Ubisoft to remove image of raised black fist from Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad
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French game publisher Ubisoft is apologizing to fans after a video showing
the opening sequence for Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad showed images of a raised
black fist, which critics said was “insensitive” and appeared to connect
the Black Lives Matter movement to a fictional terrorist organization in the
game.
The game’s opening sequence shows UMBRA, an anarchist group which the
narrator explains is taking “advantage of escalating civil unrest” to “
generate more chaos and weaken governments.” The black raised fist image was
associated with UMBRA.
After the video was uploaded, several fans criticized how the imagery,
including the fist, appeared to cast the Black Lives Matter movement as a
terrorist group. One Twitter user who is a senior programmer at Massive
Entertainment, a studio owned by Ubisoft, tweeted that the video was “gross
and extremely disrespectful.”
Ubisoft said in its apology that the imagery in Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad’s
opening was “insensitive and harmful in both its inclusion and how it was
portrayed.” The publisher promised that the imagery would be removed in the
next game’s next update, 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
allegedly spanned more than a decade. In July, Ubisoft’s CEO announced that
the company was making several changes, which included several high-profile
staff departures and tying bonuses to team leads based on “their ability to
create a positive and inclusive work environment.”
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汤姆克兰西:菁英特工这个游戏动画中有这个画面
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHug_-13tDU&t=35s
黑色拳头向上升起
这是游戏中的无政府组织UMBRA的象征之一,动画中还提到UMBRA正在利用不断升级的民间
暴乱来制造混乱以削弱政府。
这个画面引起批评,批评者指出这是UBI在暗示BLM (Black Lives Matter) 和游戏中虚构
的恐怖组织是一样的。
UBI因此道歉也会除移相关画面。