Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Lead Says His LGBTQ+ Award Nom Is not “Woke”

Sensible medieval motion RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has been nominated for 2 prestigious Gayming Awards, however the way in which that inventive director Daniel Vávra has chosen to acknowledge stated awards is unusual, to say the least.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has been nominated for Gayming Journal’s Fan Favourite award, in addition to for Greatest LGBTQ+ Character for Hans Capon, with whom protagonist Henry of Skalitz can enter right into a romance if the participant so chooses.

Acknowledging these award nominations on X, Vávra says that he is “actually proud” of receiving each of them, however that he believes the romance was dealt with “with out shoving it down anybody’s throat or making an attempt to re-educate them like so many titles which are rigtfully (sic) known as ‘woke’ as of late”.

Vávra, who additionally opened his put up with the phrase “TRIGGER WARNING!”, additionally says that regardless of his sport’s nominations, he nonetheless finds “the abundance of pressured “woke” nonsense within the leisure trade annoying” on a private stage.

This is not the primary time Vávra has talked in regards to the homosexual romance factor of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Again in early 2025, the inventive director rebuffed rumors that his sport featured “unskippable” homosexual romance scenes and confirmed gamers might enter right into a same-sex relationship in the event that they selected to, though even then, he stated he wasn’t a fan of what he known as “pressured range”.

Normally, Vávra has been outspoken when it comes to his political opinions, in addition to his opinions on present affairs and technological developments. He is a vocal proponent of generative AI; actually, developer Warhorse Studios (from which Vávra stepped down in his position as inventive director in February) reportedly not too long ago fired a translator as a part of a pivot to AI.

As for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 itself, it is confirmed a really robust earner for Warhorse, having handed the 5 million gross sales mark eventually rely. Its predecessor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, is promoting very properly too.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is on the market proper now for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X|S. You’ll be able to try our very personal Ashley’s overview of the sport proper right here.