Wales Interactive and FMV Future announced Gamer Girl this week. But after it received a significant amount of backlash on social media, the announcement was pulled, and Wales Interactive has now shared a statement.

Those who have criticized Gamer Girl feel that it perpetuates some of the issues that female streamers are forced to tackle like sexual harassment. The multi-branching FMV title has players taking on the role of a moderator for a streamer, “who’s back online after the mysterious disappearance of her friend Becky.” Wales Interactive’s announcement mentioned that you “control the stream, level up mod powers, guide Abi’s choices and uncover the threat she faces by an anonymous predator who hides in the stream’s chat.”

Following the backlash, Wales Interactive said in a statement:

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Multi-branching FMV game Gamer Girl coming to Switch

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Wales Interactive and FMV Future today announced Gamer Girl, a multi-branching FMV game. It will launch this September on Switch.

We have the following overview and trailer for Gamer Girl: