In a post on social media, CI Games’ CEO and the head of the studio, Marek Tyminski, reverted to his rhetoric about games needing to avoid political agendas. He stated in clear terms that Lords of the Fallen 2, slated for 2026, will feature ‘attractive female characters’ wearing ‘revealing outfits’.
“Many of you asked why the game initially had body type A/B. Hexworks started early 2020 as an autonomous studio owned by CI Games. Early on, political correctness and filtering meant not every decision reached me on time. I got a lot more involved from late 2024 and now act as Head of Studio alongside my CEO role. Things are very different now and the studio got fully integrated. We reverted a lot of wrong decisions and will continue improving. Lords II is being built on real player feedback, and it’s crystal clear in the last two trailers.”
The comments under that post came from curious fans, and one user asked, ‘I’m gonna buy the game, definitely. Will there be attractive female characters, and will there be revealing outfits and armor for them?’ Marek simply responded, ‘Yes’.
When another fan pointed out that games should be fun and not ‘politically correct’, Tyminski wrote, ‘Correct’.
Early in 2025, Tyminski appeared on social media rebelling against forced DEI in games. He backed up a statement made by CI Games’ marketing director, which suggests that the studio wouldn’t shoehorn DEI elements into their games just to tick that political agenda checkbox.
So I guess that game’s not gonna be played then lol. What a pos CEO
Man, what a shame. And it’s not even about what is said in the title. I’ve nothing against attractive female/male/enby characters in revealing outfits. It’s a false dichotomy between “fun” and “diverse”. Elden Ring is a GOTY banger, where you can create anyone you want, change your gender during the playthrough as many times as you want, and play even naked if you like. And the fan-favourite boss is literally a disabled person. Nobody gives a shit about that or A/B body type. Street Fighter is a game where almost every character regardless of gender is sexualized, and sometimes it goes too far in exploiting kinks, yet it includes lots of queer and trans characters.
“Sexy” and “diverse” may go hand in hand if you wish. And denying that means you’re just a bigot, and your game is made for right-wing populist audience i’m not a part of. I actually defended the first part and still think it’s a decent game, but not buying the sequel unless they change their mind.