John Gibson was until yesterday of the CEO of the Publisher Tripwire Interactive (Chivalry 2, Maneaer). However, he has resigned after he had expressed a positive to the abortion law in Texas on Twitter. That brought him a lot of criticism from the gaming industry.
What was that for a tweet? John Gibson praised Twitter's controversial law on the abortion ban on Texas US state and said:
I am proud that the #ussupremeCourt has confirmed the Texan law on the abortion ban on babies with heartbeat. As an entertainer, I will not often become political. But with so many loud colleagues on the other side of this topic, it was important for me to express myself as a pro-life game developer.
John Gibson Via Twitter
However, this tweet introduced him a lot of criticism. The developer Shipwright Studios, who worked on games like Chivarly and Maneaters, after their own statement even announced all contracts with Tripwire Interactive.
The studio behind Chivalry 2, Torn Banner Studios, distanced himself from the Tweet and stressed that this opinion does not correspond to the developer studio (via Twitter).
What happened now? In a statement, Tripwire Interactive announced that John Gibson had resigned after his statement. He will now be represented transition by Alan Wilson, one of the co-founders of the company, as a new CEO.
What is behind the law? The law in Texas states that Embryos can no longer be abolished from the 6th week of pregnancy. From then on, first heartbeats could be heard, which makes the child a living beings. Critics, however, say that the fewest women have noticed at all that they are pregnant. In addition, the law makes no exceptions for incest, child abuse and rape. However, there was now a small stage win, through which the abortion clinics are first exempt from the law (via Tagesschau.de).
In addition, individuals can submit civil lawsuit against persons who help pregnant women in the search for abortion or information. These helping people can be sued to $ 10,000. It is considered the strictest laws on abortion in the US and also President Biden spoke, on the other hand (via time.de).
His comments disregarded the values of our entire team
What is said in the statement? The company announced that Gibson's statements disregard the values of the team, partners and a majority of the community. The leadership of Tripwire Seat the statement deeply and have acted accordingly quickly:
The comments from John Gibson are his own opinion and do not reflect the TripWire Interactive as a company. His comments emerged the values of our entire team, our partners and a large part of our broader community. Our leadership team at Tripwire regrets this deeply and agree that we want to act quickly and want to create a more positive environment.
With immediate effect John Gibson has resigned from his office as CEO of Tripwire Interactive. Alan Wilson, co-founder and the current vice president, will take over the function of the CEO interim.
In the further course of the statement, Alan Wilson is presented more closely, which has been part of the team since 2005 and helped in all major areas.
In addition, Tripwire wants to carry out further measures to search for the dialogue on the topic with employees and partners:
Alan will take action together with the remaining Tripwire leadership team to take into account the concerns of employees and partners. These include the implementation of a company-wide Town Hall meeting and promoting an open dialogue with the TripWire leadership and all employees. His understanding of both the corporate culture and the creative vision of our games will carry the team through this transition, with full support of the other Tripwire executives.
It is not the first time that statements on Twitter led to a resignation. So there was a motion of the social media commissioned at the company VertaGar, a manufacturer of gaming chairs. He had tried to get new followers with clichés and memes, which led to a shitstorm:
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