
Following a devastating week of Bethesda studio closures, which coincides with the Fallout franchise's recent bump in popularity (thanks to Amazon's excellent adaptation), it was only natural for the pressure to erupt somewhere. In a legitimately hilarious turn, vengeful Fallout 76 players have been venting their spleens on Phil Spencer's in-game encampment, repeatedly detonating nukes on top of it, reducing the surrounding landscape into an (even more) uninhabitable wasteland.
Spencer, whose gamer tag is "P3," apparently enjoys a little Fallout 76 from time to time. As the embattled exec has been keeping out of sight all week, the community has come together in a petty but extremely satisfying fashion. Spotted by Sam_Snydes on Twitter (thanks, Kotaku), responsibility for the initial blast was claimed by real1090jake, AKA Joe Grizzly Bitch, who encountered Spencer in-game, subsequently meting out some rough frontier justice. There have since been reports of further blasts, and we imagine the bombings will continue until morale improves.
What do you think of the unique way in which Fallout players have decided to protest Spencer's actions? Will you be logging in to express your frustrations? If not, remain in the relative safety of the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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I know I commented earlier today about all the Xbox articles on Pushsquare but this is pretty funny.😂
Imagine what an actual PURGE day could do....... LMAO
Nuke that fxxxxr!
Haha that’s pretty amusing.
Okey dokey.
I need to write more apparently
Guess we won't be seeing any Starcraft Ghost/ Kerrigan soldier skin mods anytime soon then!😂
Didn’t know Gandhi played Fallout 76.
Hell yea! Hit'em where it hurts 🤣
Saw this yesterday and wondered how long it’d take to show up on PS… one of the funniest gaming news stories of all time fair play 👏
If this was a telltales game it would be
Phil will remember that
@LordServbot Or more like their controller, Feel the Burn...
Bethesda will announce today they are disarming all nukes
Are mod menu's still a thing?
How do people know where he camps?
This story has actually made me laugh. Unhappy gamers instead of leaving angry Steam reviews are going to Phil Spencer’s online home and blowing it up. On one hand it’s petty, but on the other I get it!
Haha 😄Lies of p phil spencer is at it again.its all his fault this is happening.word up son
They should be making Sara Bonds life a living hell as well. She's been the one in charge of Xbox during all this.
Brilliant stuff that
This is so petty and ridiculous … I love it
I am anxiously awaiting to see what snake oil he tries to sell in an attempt to talk his way out of this mess.
Removed - inappropriate
This really needed a second story?
More evidence to show Phil is a Playstation gamer all along. I also named my account P3, back on Playstation 3.
Bullying in any format is not good, I'm surprised at the comments celebrating it and for Push Square to publish the article in a manner to enable it.
No wonder y he didn't do the interview he was trying to restore his camp lmao
@feral1975 It's not bullying, it's a part of the game. It's like saying someone tackling someone in football is bullying. Phil's free to nuke their camp back.
@Matroska
It would be bullying if loads of people decided to tackle the same person.
This is petty and childish. Won’t impact his day although he may pull back and become more distant PR wise with the public. Then those same gamers will complain that he sounds like all the other execs. Frankly these people don’t know why the closures happened. And looking for someone to burn in effigy isn’t gonna restore a single job or fund dev work. Grow up. It’s all virtue signaling anyway. When Volition shut down, folks weren’t sad they lost their jobs. It’s only the people that do the stuff they like.
*holes! Ok, I was never happy when I had to have an account in order to play a game - but I don't think I ever refused to register because simply I just wanted to play the game. This reaction is ridicilous and pathetic.
Petty, but hilarious.
I love this. A harmless way for people to experience catharsis but at the same time, sending a clear message
@Matroska I teamkill and kick people in helldivers who drop resupply at spawn 3 seconds into match or who don't follow their leader (me) in two groups of two. That's part of the game yet people want people to get banned for doing that, why is this Phil Spencer thing given different treatment?
@Deityjester ...that sounds really fun.
If MS Gaming closes id, I don't even know man. I might stop playing games for a while.
Phil Spencer may have the job titles, but it's the bean counters in the board room that are most likely making the decisions. With the board all that matters are the stock prices and their annual bonuses. Phil Spencer is the frontman, the face, the one to take the praise and, like now, the heat.
@Ryu_Niiyama Eh, I was upset when Volition shut down because they were a huge dev in Champaign Illinois, where I was born. They sure made it difficult to care after they got Embraced though. Their flippant treatment of fans grossed me out, and it came off as hubris to me. They thought they got their bag. Whoops.
@Deityjester @EYEBALL remind me never to join your team
Lol at the people calling nuking Phil's camp pathetic or petty! You are losers!! Phil is a liar! And I hope MS gaming shuts down. Xflop would have died years ago if it didn't have MS as its source of funding. MS just buys up IPs and makes them worse or shuts them down. Very bad for gamers / devs in general. Also trash pass is super bad for devs because downloads are not sales! 95% games on there are trash and they are about to increase prices too! Thought this would happen ages ago.
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