It’s like September, 2014 all over again. We now have various celebrities, indie developers and anonymous AAA developers coming out in support of the denizens of #GamerGate. Composer Jesse Hopkins has pleged support to gamers, actor Dean Cain from Lois & Clark came out in support of gamers, and an AAA dev completely fearful for his job also came out in support of #GamerGate.

So first up, Dean Cain was on the show Louder With Crowder, and the topic of #GamerGate popped into the discussion. Milo Yiannopoulos, a journalist with Breitbart, tried to quickly explain the year-long scandal to Cain, detailing how gaming journalists caught in ethical breaches used their connections with the “Social Justice Warrior” authoritarians to libel and slander the gaming industry when those breaches were aired to the public. The gaming industry, according to most major media outlets, is now known as “sexist, misogynistic, racist” and “transphobic”, none of which have actually been proven to be true.

When asked about his stance on the matter, Dean Cain responded, saying…

“I’m 100% pro-gamer.” […] “I’ve been playing games, all these sorts of games my entire life. I’ve also shot the real guns and done the real things – and I promise you, as my son has, there is no correlation. I don’t buy it for a second. If someone is predisposed to do something the game is not going to kick them over the edge. If they want to play Grand Theft Auto – it’s not going to work that way. “ “The difference is that when you have a real weapon in your hand and you’re really doing something to do somebody. I’m totally on the gamer’s side. If they want to throw me under the bus and come at me, go ahead.”

Cain now joins actor Adam Baldwin and Johnathon Daniel Brown as celebrities who are “pro-gamer”.

The quote from Cain was infectious enough for Yiannopoulos to quote the actor in an article on Breitbart.

Cain isn’t the only one who stepped forward to support gamers. Composer Jesse Hopkins, best known for composing the score to Mount & Blade and Democracry 2 (the latter of which has really, really good soundtrack by the way) made a basic tweet in support of gamers using the hashtag. You can check out tweet below.

Hello #gamergate. Keep up the good work! I'm the Mount & Blade and Mount & Blade Warband composer. I support you. — Jesse Hopkins (@JHClassical) July 31, 2015

Hopkins was met with a lot of positive feedback for this post and a lot of gamers are showing him some love as they really appreciate developers coming forward to support the community who keeps them employed. You can check out more of Hopkins’ work over on his official website.

But that’s not all.

An AAA developer couldn’t hold his tongue any longer about the nonsense that has pervaded gaming in the past couple of years, especially since August of 2014. In a diatribe with little left to the imagination of where he stands, the developer explained in two lengthy posts from a State of the Gaming blog, letting gamers know exactly where he stands, writing…

“I’d just like to make it clear to the GamerGaters who aren’t sending sexist shit to females on the internet, aka 99.9999% of you. “You’re not alone. “Just because we don’t shout from the rooftops that you’re (mostly) right doesn’t mean we don’t agree. Even those who offer nervous noncommittal vague agreement with your opponents may be on your side more than you know.“

The developer’s identity was verified and he partook in an interview with Techraptor, where they talked more about identity politics, the issue of trolls in gaming and dealing with the tumultuous landscape of today’s gaming industry.

At the end of the day, gamers have a heck of a lot more support than they know from the developers they’re fighting hard to protect. As the narrative begins to shift, expect to see more support from studios and developers who feel more comfortable voicing support.

Many gamers are hoping things take a wild swing in a positive direction within the media sphere regarding #GamerGate once the AirPlay event gets underway later this month.