The latest skin for PUBG Mobile has been renamed to get rid of Hypnospace Outlaw

Jay Tholen, developer, wasn’t happy to be associated with “something so morally and aesthetically vile.”

Latest:Jay Tholen, creator of Hypnospace Outlaw, was contacted by PUBG Mobile developers.Twitter: Share your thoughts. The skin’s Mandarin name is “Golden Diva”, and it was created without Tholen’s input. “A member of our localization team saw the skin’s visuals and was reminded about your game. The team member decided to alter the name to Hypnospace Diva instead of adopting the literal translation of “Golden Diva”, without considering the implications or consequences. The people responsible for approbating the localization weren’t familiar with Hypnospace Outlaw and were therefore unaware of its connection to your game.

Tholen appears pleased with the responses to his request to rename the skin.

Original story:This morning, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds mobile app announced the release of a new Hypnospace-Diva skin. This immediately attracted the attention ofHypnospace OutlawJay Tholen, the creator of PUBG Mobile, accuses him of using his work for a “tacky outfit”

Hypnospace outlaw is a hybrid of detective story and alt-history web. It has a distinct look that draws from the gritty aesthetics of the ’90s internet. PUBG Mobile’s skin is more generically cyberpunk, but with a strikingly similar color palette and name, Tholen is sure that the handheld shooter is cribbing right from the game.

Tholen’s issue is not just about the game’s name or artistic sensibilities. This is the possibility that Hypnospace may be mistaken for an official collaboration.

“I wouldn’t normally make a big deal out of this but I don’t want our name associated with gambling,” Tholen writes in a follow-up tweet. It irritates me that Hypnospace’s existence could be discovered by someone else and believe that we have made something morally and visually vile.

Tholen acknowledges that he cannot realistically expect to change the skin of Tencent as a small independent developer. Tholen is still looking into legal options, even if it’s only because “boy is this thing ugly”.

I reached out to Krafton, a PUBG Mobile developer, for comments.