Geoff Keighley’s Summer season Sport Fest has come and gone, however there’s one second particularly that had avid gamers collectively saying huh?
RGG Studios had one of many many bulletins of the night time, delivering a brand new take a look at its extremely anticipated sport, Stranger Than Heaven, and when Tupac, who performs a brand new character named Amaru, confirmed up, boy, was it unusual.
Whereas I used to be sitting within the viewers watching the most recent Stranger Than Heaven announcement subsequent to the homie, HipHopGamer, he didn’t conceal his pleasure concerning the reveal; nonetheless, the look on my face advised a distinct story as I used to be saying to myself in my head, “Yeah, this isn’t going to go over properly with the web.”
After Tupac confirmed up within the sport’s trailer, which additionally options Snoop Dogg as an authentic character, the West Coast rapper took the stage along with his son to speak concerning the late rapper’s presence within the sport.
A Press Launch States RGG Studio Labored Intently With Tupac’s Property & There Was No AI Use
Realizing this announcement would ruffle feathers, the sport’s press launch made positive to level out that Tupac’s property authorized the usage of his likeness.
“Tupac’s portrayal of the character Amaru in STRANGER THAN HEAVEN is made doable with the permission and ongoing supervision of his property, Amaru Leisure. RGG Studio is treating this integration with the utmost respect for his legacy, crafting each facet within the shut collaboration and with out the usage of AI, together with his character design primarily based on archival footage and pictures. Extra particulars concerning his function might be shared at a later date,” the press launch learn.
Effectively, that didn’t actually make anybody really feel any higher as a result of the one that signed off on Tupac’s likeness being within the sport wasn’t anybody within the late rapper’s quick household, however Tom Whalley, the previous head of Warner Bros. Data.
Whalley signed Tupac, who died with out a will, to his document deal, and is now embroiled in a lawsuit introduced by Tupac’s sister, Sekyiwa Shakur, in 2022, who claims he embezzled tens of millions from her brother’s property.
Whalley took over the property after Tupac’s mom, Afeni Shakur, handed away in 2016.
“He has successfully embezzled tens of millions of {dollars} for his personal profit,” Sekyiwa Shakur stated in her grievance. “Whalley has unreasonably enriched himself on the expense of the beneficiaries and in dangerous religion by taking extreme compensation able from which he ought to correctly be barred primarily based on the inherent battle of curiosity.”
RGG Studios is probably going avoiding on-line reactions as a result of it’s getting slammed for together with Tupac within the sport.
“One thing about this feels actually evil,” one individual wrote on X (previously Twitter).
One other put up learn, “Def no purchase from me. Snoop ought to be ashamed of himself.”
Some replies had been additionally fairly hilarious.
We will see if Tupac and Snoop’s inclusion in Stranger Than Heaven will damage the sport. Till that day arrives, you’ll be able to see extra reactions under.
