Gordon's fee will go the Red Cross' Ukraine Crisis Appeal.
Mick Gordon, the composer on games like 2017's Prey, the Doom reboots, and the new Wolfenstein games, has been hard at work on upcoming BioShock-like, but he's not keeping the money for it. In a post to Twitter earlier today, the veteran videogame musician announced he's going to donate his fee for the game to the, in order to"use [his] work as a means to help those affected by the conflict" that began when Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago.
Atomic Heart, which releases next week, is being developed by Mundfish, a Russian studio. But Gordon's donation isn't intended as a disavowal of either the game or its developer, which Gordon praised highly for its commitment to"imagination and artistic freedom". The artist says he's excited to hear his"musical contributions come to life" when the game comes out.
My musical contribution to #AtomicHeart will also support a greater cause. I've donated my fee to @RedCrossAU’s Ukraine Crisis Appeal to stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.If you're able to, please consider donating.Together we can make a difference. #SupportUkraine pic.twitter.
It's a laudable decision on Gordon's part, but the accompanying statement does read a little strangely if only because it doesn't address the elephant in the room of Atomic Heart's Russian provenance. Mundfish has come in for criticism by some onlookers for failing to adopt what they consider a sufficiently pro-Ukrainian stance in its few statements on Russia's ongoing invasion.
This isn't the first time Mick Gordon's graced our news pages in recent months. He last appeared in November due toover his work on Doom Eternal. Gordon said he was the target of unfair and dishonest behaviour by id Software that led him to quit work on the game, a claim that Bethesda's lawyers dismissed as"a one-sided and unjust account of the facts of the case". At the very least, Gordon's working relationship with Mundfish seems to be on a much firmer footing.
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