Both Devolver and Gamepires apologize
Despite launching torecord-breaking numbers, not everything about the hyper-realistic survival gameSCUMhas been well received. Alongside the main game, a “Supporter Pack” DLC is available that allows users to get some extra tattoos to apply to their inmate characters. At launch, said pack contained Neo-Nazi imagery. The offending content has now been removed.
The particular piece of content was a tattoo containing a depiction of a skull in front of the Iron Cross and the numbers “14” and “88”. The numbers are a reference towhite supremacist groupswith theIron Crossbeing ripped straight from Nazi Germany. Seeing as howSCUMis primarily a third-person shooter, the images were front and center at all times.
Devolver Digital issued an apology and stated it will be reviewing the game for any further offensive content. In a statementmade to Polygon, Devolver wrote, “The use of the tattoo was intended to assist in portraying a realistic element of prison culture and the horrid elements within it. This content has been patched out as of this morning, and Devolver Digital are currently conducting a full review of all assets and content in the game with Gamepires.”
Developer Gamepires also gave Polygon a statement, which reads, “Recently we patched out content fromSCUMthat included neo-Nazi symbols. Our intention was to create an atmosphere of the worst of the worst criminals inSCUM, and to portray the horrible type of people who would find themselves in a “fight to the death” situation for a futuristic reality show where the worst criminals are pitted against one another…we’ve discussed this as a team and with our publisher and agree wholeheartedly that this content was unnecessary, should not have been included, and have removed it.”
Scum’sNazi tattoos have been removed from the game[Polygon]
