BioWare Makes Fun of Spider-Man Puddlegate Controversy

BioWare Is Having a Good Laugh at Puddlegate 2018

Although BioWare used most of their time a PAX West to show fans the story of their upcoming online game, Anthem, they also took a jab at the Puddlegate controversy surrounding Insomniac Gamesโ€™ Spider-Man.

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A recent Reddit thread posted by a fan accused Insomniac Games of downgrading Spider-Manโ€™s graphics. As evidence, the user posted two screenshots of the gameโ€™s puddles, suggesting that the puddles in the E3 2017 game trailer were much sharper, larger, and more defined than in the release version of the same scene.

James Stevenson, Insomniacโ€™s Community Mananger, clarified that no degradation took place.

โ€œThe puddles being moved had nothing to do with performance,โ€ he said. โ€œPretty sure it was a design/art usability reason thing. Definitely wasnโ€™t performance, as we have spots with tons of puddles in the game with no performance issue.โ€

But BioWareโ€™s Mike Gamble couldnโ€™t help himself. While showing off a new Anthem trailer, Gamble laughed to himself during a scene where there was a puddle on the ground

โ€œYes, thatโ€™s a puddle,โ€ he said. โ€œYouโ€™ll see the puddle, right there. So before we move on, thereโ€™s a 98% chance that that puddle will be changed, moved, reduced โ€ฆโ€

Anthem is set to launch on February 22, 2019.

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