Whether it’s delayed video game events, updates and releases, or a lockdown on marketing material, many have chosen to leave space for the important voices that need to be heard.Management games are a curious offshoot of the strategy genre, one that focusses less on domination and more on creating a well-oiled machine.
It’s an ongoing sign of respect shown by the video game community and other entertainment platforms over the past few weeks. Prison Architect is not the only game to undergo delays and a lockdown on communication across media. Regardless, it’s understandable why a game that portrays prison life is difficult to market during these important times of international conversation about race. This has led some in the community to claim Paradox are delaying the Island Bound update because of internal issues, and that the devs want to make sure the DLC releases bug-free and with the appropriate bug fixes.
Many old prisons that players had been working on for many months simply stopped working when the new update was released. The last update, Clear for Transfer, introduced more bugs than any previous update. Prison Architect has faced some problems over the past few months, with many claiming the game is riddled with bugs, some of which are game-breaking. This last-minute change has had a mixed response from the community. No explicit release date has been announced for the DLC, which was meant to go live on June 11th. It’s a time to leave space for important voices to be heard. In a short Steam update and tweet, the developers state they are delaying the game due to its tackling of ‘difficult topics’ involving the caricature of prison life found in popular fiction. Prison Architect: Island Bound DLC joins the plethora of game updates and releases that have been delayed in past weeks as on-going effects of the pandemic and the BLM movement grip the community.
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