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In a post on social media, CI Games’ CEO and the head of the studio, Marek Tyminski, reverted to his rhetoric about games needing to avoid political agendas. He stated in clear terms that Lords of the Fallen 2, slated for 2026, will feature ‘attractive female characters’ wearing ‘revealing outfits’.

"Many of you asked why the game initially had body type A/B. Hexworks started early 2020 as an autonomous studio owned by CI Games. Early on, political correctness and filtering meant not every decision reached me on time. I got a lot more involved from late 2024 and now act as Head of Studio alongside my CEO role. Things are very different now and the studio got fully integrated. We reverted a lot of wrong decisions and will continue improving. Lords II is being built on real player feedback, and it’s crystal clear in the last two trailers."

The comments under that post came from curious fans, and one user asked, ‘I’m gonna buy the game, definitely. Will there be attractive female characters, and will there be revealing outfits and armor for them?’ Marek simply responded, ‘Yes’.

When another fan pointed out that games should be fun and not ‘politically correct’, Tyminski wrote, ‘Correct’.

Early in 2025, Tyminski appeared on social media rebelling against forced DEI in games. He backed up a statement made by CI Games’ marketing director, which suggests that the studio wouldn’t shoehorn DEI elements into their games just to tick that political agenda checkbox.

So I guess that game's not gonna be played then lol. What a pos CEO

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[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thankfully I've never felt enticed by this franchise in any way, so I've never given them money.... Are these games so weak that they need objectification to secure an audience?

And the comments about "political correctness" forced DEI, XD such trash takes, almost comical. I hate that covert hate speech talking points keep getting normalized.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

🤷🏻‍♂️ feels like it a little. It's definitely crazy how many garbage CEO takes one single year can contain

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's practically in their job description. You must get some kind of bonus by demonstrating you're out of touch at a professional level