Wii U Title Bombing Bastards Gets a Name Change on PS4

[Lizzy Finnegan]

Wii U Title Bombing Bastards Gets a Name Change on PS4

In a surprising move, a game that made it's way to the Nintendo eShop with title still intact will be assuming a new name on the PlayStation 4 - at Sony's request.

Bombing Bastards from Sanuk Games released on Steam, under the same name [http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ybYx3RXGDuMbOhHYFf5s3K81EdJJBo1h], in December 2014. However, the game's developers announced today that they have agreed to a change in name for the PlayStation 4 port. "The name was changed to Bombing Busters on request from Sony," a press release from Sanuk Games reads.

This isn't the first time Sony has taken issue with the B-word. Stealth Bastard originally released in November 2011 as a free download for Microsoft Windows. The expanded version, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, was made available on Steam, OS X, Linux, and Android before making its way to Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013.

At the time Stealth Bastard was announced for PS3 and the Vita, lead developer Sam Robinson was renamed [http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/04/02/stealth-btard-sneaks-onto-ps3-and-ps-vita-this-summer/] Stealth Inc. - A Clone in the Dark for PlayStation ports. Every reference to the original title on PlayStation's website was edited to Stealth B**tard.

Bombing Busters will land in the American PlayStation Store for PS4 on September 15th.


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[FogHornG36]

maybe the characters don't know who their dad is?

 

[thewatergamer]

BWAHAHAHAHA

*sigh* I'm sorry, their are some words that I could understand, but bastard is not one of them

 

[Fulbert]

Funny how the family-friendly-to-the-bone Nintendo doesn't seem to have an issue with this.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

Funny how the family-friendly-to-the-bone Nintendo doesn't seem to have an issue with this.

Not to mention that Sony actually does! Must be Opposite Day or something.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Wait...the sony that tries to adult-up the minecraft image while apparently maintaining a mature-gaming image, decides "bastard" is too much for their audience? What logic is this?

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

That's funny, not only because of the Nintendo thing, but because a quick search for bastard [https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/search/q=bastards] on the Playstation store already lists several items.

 

[Sarge034]

Well, look at it like this. Before this I didn't know or give a fuck about this game. Now I only don't give a fuck about it. Success? This feels like outrage for outrage's sake to drum up free publicity because, let's face it, sony has played host to some pretty "adult" shit.