Paradox removes "White Humans" Stellaris mod
"We expect our modders to help us keep the comment sections free of any racial slurs"
Paradox has killed a Stellaris mod called 'European Phenotype and Names Only (White Humans),' which, as you may have guessed, made all the humans in the game white with European names.
"We have a few rules of conduct that have been in effect for the better part of a decade where racial slurs, among other things, are not allowed. We interpreted this particular mod as breaking those rules of conduct, however it would appear that the comments surrounding the mod, rather than the mod itself, were the biggest problem," said COO Susana Meza Graham via Twitter.
"We welcome everyone to create all kind of mods for us as long as they comply with our rules of conduct and we expect our modders to help us keep the comment sections free of any racial slurs or other things that do not comply with these same codes."
The company also contacted Eurogamer with a statement:
"We shipped the game originally with an accurate representation of humans, that is to say diverse in both ethnicity and personality. We embrace the idea that players mod the game to best represent how they want to play, we do NOT however wish to enable discriminatory practices.
"We appreciate any inappropriate mods being brought to our attention and will take them down where necessary, we also encourage players to make use of the flagging function provided by Valve where needed."