Gamers Discover Glitch, Send Death Threats To Developer
Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: game, developer, death, threat
Game developer, Infinite Interactive has said the the developer of one the company’s games has been receiving death threats over a glitch in one its PSP games.
Eurogamer reports that a glitch in Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords made gamers so mad that the developer received several death threats and even a bomb threat.
Despite the fact that the company thinks two of the threats were ‘serious’, it seems relatively upbeat about the whole thing.
"One death threat in 25 years of game development. Puzzle Quest comes out and I had six death threats and one bomb threat."
According to the gaming website, one of the death threats was about the level cap, but the PSP bug, which stopped the player’s AI companions having any effect in battle, was what caused most of the problems.
Unfortunately, those threatening to kill the developers, and indeed the person who said they would bomb the studio left their email addresses attached to the file. Infinite Interactive also said it had chosen not to report the matter to the authorities. Given the fact that most of the threats came from the states and they are based in Australia, CEO Faulkner is not worried.
"Most of them were people who were going to kill us who lived in the States, and we’re in Australia, so unless they were actually serious enough to hop a plane flight over to Australia and gun me down."
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Death threat because of a game? What low lifes will send death threats out because of some small little PSP game? Incredible the amount of stupidity that flows through Society. We need a Filter.
Actually, I think the bigger problem is game companies putting out games without any response from gamers beforehand.
That said, whoever sent a death threat because of this should be slapped for it, at least.
I've gotten PLENTY mad at a game that didn't meet my expectations before, but I absolutely NEVER threatened to KILL someone because of it.
getting mad at a game doesn't really work... sure if it was programmed poorly you get mad and get pissed... but I never once though of the developers... they are obviously people who are talented enough to get a game published... so maybe this was just a mistake... either way whoever decides they need to make a death thread to someone over a glitch... in a friggen game... come on.... what total losers they must be to even begin to think about that.
Who really Cares this much about some whimpy little PSP game, that I have never heard of..that they would actually threaten to bomb and kill people. Who are they? Terrorists?? And they say that these people will probably not go to Australia to come for them.. Obviously they have never been to America. If they have the stupidity to threaten them as so what makes you think they wont do it?
Crybabies AND bad software developers, prepare to meet your maker!!!!
Or, get pwned by bigger kids and better software companies. Hmph.
Crybabies AND bad software developers, prepare to meet your maker!!!!
Or, get pwned by bigger kids and better software companies. Hmph.
This could be the basis for a game. Either an update to Software Tycoon that includes hiring assassins to deal with complainers and pirates, or an FPS like Postal2 where you work for the developers.
LOL INTERNET
LOL INTERNET