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| LegitHyperbole said: Boycotting for toxic work places is commendable. |
And it goes deeper than just at the workplaces themselves :(
https://www.eurogamer.net/horrific-abuse-of-workers-at-indonesian-external-development-studio-revealed-in-new-report
Brandoville Studios horrors come out, Ubisoft (Assassin's Creed) and Microsoft (Age of Empires 4) implicated.
Ofcourse this being Eurogamer they're dragging up a 4 months old article (but no less relevant today)
The Last of Us Part 1's outsourced company, Brandoville Studios (who contributes Concept Artwork) shutdown suddenly. Ex-employee reveals the toxic work culture and abuse against women.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/1few2o1/the_last_of_us_part_1s_outsourced_company/
Brandoville: The company is based in Indonesia who specializes on Concept Artwork for Triple A games such as Gears 5, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Halo Infinite and Horizon 2 Forbidden West.
And it's been going on for many years, Brandoville just got into the spotlight since people starting speaking out after the closure.
3 year old video:
The video starts with tracing where CP2077 was all made. (and the lies)
However all big game companies are complicit.
No wonder lead designers leave to start their own smaller company (and hopefully do things better). If the abuse is not in the workplaces themselves, it's outsourced...
Perhaps next to a PEGI rating, games should also have an ethical rating.
I'm fine with VR games from indie developers, my appetite for AAA games is getting less and less each year.
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