Before it could come to Steam, Valve made devs "record and send footage" of their game's "alien orgy" for verification, which was fortunately cleared for launch
Size Five Games had to jump through some specific hoops
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Yesterday, January 27, the comedic sci-fi point-and-click Earth Must Die came out on Steam. This would be totally unremarkable, what with the amount of games released there every day, except for the fact that it was almost disallowed by Valve due to having an extra-terrestrial orgy.
"Up until a few days ago, it was unclear if we were actually going to be allowed to launch Earth Must Die on Steam," publisher No More Robots says in a press release. "As Valve had told us that they were 'unable to verify' the context of the alien orgy. We were required to record and send footage of said orgy for their verification."
This exercise in cosmic depravity is included in the mature content warning. "There is a puzzle that takes place in an alien adult bookshop," says a short blurb on the store page, "and an alien orgy depicted as a gyrating lump on the floor."
Apparently, this wasn't evocative enough for the company behind Half-Life, prompting the above request. Mercifully, Earth Must Die passed muster. "Fortunately, the orgy was approved," finishes the statement.
Coming from developer Size Five Games, Earth Must Die follows VValak Lizardtongue and his trust robot Milky, as they endeavour to defend the Tyrythian Kingdom from the invading Terranoids, and destroy Earth. It looks hilarious and madcap from the trailer, and the voice cast is excellent, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Ben Starr and Man Down's Mike Wozniak among the stars.
If the name Size Five Games sounds familiar, you may remember the company from Lair of the Clockwork God, an excellent point-and-click-cum-platformer from 2020. Needless to say, that one was less risque. Now then, I've a Terranoid invasion to prevent, with no other aspects of the story commanding my attention whatsoever.
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Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghibli, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.
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