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Playtonic announced today that they have removed Jon "JonTron" Jafari from Yooka-Laylee following his very public and very racist remarks.
JonTron was initially invited to provide some voice work for the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie back in early 2015. Playtonic had reached out to JonTron, a long time fan of Banjo-Kazooie, after he expressed interest in the role via Twitter.
Playtonic released a statement concerning the removal of JonTron from their game.
The usual crowd of GamerGate and supporters of racists/racism (which, let's face it, tend to be one in the same in most cases) are already complaining about how the evil SJWs have ruined yet another game. Good people, on the other hand, are offering their praise and thanks to Playtonic for this move.
This is easily a good move on the part of Playtonic to distance themselves from that hot mess.
JonTron was initially invited to provide some voice work for the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie back in early 2015. Playtonic had reached out to JonTron, a long time fan of Banjo-Kazooie, after he expressed interest in the role via Twitter.
Playtonic released a statement concerning the removal of JonTron from their game.
"We recently became aware of comments made by voice artist JonTron after development on Yooka-Laylee had been completed," the firm told GamesIndustry.biz in a statement.
"JonTron is a talented video presenter who we were initially, two years ago, happy to include as a voice contributor in our game. However, in light of his recent personal viewpoints we have made the decision to remove JonTron's inclusion in the game via a forthcoming content update. We would like to make absolutely clear that we do not endorse or support JonTron's personal viewpoints and that, as an external fan contributor, he does not represent Playtonic in any capacity. Playtonic is a studio that celebrates diversity in all forms and strives to make games that everyone can enjoy. As such, we deeply regret any implied association that could make players feel anything but 100% comfortable in our game worlds, or distract from the incredible goodwill and love shown by our fans and Kickstarter backers."
"JonTron is a talented video presenter who we were initially, two years ago, happy to include as a voice contributor in our game. However, in light of his recent personal viewpoints we have made the decision to remove JonTron's inclusion in the game via a forthcoming content update. We would like to make absolutely clear that we do not endorse or support JonTron's personal viewpoints and that, as an external fan contributor, he does not represent Playtonic in any capacity. Playtonic is a studio that celebrates diversity in all forms and strives to make games that everyone can enjoy. As such, we deeply regret any implied association that could make players feel anything but 100% comfortable in our game worlds, or distract from the incredible goodwill and love shown by our fans and Kickstarter backers."
The usual crowd of GamerGate and supporters of racists/racism (which, let's face it, tend to be one in the same in most cases) are already complaining about how the evil SJWs have ruined yet another game. Good people, on the other hand, are offering their praise and thanks to Playtonic for this move.
This is easily a good move on the part of Playtonic to distance themselves from that hot mess.