[UPDATE] Ubisoft's Watch Dogs 2 Explicit Content Controversy; "Genitalia Images and Multiplayer Feature Deactivated!" [WATCH HERE]
Watch Dogs has finally done its debut, and fans are into the game. Recently, a gamer named @Swizzasaur from twitter posted a photo of an explicit content on his twitter page. The photo seems to be a genitalia of a woman character in the new game Watch Dogs 2.
I'm famous and it's pretty much exactly what I imagined I'd be famous for. https://t.co/l5tV9WbNgr
— Swizzasaur (@Swizzasaur) November 15, 2016
The controversy scattered so fast that it reached the Ubisoft headquarters in an instant. Ubisoft released a statement to Polygon stating it will remove the explicit photo. The gamer who shared the photo was reported to be banned by Sony for a month. Swizzasaur has not commented about the banned, and he mentioned on his recent tweet that he will continue with his business and get famous. Ubisoft then sends its testimonies that the NPC models of Watch Dogs 2 can be a cause of explicitly.
Appreciate your support everyone. With the 1 week ban I kind of shrugged but Sony should be ashamed for adding extra for me exposing them. — Swizzasaur (@Swizzasaur) November 15, 2016
"While Watch Dogs 2 is a mature-rated game, we apologize and will update this NPC model to make it more consistent with other NPC models in the game in a patch to be released this week. We also are working with our first-party partners to ensure that players can continue to play and share all content from the game within the bounds of the first parties' respective codes of conduct" says Ubisoft.
Meanwhile, since the release of Watch Dogs 2 the increase of users is drastically growing. With that being said, server issues such as crash and lags occurred. Ubisoft recently deactivated the multiplayer system to resolve issue. According to recent reports, the whole seems to be not working as it should be.
Sony have undone the suspension. We won! I think? They never admitted fault of course. I want to thank everyone for their support today.
— Swizzasaur (@Swizzasaur) November 16, 2016
Ubisoft explained that the reason behind deactivating the multiplayer feature is to remove the possibility of lags and crash for gamers to enjoy the core of the game. They also added that they would pause the launch of the multiplayer feature. As of the moment, Ubisoft hasn't confirmed on when the multiplayer feature to function.
To view the images posted by Swizzasaur, Click here!