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was absolutely not intended.” Choi apologized, and said the developer will adjust the design.Ĭhoi said the characters were designed to be “protectors/guardians of a particular mystic region in the world of Little Devil Inside.” The developer didn’t reference real “African and/or Afro-American human tribes,” and instead focused on “creating colorful masks.”Ĭhoi said Neostream will “remove the dreadlocks,” “change the bold lips,” “change skin tone,” and “tweak the dark blower so it looks less like a joint.” He added that the team will also consider changing the design of the characters entirely - and noted that this scenario will not happen again. Neostream business development director John Choi told Polygon in a statement that the “racist stereotype. But this shows you need some insight from indigenous and/or black people in the room.” It’s not up to me to decide the intentions here, it could just be a tone deaf character design. He continued: “So - this game is developed by an indie team in Seoul called Neostream, it’s not a Sony game. “I was so excited for Little Devil Inside,” LordBalvin wrote on Twitter. Neostream apologized over the weekend and vowed to change the design. People on social media began pointing this out, including Twitch streamer LordBalvin, that the character design appeared to be based on racist depictions of black people in media. However, shortly after the trailer debuted, some viewers noticed racist character design for some enemies shown briefly. The stream, called The Future of Gaming, showcased a number of next-generation games that’ll be released on PS5 - Little Devil Inside is among them, and was immediately popular on social media for its aesthetic.

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With full alpha development underway, Neostream is now a team of 12 professionals each with their own set of skillsets to create and deliver something beyond just a game and something all our backers will be truly proud of.An indie development team apologized this weekend after a trailer shown for its upcoming PlayStation 5 game, Little Devil Inside, included a character model with features associated with harmful, racist stereotypes for black people.Ī trailer for Little Devil Inside appeared on Sony’s PlayStation 5 reveal event last Thursday, showcasing the quirky indie game from South Korean developer Neostream Interactive. Set in a Victorian-like era where creatures, monsters and other mysterious lifeforms DO exist, Little Devil Inside is a stylish action adventure from. So in April 2015, after several years of putting together a pre-alpha prototype, Little Devil Inside’s pre-alpha trailer was submitted on what became a very successful Steam Greenlight campaign.įollowing yet another successful Kickstater campaign, Little Devil Inside truly became a reality by the backings of over 5,000 sincere and dedicated backers and Neostream as a company was formed once again, reuniting all of its original crew and this time, ONLY dedicated to developing Little Devil Inside. The story goes that attending to daily business and operations became fruitless and after separating ways, Little Devil Inside was conceptualized by our creative director.

As gamers ourselves, we have grown up with pretty much the entire video game era beginning from the 1st gen consoles and arcades predominantly the early 8-bit days when before buying a game, there was little or nothing to go on except for a what we can imagine from seeing a little cover art.Įver since then, playing games have always been our second nature and to realize our dreams, Neostream was originally formed back in 1998 and started out as a multimedia company creating creative works and assets for clients worldwide.

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