Game devs praise Bungie for taking harasser to court, setting new precedent for protecting employees

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Destiny 2 developer Bungie recently struck a big win against a player who's now been sued $500,000 for threatening and harassing a community manager and their family, and game developers across the industry hope it sets a new standard for protecting employees from all-too-common abuse. 

Kathryn Tewson shared the court win on Twitter, and countless developers have already chimed in with praise and optimism.

"This is an incredible work of law and sets excellent precedent," says Riot design manager Steven Lumpkin. "What great news!"

"Hope other game studios are looking at this and planning to step up their game by taking harassers of their employees to court," adds Thirsty Suitors narrative designer Meghna Jayanth. "A workplace culture of no tolerance for this BS and protection of employees will definitely be attractive to lots of talented devs, just sayin." 

Narrative director Josh Scherr of Crop Circle Games writes: "This is amazing - kudos to Bungie for seeing this through, having the harasser held accountable (to the tune of $500k) for his actions, and paving the way for similar lawsuits in the future."

Jean Pierre Kellams, a former EA employee and now lead producer at Harmonix, says: " I was very loud at EA that they should have been more proactive in preventing and actioning harassment against Madden employees. I got a meeting and a 'you don’t have to be on social media' out of it. This is how things should be handled. Kudos."

"We finally have a path to combat online and real-world harassment in the gaming industry," agrees Star Wars licensing manager Dianna.

"This is huge for employee safety and sets a wicked awesome precedent moving forward," says PTW community senior Nel. 

Corey Strobbe, associate QA analyst at