WB Games Apologizes for Zombies Yelling the N-Word in Back 4 Blood

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WB Games launched the open beta for Back 4 Blood last week, a co-op survival shooter developed by the original creators of Left 4 Dead that allows players to team up in groups of four to blast away armies of “Ridden,” once-human hosts of a deadly parasite.



While fans of Valve’s zombie classic have had good things to say about its spiritual successor during the ongoing test event thus far (it’ll end today, August 9, with another beta period beginning on August 12 for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms), Turtle Rock Studios’ Back 4 Blood has unfortunately managed to stir up some major controversy due to some of the voice work that can be heard in the game.



As indicated by various clips published over Twitter and other social media, some of the zombies appear to have a habit of yelling a particular racial slur as they’re rushing against the game’s...
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I mean if they are equating racists with mindless zombies... I don't see the issue here.
 
Aren't zombies supposed to moan, grunt and occasionally say: "brains?" Seems like having them say more than that is unnecessary and immersion breaking.
 
OMG, the AI are evolving into racists! We are all doomed!!!
 
This is all you need to know.

"“The audio is a result of two different Ridden growls that are playing simultaneously and when heard together sound like that word,” WB Games explained. "'

What's the saying? Even bad publicity is still good.

With that being said, I am looking forward to B4B. I really enjoyed the L4D games.
 
I mean... ****!

First, I want to be clear, WB is not a racists publisher, even by great grandad had spoken positive things about WB through the great depression.

That being said, as Dan has stated well, a zombie usually have a short script... Grrrr... BRAINS... anything more is completely unnecessary and for the "dev team" supposedly missed this flaw, only proves a few things - incompetence, ignorance, intentional and/or all the above.
 
Oh yeah, WB

There should have been a bit of quality control in the making of this. I'm sure in the future, pre mixed moans and groan may be better checked when they have a beta play through....
 
I played the beta on Friday and Sunday for several hours, I didn't hear anything like this. Hilarious though.
 
I'm sure once they investigate further, they'll realize the zombies were actually saying 'Dinger'.
 
It's not like WB is exactly innocent

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But taking into account the culture and the times I wouldn't prosecute them for old cartoons either.
 
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