Just before Christmas, one-time Bungie lead and director of Destiny 2 and Marathon, Chris Barrett, filed a lawsuit against Sony Interactive Entertainment, suing the firm for over $200 million.
Sony has substantively replied for the first time, presumably getting its legal ducks in a row behind the scenes, and has come out swinging.
Game File reports that the PlayStation platform holder has fired back, publishing a string of text messages that it says proves the pattern of misconduct for which Barret was fired.
The Bungie lead claimed that Sony's investigation was a «sham» designed to deny him the many, many millions owed to him following its acquisition in 2022, after a 25-year career at the studio.
Submitting a 128-page filing that essentially, line by line, refutes Barrett's claims, it's clear that Sony is not playing around.