Which is to say, yes, of course, images of a naked Ellen Page from "Beyond: Two Souls" are very much available online. It is of the utmost importance to us that we maintain a safe environment that allows us all to channel our shared passion for making video games.But if "Beyond: Two Souls" is run on what is known as a "debug" PlayStation 3, which is typically available only to game developers and journalists and lets you see content buried in a game's code, players can see Page naked. We value every single person who works at Quantic Dream. We have taken and always will take such grievances very seriously. We categorically deny all of these allegations Inappropriate conduct or practices have no place at Quantic Dream. ![]() “Articles published today level various allegations against Quantic Dream, its management and employees. Cage called this, “a lie, pure and simple”.įollowing the publication of the reports, Quantic Dream released a statement via Twitter: According to the Le Monde report, staff members warned Cage that the scene would cause upset and could be interpreted as misogynistic – but their advice went unheeded. Some felt the sequence, in which an android attempts to protect a child from an abusive father, trivialised the issue. Quantic Dream faced controversy in October when a trailer for its forthcoming title Detroit: Become Human was widely criticised for a scene depicting domestic violence. De Fondaumière denied staff were forced to work long hours, and said that they were paid overtime if they did. French employment law dictates that a working week is 35 hours and that the working day may not exceed 10 hours. The Le Monde and Mediapart reports also detail complaints about long working hours, with unnamed staff complaining of routinely working 60-hour weeks, plus regular weekend hours. ![]() De Fondaumière labelled the accusations “absolutely false”. Judge my work.”Įlsewhere, De Fondaumière is accused by former female employees of acting inappropriately at office functions – greeting people using lips to cheek rather than the more formal (and more usual in a professional environment) cheek to cheek manner of kissing. You want to talk about racism? We work with Jesse Williams, who fights for civil rights in the United States. “We work with Ellen Page, who fights for LGBT rights. “You want to talk about homophobia?” he said. One of Quantic Dream’s best-selling games, Heavy Rain Cage and De Fondaumière claimed they were unaware that some of the images were offensive, and told Mediapart that the images had been removed from the company servers as soon as the complaint was received. ![]() Some 600 Photoshopped images are said to have been circulated, depicting employees of the 180-strong studio in Nazi uniforms, swimming costumes and sexualised nurse outfits. These images, said to have been created by an unnamed member of staff and distributed around the office since 2013, are alleged to have included racist, sexist and homophobic elements. The allegations came to light last spring when members of staff, including the head of the IT department, filed a complaint against the studio regarding Photoshopped images of employees. Studio heads David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière are both accused of turning a blind eye to the unhealthy working culture and of behaving inappropriately themselves. Photograph: Stephane Grangier/Corbis via Getty Images
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