The Euro Truck Simulator 2 Coronary heart of Russia DLC was simply weeks away from completion at developer SCS Software program again in February, when the Russian Federation launched its invasion of Ukraine. Now, in mild of the battle, the studio says it has determined to cancel the enlargement to keep away from the looks of providing any help to the Russian facet of the battle.
SCS Software program says that on February 24, the Coronary heart of Russia workforce was about “6-8 weeks” away from being able to launch the map enlargement for his or her widespread simulator recreation. “All of us felt actually good in regards to the outcome; plenty of effort had been invested in making this new area look really incredible within the recreation,” the devs write within the newest weblog submit. “We have been completely positive that our group, particularly these in Russia, would actually recognize that.”
The studio scrambled to place collectively a Ukraine charity DLC to supply help to Ukrainians fleeing the battle, and up to now about 85,000 copies of the Ukrainian paint jobs DLC have been offered.
Nonetheless, the studio says at this level it confronted a troublesome resolution as as to if to maneuver ahead with the Coronary heart of Russia DLC.
“When creating our video games we attempt to be as apolitical as attainable, in a manner shielding the worldwide participant viewers from on a regular basis controversies,” the studio says. “We fairly like the concept that our shared ardour for a truck simulation permits individuals to attach, to pay a digital go to to a neighbouring nation in peace, and to take pleasure in a pastime that we generally share, fairly than permitting something divisive to set us aside.”
With that in thoughts, SCS Software program says it opted to not go ahead with the discharge of Coronary heart of Russia. “Since our DLC, Coronary heart of Russia, immediately issues Russia, and with so many individuals struggling, we determined to chorus from releasing the DLC in order that it isn’t perceived in any manner as being in help of or tolerance of the aggression”, the builders write.
In some unspecified time in the future, the studio says, the enlargement might turn out to be obtainable, however solely when the battle has ended and Ukraine begins recovering from the expensive battle.
“When the time comes for Ukraine to rebuild and heal, then we are going to endeavour to discover a manner for our Coronary heart of Russia DLC to play no matter half it may possibly in that therapeutic course of, for everybody”, the studio says.
