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The developer of old-school first-person shooter Ion Fury has U-turned on its promise to pull a homophobic slur from the game amid a Steam review bomb.

Last week developer Voidpoint admitted members of its team made 'sexist and transphobic comments, and included homophobic language in Ion Fury'.

'We recognise these statements are insensitive, unacceptable, and counterproductive to causes of equality,' the statement issued to Eurogamer continued.

'We unequivocally apologise both for these comments and language as well as for any pain they have caused the gaming community, particularly women and members of the LGBTQ community. We take full responsibility for any damage that has been done to the relationships we've worked so hard to build.'

In its original statement, Voidpoint added all employees and contractors would undergo mandatory sensitivity training, vowed to donate $10,000 from Ion Fury's release day proceeds to The Trevor Project, an American non-profit focused on suicide prevention efforts in the LGBTQ community, and said it would patch Ion Fury 'ASAP' to remove all 'unacceptable language'.

The statement came after sexist and transphobic comments were made by staff in Ion Fury's official Discord. Later, homophobic language was found in Ion Fury itself. One room in the game, accessed using a noclip cheat, displayed the word 'fagbag'. Elsewhere, face wash bottles were found to include the homophobic slur 'ogay' on their packaging.

Voidpoint's statement was seen as a positive response, but now it's issued a new statement that stresses the developer will not change the 'ogay' face wash because 'fuck censorship', and called the original decision a 'mistake'.

'Ion Fury game content will not be censored,' reads a post on Ion Fury's Steam page by user Terminx (Ion Fury senior developer Richard Gobeille).

This statement, which is billed as a joint statement from Voidpoint and 3D Realms, continues:

'We've caused a recent controversy suggesting Ion Fury game content was to be censored.

'We will absolutely NOT be censoring Ion Fury or any of our other games, now or in the future, including but not limited to by removing gags such as gaming's most controversial facial wash.

'We do not support censorship of creative works of any kind and regret our initial decision to alter a sprite in the game instead of trusting our instincts. 3D Realms and Voidpoint stand together on this matter.

'Last but not least, please respect our need to keep our community forums clean from hateful messages, spam, or off-topic threads. We recognise our mistake and have received your message loud and clear!'

Voidpoint's new statement comes amid a Steam review bomb of Ion Fury from users who accused the developers of censorship.

Ion Fury carries a 'very positive' user review rating on Steam overall, but more recently this dropped down to 'mostly positive'. One negative review, posted by a user called Broseph Joseph, who has 0.1 hours of playtime with the game, accused publisher 3D Realms of folding to 'the demands of bullies'. Over 4000 people found this review helpful, according to Steam. As you'd expect, Ion Fury's latest statement is being praised by Steam users.

It appears the word 'fagbag' was removed from Ion Fury, but 'ogay' remains. Answering criticism on Twitter, the people behind the Voidpoint account said the studio would still donate to The Trevor Project, and claimed 'fagbag' was a 'legitimate error' by a developer who doesn't live in an English-speaking country.

'It wasn't a joke, political statement, or anything else,' Voidpoint said. 'I asked him if it would be offensive in his country, he said no, I believe him. He removed it.'

The 'fagbag' thing is a legitimate error made by a developer who doesn't even live in an English-speaking country. It wasn't a joke, political statement, or anything else. I asked him if it would be offensive in his country, he said no, I believe him. He removed it.

— Voidpoint's ION FURY out NOW (@voidpnt) August 26, 2019

Voidpoint's current anti-censorship stance contradicts a tweet from 20th August in which the developer said 'we didn't really censor anything, though'.

'We're swapping one joke for another one that fits the game world better and deleting some bullshit a dev accidentally left outside of the playable area on a map (you had to noclip to find it).'

We didn't really censor anything, though. We're swapping one joke for another one that fits the game world better and deleting some bullshit a dev accidentally left outside of the playable area on a map (you had to noclip to find it).

