A mod which replaced the Pride flags with USA flags in Spider-Man Remastered has been removed from mod websites.
The modding community for Spider-Man Remastered has been pretty active since the game’s release on PC last week, creating mods to change the pigeons into rats and all sorts of other fun character switches. However, one mod which caught attention has been more divisive.
The mod in question replaced any Pride flags that appeared in the game with the US flag. Uploaded on 15th August to Nexus Mods, it was removed by site staff on 17th August. A similar mod appeared on ModDB, which has also been removed.
Nexus Mods released a statement to address the mod’s removal. The statement slams the mod’s creator, who had used a sock puppet account (a new account created solely for trolling purposes), going so far as to call them “a coward”. The mod has now been removed, and both the uploader’s sock puppet and main accounts have been banned.