Dead Island developers Techland have apologized for the line of code that shipped with the final build of the game referring to a female character skill as “Feminist Whore”. The slur was a private in joke that was inexplicably remained in game until brought to Techland’s attention.
“It has come to our attention that one of Dead Island’s leftover debug files contains a highly inappropriate internal script name of one of the character skills. This has been inexcusably overlooked and released with the game.”
“The line in question was something a programmer considered a private joke,” according to the statement. “The skill naturally has a completely different in-game name and the script reference was also changed. What is left is a part of an obscure debug function. This is merely an explanation but by no means an excuse.”
“In the end that code was made a part of the product and signed with our company name. We deeply regret that fact and we apologise to all our customers or anyone who might have been offended by that inappropriate expression.”
The game is currently available on PS3, 360 and PC.
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