History RoleEndingMisdemeanor / VideoGames

* Marisa Lago, a Spanish ''{{VideoGame/Doom}}'' mapper and gameplay modder known for ''VideoGame/CodenameDemolitionist'', [[https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=77488 was banned from [=ZDoom=] forums]] in March 2023 following the allegations of grooming a minor online back in 2018, with the admin staff of said forums also coming under fire when they were accused of [[AccompliceByInaction trying to sweep Marisa's actions under the rug]], with the moderators involved being let go.

* In July 2019, Creator/ChrisNiosi admitted to a lengthy history of abuse towards partners and friends, including an incident where he disclosed his role as male Byleth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' on Discord in violation of Nintendo's non-disclosure agreement; these combined factors led Nintendo to [[TheOtherMarty recast him post-release]] with Creator/ZachAguilar for the game's 1.0.2 update and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', who has continued to voice the character since.

The videogame industry is not the "nerds hobby industry" that was at the end of TheNineties. Now it's an industry that moves billions upon billions of dollars, and as such {{Role Ending Misdemeanor}}s aren't uncommon because of the risks posed to the products and/or developers if they stay with someone who's gone astray.

The videogame industry is not the "nerds hobby industry" that was at the end of TheNineties. Now it's an industry that moves billions upon billions of dollars, and as a result, it has all kinds of eyes placed upon it. [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Careers were destroyed, jobs ended and roles replaced after misdemeanors]], so here are some cautionary tales for people wanting to work on the industry.

* In July 2019, Creator/ChrisNiosi admitted to a lengthy history of abuse towards partners and friends, including an incident where he privately disclosed his role as male Byleth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' on Discord before Nintendo gave him permission to do so; these combined factors led Nintendo to [[TheOtherMarty recast him post-release]] with Creator/ZachAguilar in the game's 1.0.2 update and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', who has continued to voice the character since.

* In July 2019, Creator/ChrisNiosi admitted to a lengthy history of abuse towards partners and friends, including an incident where he disclosed his role as male Byleth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' to a victim before Nintendo gave him permission and violating the developer's non-disclosure agreement; these combined factors led Nintendo to [[TheOtherMarty recast him post-release]] with Creator/ZachAguilar in the game's 1.0.2 update and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', who has continued to voice the character since.

* Much like many projects he was involved with, Gabriel Velez (aka Gamerduck) was fired from ''VideoGame/BillieBustUp'' after he was accused of raping his then girlfriend. Katie Nelson [[https://twitter.com/KatieBlueprint/status/1716914301880139820 stated]] that he hasn't even '''recorded a single line''' prior to his firing.

* In July 2019, Creator/ChrisNiosi announced his role as male Byleth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' online before Nintendo gave him permission only mere days before the game's release, thereby violating the developer's non-disclosure agreement. All ''Three Houses'' updates since Version 1.0.2 [[TheOtherMarty recast]] him with Creator/ZachAguilar, who has continued to voice the character since.

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* One of the people behind the ROM hack known as VideoGame/PokemonCrystalClear had all references to him removed as well as permanently banned after his posts regarding World War 2.

** Following Phisnom's stream of the ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Ruin]]'' [=DLC=], someone on Website/{{Twitter}} responded to his tweet over how boring he thought the game was with [[NoYou his stream being boring]]. A few self-proclaimed fans of Phisnom's decided to harass them over it, sending them death threats and pictures of gore. When Phisnom was informed about the situation, he not only refused to stop them but made fun of the situation by making fake apologies with [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} rickrolls]] in them.[[note]]The FNAF-themed rickroll in question had previously appeared in a post by [[VideoGame/{{Popgoes}} Kane Carter]] at a point when certain individuals rumored it the Fanverse was on the verge of cancellation and was done to troll them.[[/note]] While he only did this due to underestimating the seriousness of what was going on, this combined with his general negativity towards the series and the fandom as a whole proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back, causing major backlash. Phisnom removed himself from development of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysPlus'' shortly afterwards and has since been banned from associating with the franchise in any way.

** Following Phisnom's stream of the ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Ruin]]'' [=DLC=], someone on Website/{{Twitter}} responded to his tweet over how boring he thought the game was with [[NoYou his stream being boring]]. A few self-proclaimed fans of Phisnom's decided to harass them over it, sending them death threats and pictures of gore. When Phisnom was informed about the situation, he not only refused to stop them but made fun of the situation by making fake apologies with [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} rickrolls]] in them.[[note]]The FNAF-themed rickroll in question had previously appeared in a post by [[VideoGame/{{Popgoes}} Kane Carter]] at a point when it was rumored by certain individuals the Fanverse was on the verge of cancellation, and was done to troll them.[[/note]] While he only did this due to underestimating the seriousness of what was going on, this combined with his general negativity towards the series and the fandom as a whole proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back, causing major backlash. Phisnom removed himself from development of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysPlus'' shortly afterwards and has since been banned from associating with the franchise in any way.

*** Universal_Foxes, the voice of the Mario variants in ''Maniac Mania'', had to be recast a few months prior to the ''PLUS'' remake getting announced after allegations of pedophilia.

** On 24 December 2023, the user MrZeraTheMant, creator of the Yuri-focused mod ''Our Castle Walls'', was banned from the DDLC modding subreddit and had his mod added to the subreddit's blacklist after MrZera's cousin revealed MrZera had groomed him when he was 17.

