Tripwire Interactive CEO John Gibson steps down amid severe backlash

John Gibson has stepped down as CEO of Tripwire Interactive following backlash from the neighborhood and employees with reference to his approval of Texas’ current anti-abortion regulation. Tripwire Interactive launched an announcement addressing the change in management as Alan Wilson takes up the mantle of Interim CEO.

Tripwire Interactive released a statement on Monday, September 6, 2021 asserting that John Gibson has stepped down as CEO of Tripwire Interactive. In his stead, Alan Wilson will likely be Interim CEO. Wilson, a co-founding member and present Vice President, has been with the corporate since its creation again in 2005. On this new position, Wilson will work with management to “take steps with staff and companions to handle their issues” and can actually have a company-wide assembly to generate an open dialogue between staff and management.

A press release concerning current occasions.

Tripwire Official Website: https://t.co/Vgyx0jMLBb pic.twitter.com/rmKp105EIg

— Tripwire Interactive (@TripwireInt) September 7, 2021

For these enjoying catch up, John Gibson took to Twitter on September 5, 2021 to reward the brand new Texas regulation that bans abortion after six weeks and “deputizes non-public residents to sue anybody who aids within the process,” as Jason Schreier places it in his tweet concerning the current news. You may learn Gibson’s tweet beneath.

Happy with #USSupremeCourt affirming the Texas regulation banning abortion for infants with a heartbeat. As an entertainer I don’t get political usually. But with so many vocal friends on the opposite facet of this situation, I felt it was vital to go on the document as a pro-life sport developer.

— John Gibson (@RammJaeger) September 4, 2021

The video games business and neighborhood was aghast that such a prolific developer would come out in help of those anti-choice legal guidelines which take healthcare and freedoms from girls. The response from Tripwire Interactive was fast and decisive, with responses to the Twitter submit praising the corporate’s stance. You should definitely hold it locked to Shacknews as this story develops.