David Cage Strongly Denies Allegations Of Studio's Unhealthy Work Culture
David Cage has gone to bat for his studio as he responded to allegations that Quantic Dream has an unhealthy and inappropriate work culture. He has previously described the allegations as a "smear campaign". Cage responded via an interview with Edge magazine, giving him an in-depth chance to talk about the allegations, which is published in this month's issue of the UK publication (thanks to Eurogamer for spotting).
"I don't think we had an aggressive attitude," he told Edge. "When you're accused of things that go against everything you believe in, everything you've done in your life, it hurts. It went beyond just attacking the studio culture".
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He continued: "Of course, like any human organisation, we are not perfect by any means. But are we the kind of studio that was described? Our employees have said repeatedly: it's not true. Can we improve? Yes. Have we made mistakes in the past? Probably. But we had to do something about what was being said. We were so hurt by specific allegations that we know are wrong or false, that we had to defend ourselves. We wanted people to hear our voice".
Back in March 2018, French press outlets Canard PC, Le Monde, and Mediapart published reports that Quantic Dream's work culture involved crunch, abusive language, use of pornography, among other alleged toxic elements. One apparent incident includes an employee Photoshopping an image of a co-worker onto the bodies of Nazis and semi-nude women. The studio went on to release a statement claiming it remained "supportive, safe and respectful of everyone".
David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière went on to take libel action against the French publications. They successfully sued
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