In Lora’s tweet, she called on the gaming industry to “end this dude” in reference to PewDiePie, which some fans took as a call for the YouTuber’s death. The rest of the tweet offered more context, with Lora asking the industry to “cut ties” with the world’s biggest YouTuber. Regardless, fans of PewDiePie called for a boycott of The Division 2 and Ubisoft products in general. Not long after, Lora’s Twitter bio was edited to remove any mention of the company she works for or the game she was developing.
This combined with a supposed source within Ubisoft “confirming” her termination led many people to erroneously believe that Lora was fired from her job. However, Lora herself has now released a public statement on the matter, revealing that she is still working on The Division 2.
With that, hopefully this controversy is laid to rest and development on The Division 2 can proceed as planned. The game seems on track to meet its March release date, with Ubisoft currently hosting a closed technical alpha with select players, so here’s hoping there are no speed bumps or other issues that hold it up in the future.
The Division 2 launches on March 15, 2019 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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