Insurance Companies Reject Development Team Because of In-Game Violence

[Mattk50]

 

Founder of indie development team, Serellan and design director on Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Christian Allen, released a tweet stating that his company was recently rejected for insurance due to the "violent nature of the games" they are producing. The full email Allen received was displayed in the tweet and is re-posted below:

"I am responding to your email dated November 12th and to your voicemail message this morning. We have made some phone calls and, unfortunately we do not have a market that will offer a premium proposal for your operations. This is due to the violent nature of the games you are producing."

As the Serellan is still fairly new, they have to date only released one title; a tactical first person shooter called Takedown: Red Sabre. While due to the nature of the genre the game does contain violence, it is no more violent than your average FPS and contains little gore.

The news that insurance companies are refusing to insure development teams based on the content of their games comes at a time when Target and Kmart Australia, as well as the Warehouse Group in New Zealand removed the popular title Grand Theft Auto V from their shelves due to the violence against women the game portrays. The Women’s Front in Norway has initiated a similar proposal to get the game removed from stores, though so far none have agreed.

 

http://techraptor.net/content/insurance-company-rejects-development-team-game-violence

 

 

As this is insurance that covers lawsuits, it makes sense that they'd end up being denied coverage by some providers, or even have their rates raised just because thats how insurance companies work (gotta dump capitalism for that i suppose). But the message they got from the provider is idiotic nonsense, it has nothing to do with violence.

 

More interestingly, this is a good example of how dumb controversy kicked up by people who don't have a clue can have wide reaching damage.

[Sharif]

My reaction 

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[Toddwjp]

think about how stupid the average person is, now remember half are even stupider.

[A.D.A.M]

....

Is this even a thing. I don't know a lot about insurance but this sounds like the stupidest reason to reject them.

[Misanthrope]

Yeah, a store might be able to decide not to carry your game but that's pretty fucking far away from having a case for a lawsuit: This it's just a dick move to avoid bad image and press, again reverting back to the "Ban this sick filth!" attitude we thought we where past. Once again: Thanks Feminists!

[Trik'Stari]

Goddamnit.

 

I just.... I .....

 

[A.D.A.M]

Goddamnit.

I just.... I .....

"Now see son that show is too violent. Ban it I say. Ban it. We should ban everything we don't like. "

[Trik'Stari]

"Now see son that show is too violent. Ban it I say. Ban it. We should ban everything we don't like. "

I will destroy anyone who attempts such a thing. Considering that's one of the few anime's I like.

[Deli]

Will insurance companies stop insuring Hollywood producing action movies?

[cesrai]

I don't get it in school they teach you about wars and very deal and violent stuff why don't they ban that??

Also movies.

[SkilledRebuilds]

WATCHING/PLAYING CONTACT SPORTS 'COULD' PROMOTE VIOLENT TENDENCIES

 

BANNED!

 

 

There is always a small minority, screwing over the rest of the world via BS tactics and loopholes and / or stupidity.

The fact it's this far reaching... astounds me.

[Victorious Secret]

The Women’s Front in Norway has initiated a similar proposal to get the game removed from stores, though so far none have agreed.

 

 

Political correctness is going to end humanity. 

[Trik'Stari]

Political correctness is going to end humanity. 

We need to stop calling it that and call it what it really is.

 

Censorship.

 

And it only works if you are willing to allow yourself to be censored. Rather than pointing out their bullshit straw man arguments.