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Mollie Taylor

Stellar Blade studio swears it wasn't doing anti-small-penis 'hate speech' in art that had men in a tizz, and promises it won't ever 'tolerate' it in future

Emma, Eunhwa and Vesti in Nikke.

You know, sometimes I feel like I've seen and heard it all in my three decades of living. Then a developer comes crashing in with an apology over a piece of official art where a small group of gamers have convinced themselves that it's some kind of radical feminist propaganda.

That's what's happened in the case of South Korean developer ShiftUp, anyhow. As reported by Automaton, the studio behind Stellar Blade and Nikke: Goddess of Victory found itself in hot water back in August over the latter game when it shared a piece of art commemorating the gacha's 1,000th day since launching in November 2022.

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