Lead designer Hogwarts Legacy left the project

How we they wrote At the beginning of the week, Hogwarts Legacy, in addition to its postponement to next year and the complications of completing the development, also faces “political” problems related to the author’s statements on transsexuals. The creators of the game subsequently confirmed that they will give players the opportunity to create a character belonging to this group, which provoked a dissatisfied community to further criticism, this time on the topic of “too simple” implementation (assigning a male or female voice to a male or female character). Oil on the fire also added information that the game’s chief designer, Troy Leavitt, operated a Youtube channel supporting GamerGate (a movement of players famous for, among other things, aggressive anti-feminist attitudes).

And the latter decided to draw conclusions from the whole situation (where, for example, Internet forums forbid the promotion of the game) and resigned – at least he presented it on his Twitter, where he wrote: “I decided to leave Avalanche Software. I have nothing but praise for the game, its developers or the publishers of WB Games. I will soon release a video about this on my Youtube channel. To be clear: I felt safe in my position. But I still decided to leave for the reasons I will explain in that video. I am in an excellent mood and I am very pleased with my relationship with WB and Avalanche. “

1. I have made the decision to part ways with Avalanche Software. I have nothing but good things to say about the game, the dev team, and WB Games.

2. I will be releasing a YouTube Video about this soon on my channel.

— Troy Leavitt (@Troylus_true) March 5, 2021

Under his tweets, it boils through the reactions of both sides of the “conflict”, in which both Leavitt’s supporters and, above all, his opponents express themselves. Some see him pleading guilty, others call him a step by a dedicated leader trying to save the project and the team. Of course, we will be able to get a better idea of ​​the circumstances of his departure when Troy publishes his announced video, but this is another in a long series of cases where public opinion had a direct impact on the employment of a successful person. As a result, perhaps the biggest pity is that the fairy-tale RPG game originally aroused a lot of enthusiasm and pleasure among numerous fans of the artwork, but has now turned into a rather disgusting battlefield of strong views on transsexuality and sexism.

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