortunately, don't offer the support development teams and actors require.
Despite two of gaming's most prominent developers taking action, speaking to TheGamer, Baldur's Gate 3 actor and performance director Aliona Baranova says that she feels studios still need to "do a bit more to protect the cast."
Speaking at a recent event, Baranova detailed some examples in which actors find themselves in the firing line of unsavory abuse.
"If a series has been rebooted, and a black or an Asian actor is taking a role that, in the past,...
