Last week, a big scandal erupted on the Internet after IGN France named the heroine of Stellar Blade
a tasteless doll created by someone who had never seen a woman. Many players found this phrase offensive, since Eva's designer, Kim Hye-tae, has been married for 13 years, and the game model itself was scanned from Shin Jae-yun's model.
Initially, IGN France simply changed the phrase and closed comments on the article, and now they have completely removed the phrase from the article and published an official apology. The text of the apology is as follows:
IGN France recently published a preview of Stellar Blade containing an offensive passage that should not have been published. The text has now been edited and we formally apologize to the employees of the Shift Up corporation.
Please also note that IGN France is an independent division of IGN and IGN has no involvement in this incident.
The original Stellar Blade preview text contained inappropriate language. While we did not intend to disrespect Shift Up Corporation, its employees, or their work, we recognize that the suggestion taken literally was inappropriate and regret it.
We sincerely apologize to all Shift Up employees who felt offended by this passage.
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