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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday August 10 2019, @09:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-their-ooblets-into-an-uproar dept.

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Epic vows to support 'Ooblets' studio following exclusivity harassment

Indie studio Glumberland, developer of cute and quirky life simulator Ooblets, announced its decision to sign a PC exclusivity deal with Epic Games last week. It essentially secured the company's future, but it has has also become the target of widespread harassment as a result of locking its PC title to the Epic Games Store.

Glumberland's original announcement of the exclusive was light-hearted, saying "this is all low-stakes video game stuff we're dealing with here" and that it was "[n]othing to get worked up about." The exclusivity deal will bring some much-needed cash to the project, as the developers explained on Twitter: "I know this is a hot-button issue for some folks but getting some funding is going to make a huge difference for Ooblets."

A certain section of the gaming community reacted to the announcement with unbridled fury, however, unleashing a wave of harassment onto the studio's two developers. The extreme reaction included someone faking a screenshot purporting to show developer Ben Wasser, who is Jewish, saying "gamers would be better off in gas chambers."


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday August 10 2019, @11:49AM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday August 10 2019, @11:49AM (#878183) Journal

    OMG! Video games! We need to ban them before more shooters are created!

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Saturday August 10 2019, @03:30PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 10 2019, @03:30PM (#878281) Journal

    Really, we need to ban video games before more gamers are created.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 10 2019, @07:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 10 2019, @07:35PM (#878421)

    Seems to have triggered aristarchus!

  • (Score: 2) by stretch611 on Sunday August 11 2019, @12:14AM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Sunday August 11 2019, @12:14AM (#878574)

    OMG! Video games! We need to ban them before more shooters are created!

    Hey, if it works for the largest retailer in the world...

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