Rick & Morty and High of Life are rocked by a real earthquake. Your creator has just been incapacitated on very serious charges.
Rick & Morty, an absolutely iconic trash animated series, and High on Life, a crazy PC and Xbox exclusive FPS, just lost one of their creators after a horrific case of domestic violence. Justin Roiland, creator, writer and actor of both projects, was actually accused of domestic violence some time ago. Serious allegations made recently that have forced most of the director’s staff to cut ties.
Rick & Morty and High on Life lose their creator
Adult Swim, the American broadcaster Rick and Morty in fact, many years ago has just split from Justin Roiland following allegations against the latter. Rick & Morty however, is not in danger, and the series continues without its co-creator. As a result, the voices of the characters dubbed by Roiland will soon have to be changed.
At the same time, Roiland was pressured to leave his video game development studio, Squanch Games.
Founded in 2016 by Justin Roiland, the studio was the origin of games with such sour, trashy, and caustic humor Rick and Morty, if not even more. We think in particular of Trover Saves The Universe, an adventure / platform game playable in VR, or the current FPS high in life, which caused quite a stir when it was released exclusively on Xbox and PC. The two companies parted ways in a brief statement to update on the situation on Twitter.
Adult Swim has ended its collaboration with Justin Roiland. Rick and Morty continuously and our talented team is hard at work on Season 7
Adult Swim, Twitter
On January 16, 2023, Squanch Games just received the resignation of Justin Roiland. The passionate team at Squanch will continue to create games our fans will love while continuing to support and improve High on Life.
Squanch Games, Twitter
Serious allegations that are not from yesterday
From now on, Justin Roiland no longer has any connection to his creations and leaves it with the series Rick and Morty or Squanch Games Studio, all will continue the adventure without him.
According to data from ABCRoiland was indeed charged with “assault, domestic violence causing bodily harm, embezzlement by threats, use of force and fraud” and is due to appear soon. The allegations are not new as the man already pleaded not guilty in late 2020, but the case was recently brought to light after the first hearings. Justin Roiland faces up to several years in prison if convicted of one or more of these charges.
