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Hirun Cryer

Fallout 76 player who nuked Phil Spencer says it was nothing personal: "He was the final boss in my eyes - In an RPG I prefer to be the bad guy"

An image illustration of a power-armored individual standing before the fanmade Fallout 76 map.

The Fallout 76 player who nuked Phil Spencer's in-game camp wasn't protesting the recent closure of Bethesda studios but had instead been planning the attack for weeks.

In a shocking move earlier this week, Microsoft decided to close Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, two acclaimed studios under the Bethesda umbrella. In the hours after the announced closures, a Twitter user noticed that someone had detonated a nuclear bomb in Phil Spencer's Fallout 76 camp, eliminating the Xbox boss' home base.

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