Capcom reveals a reviled logo, Ubisoft picks a bad place for a tournament, and Twitch blocks payment to streamers.
Today was all about Street Fighter. Capcom finally came out with its big reveal this morning and fans of the franchise have been up in arms ever since. But not about the game. The company barely showed us anything at all about the upcoming Street Fighter 6. What fans don’t like is the logo. Streamers in the Middle East have also been getting their pay blocked by Twitch, Ubisoft seems to have settled on a location for its Rainbow Six Siege tournament where LGBTQ+ operators like Flores would be thrown in jail, and a sculpture was allegedly stolen by Disney before being put up for sale in its theme parks.
Remember that countdown clock that everybody was confused about? Well, it turns out that Capcom was going to reveal Street Fighter 6 after all. The company announced the game today at the Pro Tour Finals in the form of a trailer. While fans of the franchise didn’t get much out of this trailer, they can at least rest easy with the knowledge that another entry in the series will be coming out at some point in the near future.
Ubisoft will be holding the Summer Major for Rainbow Six Siege in the next couple of months. The tournament will be taking place in three stages between May and November. The real kicker is the second stage. Ubisoft is known for its approach to inclusivity and diversity, but the company seems to have chosen a country, the United Arab Emirates, where LGBTQ+ operators like Flores would be imprisoned. But the real concern is for the players attending the tournament. Some of these have already started a petition which calls the decision “short sighted, dangerous, and backwards to the developing ideology of esports.”
Streamers in the Middle East have apparently been getting their pay blocked by Twitch “due to a discrepancy with certain tax information provided during the onboarding process." The company hasn’t provided a clear explanation as to what this actually means. “Without any notice, Twitch decided to block Middle Eastern streamers from Subs and Bits payouts,” industry advocate Ragid Hallak said. “Support is not helping and their reason is ‘discrepancy with certain tax information.’ This info has been used for years by streamers who have never faced an issue."
Capcom revealed the logo for the latest entry in the Street Fighter series during the Pro Tour Finals and fans of the franchise were anything but pleased. These quickly noted how the logo looks a lot like something pulled from a database of stock photography. The journalist Aurich Lawson did some digging and discovered that it probably was. “The new Street Fighter 6 logo is $80 on the Adobe Stock site,” Lawson remarked. “I don't even know what to say. I knew it was generic, but I didn't realize it was this bad.”
Andrew Martin made a sculpture one day which he put up on the internet for anyone to enjoy. Martin was shocked to find that Disney has been selling his work for $125 in its theme parks. "I made this fan art sculpture of one of the Tiki drummers from Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room,” the artist explained. “I released the 3D model on Thingiverse under a Creative Commons license so that people could just make one for themselves." But the point was never for a company like Disney to be turning a profit from his product. "Disney is taking credit for my work and selling it in their parks without my permission, consent, or even artist credit," Martin said.
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Justin is an archaeologist specializing in architecture, urbanism and spatial theory. He also happens to be a pilot. But you probably know him as a columnist at Unwinnable and an editor at TheGamer where he writes articles and publishes news about games. You can find some of his work in EGM, Vice, Heterotopias and more.
