The devs behind the mobile edition of Injustice 2 have apologized for their recent faux pas of an attempt to celebrate Pride Month after a special “Versus Challenge” calling on players to continually fight Poison Ivy sparked outrage among LGBT+ DC fans – particularly users of the ResetEra gaming forum.
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The trouble started when the powers behind the game issued a special Global Pride Challenge which tasked players with collectively pounding the plant-based Poison Ivy into the dirt thousands of times over throughout the month of June.
According to the official Injustice 2 Twitter account, after one week, players were roughly only 225,000 beatdowns away from reaching the challenge’s first milestone of 400,000 total Poison Ivy defeats.
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