Several Game Developers Have Spoken Out Against Roe v. Wade Overturn
On Friday, June 24, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision overturning the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, ending nationwide reproductive rights including the right to abortion for American citizens. Companies across the video game industry, both domestic to the United States and international, have issued statements reaffirming support for women's reproductive rights. These statements have typically included a promise to ensure employees continue to have access to reproductive care regardless of where they live.
World of Warcraft engineer Valentine Powell has been collecting a list of statements of support on Twitter. Curiously, both PlayStation and Xbox have approached the subject in different manners. 10 individual PlayStation studios, including Naughty Dog, PlayStation London, Guerrilla Games, Sucker Punch, Santa Monica Studio, Media Molecule, Insomniac, Bend Studio, and Bungie, all issued their own statements. However, PlayStation itself has not. Meanwhile, both the main Xbox and Bethesda accounts have tweeted statements, while studios beneath them have largely either stayed silent or retweeted their parent.
Xbox Says It Will Support Employees Following Roe v. Wade Overturn
PlayStation and Xbox aren't the only major companies that have issued statements, though. Both Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, two of the largest publishers in the world, have reaffirmed their support for reproductive rights. Devolver Digital and Akupara Games may not be as large as EA and Ubisoft, but both have made statements. Others, including Nintendo of America, Valve, Epic Games, NetEase, Activison Blizzard, Take-Two, Square Enix, Sega, Capcom, and Embracer Group, have not issued statements.
Many more studios have also issued support
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