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Saber CEO embeds jab at Randy Pitchford in Rideshare 'Stimulator' trailer

Saber Interactive CEO Matt Kartch confirmed a deliberate reference to Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford in the Rideshare 'Stimulator' trailer. The trailer includes the line 'randiest of passengers' and a Texas license plate reading 'USB DRV' with a gear emblem, nodding to Pitchford's infamous USB-drive camgirl story. Kartch framed the inclusion as payback after Pitchford publicly criticized Embracer, turning an in-game detail into a public developer-on-developer call-out.

• Rideshare 'Stimulator' trailer contains the narrator line: 'And when I think I've met the randiest of passengers, someone even stranger gets it.'
• The trailer also shows a Texas license plate reading 'USB DRV' accompanied by a gear-like emblem visible on-screen.
• Saber CEO Matt Kartch said those elements were an intentional jab at Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford.
• The reference alludes to Pitchford's widely recirculated incident involving copying a camgirl performance onto a USB drive and leaving it at Medieval Times, and Kartch presented the joke as payback for Pitchford criticizing Embracer.