{"id":2041022,"date":"2026-07-13T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041022"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:57:48","slug":"games-done-quick-announces-and-then-quickly-cancels-snk-sponsored-stream-because-of-companys-saudi-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041022","title":{"rendered":"Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company&#8217;s Saudi ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/metal-slug\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Metal Slug<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company&#8217;s Saudi ownership<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;GDQ is committed to supporting human rights and inclusivity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Metal-Slug-Attack-key-art.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Metal Slug Attack Reloaded key art\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Metal-Slug-Attack-key-art.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>SNK<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-13T15:57:48+00:00\">July 13, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games-done-quick-cancels-snk-sponsored-stream?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"ebcde936-eb67-4e7a-b223-7c8105f5bcc4\" data-name=\"Metal Slug\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Metal Slug\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Metal Slug\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Metal Slug\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Metal Slug\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Metal Slug\" title=\"Follow Metal Slug\"><br \/>\n  Follow Metal Slug<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowd.gamesdonequick.com\/\">Summer Games Done Quick 2026<\/a> is now over, and while it&#8217;s been a grand time as usual, one of the group&#8217;s post-event streams &#8211; dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gamesdonequick.com\/post\/3mqhxh3453v2w\">celebrating Metal Slug&#8217;s 30th anniversary<\/a> &#8211; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/gamesdonequick\/clip\/AntsyEphemeralDragonCoolStoryBro-6rvfH3yqEHTwrxtY\">ended early<\/a> after many viewers expressed disappointment due to developer-publisher SNK&#8217;s ties to the Saudi-owned Electronic Gaming Development Company.<\/p>\n<p>Though users on social media pointed out early that GDQ&#8217;s organisation should&#8217;ve binned plans for the stream, it still went live before it was cut short following criticism from the viewers. As our peers at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/an-oversight-we-deeply-regret-games-done-quick-cancel-snk-sponsored-stream-following-backlash-over-studios-saudi-arabian-ownership\">Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a> pointed out, 2026&#8217;s SGDQ <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gamesdonequick.com\/post\/3mqgmdzngic2w\">raised $2,408,701<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorswithoutborders.org\/\">Doctors Without Borders<\/a>, which is &#8220;an organisation who&#8217;ve worked to provide aid to people killed and wounded by Saudi-led coalition air strikes carried out in Yemen in recent years&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/location\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/middle-east\/saudi-arabia\/report-saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia has an awful human rights record<\/a>, and SNK is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/crown-prince-of-saudi-arabias-foundation-now-has-a-96-percent-stake-in-snk\">96% owned by Electronic Gaming Development Company<\/a>, a subsidiary of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman&#8217;s Misk Foundation. More recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/saudi-arabia-capcom-resident-evil-street-fighter-shares\">the EGDC acquired 10% of Capcom<\/a> as Saudi Arabia continues its spending spree. In 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-jamal-khashoggis-assassination\/2018\/11\/16\/98c89fe6-e9b2-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html\">the CIA claimed Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the stream was cancelled, the official GDQ channels <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gamesdonequick.com\/post\/3mqiaiawa4k2w\">shared a statement<\/a>, with organisers announcing they &#8220;will not accept the funds from this sponsorship or continue to work with this sponsor again&#8221;. Needless to say, an organisation that prides itself on a commitment to human rights and inclusivity should&#8217;ve been more thorough in its analysis of the partnership, especially when this conversation has been publicly happening in the gaming spheres for a while now.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We failed to conduct the level of review our community should expect from us and that was an oversight we deeply regret and take full responsibility for,&#8221; GDQ added before apologising to the runners and stream host, &#8220;who had nothing to do with this decision&#8221;. The community response has been positive overall, yet valid concerns have been raised considering such decisions are not made overnight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowd.gamesdonequick.com\/\">Summer Games Done Quick 2026<\/a> is now over, and while it&#8217;s been a grand time as usual, one of the group&#8217;s post-event streams &#8211; dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gamesdonequick.com\/post\/3mqhxh3453v2w\">celebrating Metal Slug&#8217;s 30th anniversary<\/a> &#8211; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/gamesdonequick\/clip\/AntsyEphemeralDragonCoolStoryBro-6rvfH3yqEHTwrxtY\">ended early<\/a> after many viewers expressed disappointment due to developer-publisher SNK&#8217;s ties to the Saudi-owned Electronic Gaming Development Company.<\/p>\n<p>Though users on social media pointed out early that GDQ&#8217;s organisation should&#8217;ve binned plans for the stream, it still went live before it was cut short following criticism from the viewers. As our peers at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/an-oversight-we-deeply-regret-games-done-quick-cancel-snk-sponsored-stream-following-backlash-over-studios-saudi-arabian-ownership\">Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a> pointed out, 2026&#8217;s SGDQ <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gamesdonequick.com\/post\/3mqgmdzngic2w\">raised $2,408,701<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorswithoutborders.org\/\">Doctors Without Borders<\/a>, which is &#8220;an organisation who&#8217;ve worked to provide aid to people killed and wounded by Saudi-led coalition air strikes carried out in Yemen in recent years&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/location\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/middle-east\/saudi-arabia\/report-saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia has an awful human rights record<\/a>, and SNK is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/crown-prince-of-saudi-arabias-foundation-now-has-a-96-percent-stake-in-snk\">96% owned by Electronic Gaming Development Company<\/a>, a subsidiary of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman&#8217;s Misk Foundation. More recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/saudi-arabia-capcom-resident-evil-street-fighter-shares\">the EGDC acquired 10% of Capcom<\/a> as Saudi Arabia continues its spending spree. In 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-jamal-khashoggis-assassination\/2018\/11\/16\/98c89fe6-e9b2-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html\">the CIA claimed Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the stream was cancelled, the official GDQ channels <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gamesdonequick.com\/post\/3mqiaiawa4k2w\">shared a statement<\/a>, with organisers announcing they &#8220;will not accept the funds from this sponsorship or continue to work with this sponsor again&#8221;. Needless to say, an organisation that prides itself on a commitment to human rights and inclusivity should&#8217;ve been more thorough in its analysis of the partnership, especially when this conversation has been publicly happening in the gaming spheres for a while now.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We failed to conduct the level of review our community should expect from us and that was an oversight we deeply regret and take full responsibility for,&#8221; GDQ added before apologising to the runners and stream host, &#8220;who had nothing to do with this decision&#8221;. The community response has been positive overall, yet valid concerns have been raised considering such decisions are not made overnight.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Metal Slug Games Done Quick announces and then quickly cancels SNK-sponsored stream because of company&#8217;s Saudi ownership &#8220;GDQ is committed to supporting human rights and inclusivity.&#8221; Image credit: SNK News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on July 13, 2026 4 comments Follow Metal Slug Summer Games Done Quick 2026 is now over, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2041022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2041022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2041022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2041022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2041022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}