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Ready Or Not Modder Retcons 'Censorship' Changes Within An Hour Of New Patch Going Live
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67899" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/07/02/ss-beb0f53b0db7e85ba9e7cf99e8511e60156f19a4-1920x1080-1751451005449.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Within 20 minutes of implementing unpopular changes to the violence and nudity in VOID Interactive's shooter <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/ready-or-not" target="_blank"><u>Ready or Not</u></a>, a mod was available to retcon the changes.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-developer-void-interactive-proceeds-with-controversial-censor-changes-to-satisfy-console-makers-despite-fan-blacklash-heres-the-full-patch-notes" target="_blank"><u>Yesterday</u></a> (July 15), VOID Interactive proceeded with changes introduced to controversial shooter Ready or Not despite widespread condemnation from fans who <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/id/NoRandomAddsPlsThx/recommended/1144200/" target="_blank"><u>believe</u></a> the developer is "censoring" the game's gore and violence by "appeasing console market regulators."</p><p></p><p>VOID said it had to <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-review-bombed-on-steam-as-pc-players-claim-shooter-was-censored-to-satisfy-console-makers" target="_blank"><u>adjust levels of gore, nudity, violence, and the "mistreatment of children" ahead of the July 15 console release</u></a>, and rather than "maintaining multiple versions with different assets and mechanics" that would "increase the likelihood of bugs," some aspects of the PC version have also been revised. At the time, VOID insisted the changes were "small enough that most people here wouldn't notice if we didn't say anything," but it "wanted to be transparent" with its players. Players disagreed, and the news caused Ready or Not's Steam user review rating to plummet to "mostly negative" for recent reviews.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The mod — which says it "reverts (to the best extent we can) the high profile 'censorship' changes to [Ready or Not] caused by the Los Sueños Stories/Console update" — restores the ability to dismember dead people, strips clothing from some in-game character, and rolls back other changes made by the developer to satisfy console makers as the game finally jumped from PC to Xbox Series X and S and PS5.</p><p></p><p>"All 'Uncensored' files are either reused files (from the Dark Waters version of the game, and may also be modified slightly) or modified files of the current version, both originally made by VOID Interactive," mod creator Eman734 wrote.</p><p></p><p>"We do not claim to be their original authors and do not claim to have legal ownership or IP rights. VOID Interactive retains legal/IP rights to their assets, and we will comply with any takedown request (though they have stated they do not have intention of doing so)."</p><p></p><p>The mod has been downloaded almost 7,000 times since it launched yesterday, and racked up 78 endorsements.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-dev-releases-before-and-after-screenshots-as-it-battles-against-censorship-backlash-and-steam-review-bomb-campaign" target="_blank"><u>VOID Interactive responded to player backlash</u></a> after it made changes to the PC version of its controversial shooter Ready or Not in order to secure a console release, citing "misconceptions and misinformation" about the amendments, but it was not enough to curb player ire.</p><p></p><p>It's not the first time VOID Interactive has courted controversy. It parted ways with its original publisher, Team17, <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ready-or-not-dev-splits-with-publisher-team17-3123660" target="_blank"><u>one day after the developer shared it would have a school shooting level</u></a>. Ready or Not was also <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-back-on-steam-following-a-takedown-request-concerning-trademark-infringement" target="_blank"><u>briefly hauled offline in 2022</u></a> after a takedown request was issued due to a trademark dispute. The issue related to a level that depicted a mass shooting at a nightclub called Prysm, which was released on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social" target="_blank"><em>BlueSky</em></a><em>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-modder-retcons-censorship-changes-within-an-hour-of-new-patch-going-live" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67899, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/07/02/ss-beb0f53b0db7e85ba9e7cf99e8511e60156f19a4-1920x1080-1751451005449.jpg[/IMG] Within 20 minutes of implementing unpopular changes to the violence and nudity in VOID Interactive's shooter [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/ready-or-not'][U]Ready or Not[/U][/URL], a mod was available to retcon the changes. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-developer-void-interactive-proceeds-with-controversial-censor-changes-to-satisfy-console-makers-despite-fan-blacklash-heres-the-full-patch-notes'][U]Yesterday[/U][/URL] (July 15), VOID Interactive proceeded with changes introduced to controversial shooter Ready or Not despite widespread condemnation from fans who [URL='https://steamcommunity.com/id/NoRandomAddsPlsThx/recommended/1144200/'][U]believe[/U][/URL] the developer is "censoring" the game's gore and violence by "appeasing console market regulators." VOID said it had to [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-review-bombed-on-steam-as-pc-players-claim-shooter-was-censored-to-satisfy-console-makers'][U]adjust levels of gore, nudity, violence, and the "mistreatment of children" ahead of the July 15 console release[/U][/URL], and rather than "maintaining multiple versions with different assets and mechanics" that would "increase the likelihood of bugs," some aspects of the PC version have also been revised. At the time, VOID insisted the changes were "small enough that most people here wouldn't notice if we didn't say anything," but it "wanted to be transparent" with its players. Players disagreed, and the news caused Ready or Not's Steam user review rating to plummet to "mostly negative" for recent reviews. The mod — which says it "reverts (to the best extent we can) the high profile 'censorship' changes to [Ready or Not] caused by the Los Sueños Stories/Console update" — restores the ability to dismember dead people, strips clothing from some in-game character, and rolls back other changes made by the developer to satisfy console makers as the game finally jumped from PC to Xbox Series X and S and PS5. "All 'Uncensored' files are either reused files (from the Dark Waters version of the game, and may also be modified slightly) or modified files of the current version, both originally made by VOID Interactive," mod creator Eman734 wrote. "We do not claim to be their original authors and do not claim to have legal ownership or IP rights. VOID Interactive retains legal/IP rights to their assets, and we will comply with any takedown request (though they have stated they do not have intention of doing so)." The mod has been downloaded almost 7,000 times since it launched yesterday, and racked up 78 endorsements. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-dev-releases-before-and-after-screenshots-as-it-battles-against-censorship-backlash-and-steam-review-bomb-campaign'][U]VOID Interactive responded to player backlash[/U][/URL] after it made changes to the PC version of its controversial shooter Ready or Not in order to secure a console release, citing "misconceptions and misinformation" about the amendments, but it was not enough to curb player ire. It's not the first time VOID Interactive has courted controversy. It parted ways with its original publisher, Team17, [URL='https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ready-or-not-dev-splits-with-publisher-team17-3123660'][U]one day after the developer shared it would have a school shooting level[/U][/URL]. Ready or Not was also [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-back-on-steam-following-a-takedown-request-concerning-trademark-infringement'][U]briefly hauled offline in 2022[/U][/URL] after a takedown request was issued due to a trademark dispute. The issue related to a level that depicted a mass shooting at a nightclub called Prysm, which was released on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. [I]Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at [/I][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social'][I]BlueSky[/I][/URL][I].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/ready-or-not-modder-retcons-censorship-changes-within-an-hour-of-new-patch-going-live"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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