CD Projekt Red CEO Rubbishes Claims That "Diversity Hires" Are Ruining The Studio

CD Projekt Red CEO Rubbishes Claims That "Diversity Hires" Are Ruining The Studio

From TheGamer (Written by Joshua Robertson) on | OpenCritic

It seems like now more than ever, large-scale campaigns against inclusion and diversity has come to attack pretty much every game that's announced these days that doesn't include a straight white man as its sole protagonist. Assassin's Creed Shadows was attacked for having the Black samurai Yasuke as one of its main characters, as has Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Alan Wake 2, and most recently Silent Hill 2 Remake, as many got angry at a "body positive" neon sign that was actually ripped straight from the original game.

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It's caused a lot of misinformation to spread like wildfire, as certain people behind the outrage whip up fans into hate-fuelled frenzies for profit. One such developer that has become the target of these frenzies is The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt Red, which was recently named as a developer that is in "dire trouble" due to a supposed significant loss of talent and the resulting "diversity hires" to replace them.

They're claims that have no merit, aren't backed up...

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