Tripwire CEO John Gibson “steps down” following boycotts over anti-abortion tweet

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Tripwire Interactive has announced that CEO John Gibson has “stepped down” from his position at the company, following a comment he made supporting a controversial anti-abortion law that passed in Texas.

In a statement shared earlier today (September 7), Tripwire Interactive has distanced itself from comments made by Gibson and announced that he has been replaced by Alan Wilson, who will act as interim CEO. Addressing the views shared by Gibson, Tripwire said:

“The comments given by John Gibson are of his own opinion, and do not reflect those of Tripwire Interactive as a company. His comments disregarded the values of our whole team, our partners and much of our broader community.”

A statement regarding recent events. Tripwire Official Site: https://t.co/Vgyx0jMLBb pic.twitter.com/rmKp105EIg — Tripwire Interactive (@TripwireInt) September 7, 2021

Adding that leadership at Tripwire is “deeply sorry” and committed to taking “swift action”, the statement notes that John Gibson has stepped down as CEO “effective immediately”.

His interim successor Alan Wilson has been at Tripwire since it launched in 2005 and will work to “address concerns” raised by employees and partners over the last day.

This will likely include reaching out to Shipwright Studios – who worked on Chivalry 2 and Maneater with Tripwire – after the studio moved to cancel all existing contracts “effective immediately” following Gibson’s stance. On the community side, CohhCarnage – a Twitch streamer with over 1.4million followers – announced that he would be boycotting Tripwire due to the controversy.

Internally, Tripwire will be hosting a company-wide meeting to create an “open dialogue with Tripwire leadership and all employees.”

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GuestCartographer on September 7th, 2021 at 16:29 UTC »

I’ll admit it, Killing Floor was definitely not one of the things I thought would get caught in the middle of America’s abortion fight.

weluckyfew on September 7th, 2021 at 14:41 UTC »

"As an entertainer I don’t get political often"...and this would be why you don't want to do that.

If you say things the company strongly disagrees with then you're not a good fit for being the face of that company.

notagoodboye on September 7th, 2021 at 14:15 UTC »

Fucking morons. If your company isn't political, what's the benefit of having a political position? You're going to alienate half your customers either way. It's idiotic.