The authors of the Ready or Not police event have lost the publisher -apkrig
According to its description, Ready or Not is an intensive tactical first person shooter on Steam, which illustrates the work of SWAT units setting out to deal with hostile and conflict situations. As such, fans perceive it as a kind of successor to the legendary Police Quest series, namely SWAT 4 from the developers of the Irrational Games, and despite the fact that Ready or Not has only been available in the preliminary access program since December 17 this year, it has Steam extremely positive evaluation. Nevertheless, clouds have cleared over the title in recent days when people from Void Interactive have confirmed that they have decided to terminate the contract with the current publisher, the famous Team 17. The reasons were not publicly announced, but fans believed that the unexpected breakup caused Reddit developers, who answered a question about the possible inclusion of a shooting mission at an American school. “Then believe me there [tahle mise] will be, “wrote one of the employees and, as expected, at the quiet time of Christmas sparked a relatively passionate debate.
VOID Interactive and Team17 have mutually agreed that Team17 will no longer publish Ready or Not. We are confident that this is the right path for the future of Ready or Not, and we thank Team17 for their partnership and wish them great success with their spectrum of games!
— VOID Interactive (@VOIDInteractive) December 20, 2021
You would not find the article on Reddit today – however, it has survived thanks to the internet archive and, without context, it certainly does not look sensitive. Therefore, it did not take long for the developers to be criticized, and it was the end of the cooperation with Team 17 that offered as a possible consequence. “Void Interactive and Team 17 have agreed that Team 17 will no longer be a Ready or Not publisher. We believe that this is the best choice for the future of Ready or Not and we thank Team 17 for their partnership and wish them success with the full spectrum of their games, “the developers wrote on Twitter. However, it was only in their statement for PC Gamer magazine that they refuted the presumed assumptions and confirmed that the unexpected termination of the partnership did not cause the interested parties to have a controversial mission at stake.
However, in connection with their wishes, they published an even longer message to the community of players and to people who have caught on to the controversial topic and are trying to explain their position. First of all, it is necessary to remind you once again that Ready or Not is a well-rated game and that the people from Void Interactive delivered to them through their title. Of course, considering that the game is only in early access and it lacks a substantial part of the content. Very important is the emphasis on authenticity and tactics, ie quantities that do not serve to present trivial abbreviations and efforts to simplify the intervention of the SWAT police unit so that it resembles action movies. On the contrary, the developers have repeatedly stated that they pay tribute to all men and women in the special forces, as well as to people who have been exposed to unpleasant situations, whether from the point of view of direct participants in aggravated situations or indirect ones who have had to cope with the loss of a loved one. And the same, of course, should apply to the mission has take place in high school.
“There is no easy way to talk about this issue without evoking the emotions of one or the other party,” the developers said at the beginning of their message. Void Interactive people also point out that they have a clear commitment to delivering quality and engaging content that other developers can avoid because of cultural conventions or standards. But they add that Ready or Not should by no means glorify cowardly crimes and instead honor the work of dedicated law enforcement officers around the world. “In our game, I try to promote such a level of authenticity and realism, which brings with it difficult topics. We understand that this requires some responsibility towards the fans and the community, but also those who have been affected by the traumatic events to which the police respond with their interventions, ”the developers explain, assuring that I treat every piece of content with due respect. “The mission at school is not just part of the Ready or Not story, it is part of the stories of thousands of people around the world. It is the story of those who died too soon at the hands of a mad shooter, the story of family and friends waiting for a phone call that may never come, the story of the first interveners who do everything they can, even if it may not be enough, “define the authors Ready or Not and they make it clear that they will not long for any sensation.
Whether or not this will damage the reputation of the game must be shown, but the fact is that under the quoted post on Twitter there are more words of support and understanding, in which the debaters thank the developers for their approach and point out in particular that other the media – such as books or films – also deal with such important topics. However, we must add fairly that video games favor interactivity and that is why they can be considered controversial or unnecessary in such situations. But this is probably not the case with Ready or Not.
