Paradox Interactive had to take evasive manoeuvres after their brilliant space strategy game, Stellaris, landed a controversial mod. The offending player-made mod has now been completely removed from Steam because it made all the human characters in the game white. The studio commented over on Reddit, saying:
"We saw the mod, thought it wasn't in very good taste, but let it remain. However, when the mod's description was updated with content Paradox considers unacceptable, we decided it was a step too far and removed it."
Paradox COO Susana Meza Graham provided a followup statement, adding: "It would appear that the comments surrounding the mod, rather than the mod itself, were the biggest problem.
"We welcome everyone to create all kind of mods for us as long as they comply with our rules of conduct and we expect our modders to help us keep the comment sections free of any racial slurs or other things that do not comply with these same codes."
Paradox has previously outlined their ambition to make Stellaris easy to mod, but obviously this isn't what they had in mind. This aside, we can't wait to see the inevitable total conversion mods that will come in the future. We're expecting Star Wars, Star Trek, Warhammer 40K, and basically any other sci-fi IP you can think of.
If you haven't already read our review of the sci-fi strategy title, head this way to find out what it has to offer and why we like it so much.