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  • Baldur's Gate: SoD head of studio addresses political backlash

    Yesterday Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear suffered a lot of backlash at launch over the game's numerous bugs and some concerns that its inclusion of a transgender character was overly politically correct. Studio Beamdog's CEO Trent Oster stood up for the company's decision and condemned the online harassment some of its staff has received.
    First off, Oster noted on the game's forum that his one regret about the inclusion of the transgender character, Mizhena, is that the studio didn't develop her more - something the developer plans to address in future content.
    "In retrospect, it would have been better served if we had introduced a transgender character with more development. This is a lesson we will be carrying forward in our development as creators and we will be improving this character in a future update," Oster said.
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