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The CEO of Tripwire Interactive has stepped down following a tweet supporting Texas’s new anti-abortion law, remarks which caused one of the studios they work with topublicly announcethey were cutting ties. With John Gibson vacating the chair, vice president Alan Wilson is stepping up as interim CEO. Tripwire made shark game Maneater as well as the Red Orchestra andKilling Floorshooter series, and have published games includingChivalry 2.
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On Friday, Gibsontweetedin support of a new Texas law which bans abortions from as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. The law also encourages people to go after anyone who provides or supports abortions, offering a bounty of $10,000 (£7200) for successfully suing. The chair of the United Nations working group on discrimination against women and girlshas saidthat it “is profoundly discriminatory and violates a number of rights guaranteed under international law”.
A day later, Shipwright Studios, who’ve worked with Tripwire on several games, replied to his tweet witha statement. They said, “While your politics are your own, the moment you make them a matter of public discourse you entangle all those working for and with you.” They expressed concern that “it is difficult for employees to speak up or act out in these scenarios” and said “it would be doing ourselves, your employees, your partners, and the industry as a whole a disservice to allow this pattern to continue without comment.”
Their statement concluded, “We cannot in good conscience continue to work with Tripwire under the current leadership structure. We will begin the cancellation of our existing contracts effective immediately.”
Torn Banner Studios, the makers of Chivalry 2, also spoke out against Gibson’s remarks.
Now, he’s gone as CEO.
Tripwire’s statement yesterday added that interim CEO Alan Wilson “will work with the rest of the Tripwire leadership team to take steps with employees and partners to address their concerns including executing a company-wide town hall meeting and promoting open dialogue with Tripwire leadership and all employees.”
