"Lesta Games" canceled the collaboration with "Endless Summer" due to the inappropriate behavior of the visual novel's developer
The event called "Endless Winter" was supposed to take place in "World of Ships."
A frame from the previous collaboration between "Endless Summer" and "World of Ships"
The cancellation of the collaboration was announced on the "World of Ships" website by "Lesta Games." They stated that they changed their mind about partnering with the creators of "Endless Summer" after one of the developers made "unacceptable statements." The company chose not to quote them or delve into details. Instead, "Lesta Games" emphasized that it is a patriotic team.
Online, it is speculated that the collaboration was canceled due to recent statements by Anton Arkatov, head of Soviet Games, which created "Endless Summer." Amidst the scandal surrounding the announcement of "Endless Summer 2," he posted a series of provocative nationalist comments in the studio's Telegram chat. However, Arkatov later claimed that his words were taken out of context.
Soviet Games has not commented on the situation.
It should be noted that Soviet Games introduced the sequel to "Endless Summer" earlier this week. Shortly after the announcement, players noticed six-fingered characters in the promo art, which they believed were generated using neural networks. The studio denies using AI.