— Voidpoint's ION FURY out NOW (@voidpnt) August 20, 2019

We've asked Voidpoint for follow-up comment. 3D Realms issued the following statement to Eurogamer:

'We at 3D Realms spoke with Voidpoint today and they reaffirmed their commitment to honouring their original statement, including the donation to The Trevor Project and sensitivity training. However, the soap bottle will not be removed.

'The use of the word 'f*gbag' in an area that was inaccessible without hacking the game, and was added by one developer without approval from anyone else, was removed a few days ago. We once again apologise for this text as it does not reflect the values of 3D Realms or Voidpoint.

'Jokes at the expense of marginalised communities will not be present in future games published by 3D Realms. However, a portion of our community made it loud and clear they felt removing 'Ogay' was censorship and should be protected by free speech. Voidpoint wanted to listen and we respected this decision.'

Contents.Plot In Ion Fury, the player assumes the role of Shelly 'Bombshell' Harrison, a expert aligned to the Global Defense Force. Lumee case iphone xr. Jadus Heskel, a cult leader, unleashes an army of cybernetically-enhanced soldiers on the futuristic city of Neo D.C., which Shelly is tasked with fighting through. Development Ion Fury is built on, a fork of Build engine which supports modern operating systems while also implementing a broader range of features. The of Ion Fury is part of the EDuke32. Lawsuit In May 2019, it was announced that the band would be suing for $2 million for 'the misappropriation and use of a virtually identical imitation of the Iron Maiden trademark'. 3D Realms quickly responded on Twitter, stating that these are 'frivolous claims anyone who has played Ion Maiden would find more over the top than Shelly’s “Loverboy”, her signature 18-round triple-barreled revolver'.The lawsuit claims that Ion Maiden 'has the same look and feel' to the Android/iOS game Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast previously released in July 5, 2016. It also lists several alleged similarities, including the name 'Ion Maiden', the font used for the game title, the main character Shelly 'Bombshell' Harrison and Steve Harris, the skull symbol, and the character.

However, several of the allegedly similar elements cited in the lawsuit were present in a previous 3D Realms game, released in January 29, 2016, including the main character name and the skull symbol. According to Scott Miller, founder of 3D Realms, 'The name Ion Maiden comes from the basic weapon used by the same female hero in her first game, Bombshell.' On July 11, 2019, 3D Realms announced that the title of Ion Maiden was changed to Ion Fury. Also announced was that voice actor, best known for the character, was confirmed to be voicing the game's main villain.

Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore(PC) 78/100Review scoresPublicationScore7.5/1077/100Critical reception Ion Fury received positive reviews with an averaging of 78 score on.gave the game a score of 7.5/10, saying it 'authentic throwback to Duke Nukem 3D that certainly hails to the king but can't quite dethrone him.' 's Chris Capel called it 'probably the best Build engine game ever' and 'challenging, funny, cleverly designed, and shockingly attractive.' 's Alex Santa Maria called it 'an updated take on Duke Nukem 3D that goes above and beyond nostalgic pandering to become one of the better first-person shooters in recent memory.'

's Javy Gwaltney called it 'everything that I've wanted from a modernized take on the arcadey shooters of the 90s. The pitch-perfect movement, the enemy variety, creative weaponry, and fantastic level design all add up to a superb shooter campaign.' Awards Ion Fury won Player's Choice Indie of the Year 2019 at. Controversy On August 16, 2019, less than a week after the official release, chat logs from members of Voidpoint were shared, displaying purportedly remarks by the developers. Additionally, two text messages were found in the game that some called homophobic; one a parody of soap, another a hidden text string from a disgruntled anonymous developer insulting his coworkers. Following multiple requests for a comment on the situation by gaming news sites and retro gaming-focused personalities, Voidpoint and 3D Realms apologized and pledged to institute a zero-tolerance policy on 'disparaging language.'

They also pledged to remove two lines of in-game text. Additionally, $10,000 of Ion Fury's initial sales were donated to. The developer response yielded mixed reactions, including a considerable increase in negative reviews on the game's Steam page, many of which accused the developers of censorship. On August 26, 2019, the developers reversed their stance and stated that they would only remove one of the messages, containing a slur, but no other content. Cited the increase in negative reviews as basis for the reversal.

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