Tripwire Ousts CEO John Gibson Following Controversial Tweet
Game developer and publisher Tripwire has announced that their current CEO John Gibson will be stepping down effective immediately. He will be replaced by the co-founding member and current vice president Alan Wilson. This change in management comes after a firestorm of controversy based on a recent tweet from Gibson about an unpopular law that was recently passed in Texas.
On September 4, a few days after the supreme court voted not to block the law, Gibson tweeted “Proud of #USSupremeCourt affirming the Texas law banning abortion for babies with a heartbeat. As an entertainer I don’t get political often. Yet with so many vocal peers on the other side of this issue, I felt it was important to go on the record as a pro-life game developer.” As of this writing, the tweet has over 20,000 comments and quote-tweets which are almost all negative. Many have threatened to boycott games like Maneater, Chivalry 2, and Killing Floor: Calamity from the company and demand refunds for past purchases. Other professionals in the gaming industry have publicly stated that they’ll refuse to work with Tripwire in the future.