** Hiroki Narimiya, who voiced Masayoshi Tanimura in ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', was accused of cocaine abuse in December 2016, and while the tech base at the time (2010) didn't allow for his parts to be replaced, Tanimura was remodeled and recast with Creator/ToshikiMasuda in the remastered version. Narimiya was later cleared of all charges, but he retired from the industry by that point.

* The song "Subhuman", composed by Cody Matthew Johnson and featuring Music/SuicideSilence, was intended to be Dante's battle theme in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. However, reports surfaced that lead singer Eddie Hermida had engaged in a emotionally manipulative and sexually inappropriate relationship with an underage fan. The resulting PR kerfuffle caused Capcom themselves to delete the song's music video from Platform/YouTube and edit out all instances of the song from new trailers and uploading an older one with the song removed. They later announced that they didn't know about the scandal until after ''Subhuman'' had been completed, and in no uncertain terms would be distancing themselves from the collaboration. Ultimately, the song was kept as Johnson had little-to-no involvement with the band or their controversies, with it being re-recorded with new vocals from Music/{{Volumes}} vocalist Michael Barr.

* [=MinecrAvenger=] was a popular and highly successful ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' speedrunner, starting in 2020 and maintaining several first-place records for various categories on Speedrun.com, but in December 2022, all of his records were completely scrubbed and he himself permanently banned from the site after it was discovered that ''all'' his runs were achieved through cheating. It took years for people to notice, but following several peer speedrunners [[SpottingTheThread noticing suspicious behavior in his runs regarding chest generation and the Ender Dragon]] (two key factors that are necessary to complete the speedrun but also extremely RNG-dependent), a large community investigation came to the conclusion that many of the conditions that won him his records were not merely improbable, but straight-up ''impossible'' in unmodified versions of ''Minecraft''. With further investigations of his other runs also being riddled with traces of modification, he was erased from Speedrun.com, and [=MinecrAvenger=] would confess to modifying code to achieve his runs in early 2023.

* Back in the mid 2000's, one of the most popular speedrunners was Mike "TSA" Damiani. He was most well known for his runs of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and how he dominated the leader boards for over half a decade. But in 2011, it was discovered that many of his runs were achieved through the use of splices.[[note]]Splicing involves [[ManipulativeEditing combining segments from different recorded playthroughs to make it look like a single complete run]]. This could allow runners to repeat segments until they get their desired time, then merge the playthroughs together. Spliced runs are not legitimate (a speedrun has to be one continuous session), and have never been accepted on leaderboards.[[/note]] During his runs, there are moments where the music blatantly jumps forward for no real reason. After these revelations, TSA had all of his runs removed from ''Speed Demos Archive'' and has officially been disowned by the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' community.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fangame ''VideoGame/SonicWorld'' nearly suffered a ''work''-ending misdemeanor in October 2018, when the leader of the development team, Ozcrash, was rumored to have committed "illegal acts", which is alleged to be related to ''rape''[[note]]Beforehand, Ozcrash kept [[CreatorBacklash harassing his fans for liking]] ''Sonic World'' and not his music[[/note]]. The team was completely outraged by this, to the point they shut down the site to disassociate themselves from Ozcrash. Eventually they restored the site and resumed development, still keeping distance away from Ozcrash. Ozcrash, meanwhile, blanked his website, Website/YouTube channel, denied the allegations, and withdrew from public, before returning online two years later to announce his lawsuit for defamation.

* The game ''Domina'' [[https://www.pcgamer.com/domina-has-been-delisted-from-steam-after-yet-another-transphobic-diatribe/ was de-listed]] from Platform/{{Steam}} on September 1st, 2022 after its developer, Dolphin Barn Incorporated, made a transphobic rant against transgender Website/{{Twitch}} streamer and activist Keffals on the patch notes of one of its updates. They previously had already been banned from the Steam forums due to abusive behaviour.

* The song "Subhuman", composed by Cody Matthew Johnson and featuring Music/SuicideSilence, was intended to be Dante's battle theme in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. However, reports surfaced that lead singer Eddie Hermida had engaged in a emotionally manipulative and sexually inappropriate relationship with an underage fan. The resulting PR kerfuffle caused Capcom themselves to delete the song's music video from Website/YouTube and edit out all instances of the song from new trailers and uploading an older one with the song removed. They later announced that they didn't know about the scandal until after ''Subhuman'' had been completed, and in no uncertain terms would be distancing themselves from the collaboration. Ultimately, the song was kept as Johnson had little-to-no involvement with the band or their controversies, with it being re-recorded with new vocals from Music/{{Volumes}} vocalist Michael Barr.

* RhythmGame music composer Creator/{{Ice|loki}} resigned from Creator/{{Rayark}} in 2020 following backlash from mainland Chinese fans after he published a song with a hidden "Free UsefulNotes/HongKong" message (in reference to the 2020 Hong Kong protests). Ice's songs were removed from the Chinese version of ''VideoGame/CytusII'' (although they are still available in other regional versions of the game, as the Chinese version is published by a third-party company) and when the ''Cytus II'' collaboration content was brought to the Chinese builds of ''VideoGame/{{maimai}}'', his song "Entrance" was excluded.