French game publisher Ubisoft apologizes to fans after video showing its initial sequence Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad Images of the black fist also showed the images, which critics said were “sensitive” and appear to link the Black Lives Matter movement to a fictional terrorist organization in the game.
The initial sequence of the game shows the UMBRA, an anarchist group whose narrator explains that it is taking advantage of “increasing civil unrest” to “create more chaos and weaken governments”. The image of the black raised fist was also associated with UMBRA.
After the video was uploaded, many fans criticized how the image, including the fist, portrayed the Black Lives Matter movement as a terrorist group. A Twitter user who is a senior programmer at Ubisoft-owned studio Massive Entertainment, Tweeted That video was “overall and extremely disrespectful”.
Ubisoft said in its apology Imagine the inside Of Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad The opening was “sensitive and harmless, both in its inclusion and in how it was portrayed.” The publisher promised that, in the next update of the upcoming game, the image will be removed, which is September 1st for Android and “as soon as possible on iOS.”
Since June, Ubisoft has been under scrutiny for its toxic work culture, which has been alleged to have lasted more than a decade. In July, the CEO of Ubisoft announced that the company was making a number of changes, including the departure of several high-profile employees and building bonuses to team leads based on their ability to create a positive and inclusive environment.
