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Ubisoft's Guillemot admits more work is needed to rebuild employee trust News Jul 30th, 2021

Ubisoft's Guillemot admits more work is needed to rebuild employee trust

The exec has responded to a critical open letter from staff

Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft staff sign open letters decrying handling of misconduct allegations News Jul 29th, 2021

Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft staff sign open letters decrying handling of misconduct allegations

Both companies are currently facing lawsuits over the culture they are accused of fostering

Activision Blizzard execs have mixed response to California lawsuit News Jul 26th, 2021

Activision Blizzard execs have mixed response to California lawsuit

Management can't decide if allegations are "extremely troubling" or "distorted and untrue"

Bungie says it won't tolerate harassment in its workplace News Jul 23rd, 2021

Bungie says it won't tolerate harassment in its workplace

The company also admits that it isn't perfect and that no-one has experienced toxic behaviour while working there

French union Solidaires Informatique files lawsuit against Ubisoft News Jul 19th, 2021

French union Solidaires Informatique files lawsuit against Ubisoft

Complaint names number of former staff as well as CEO Yves Guillemot

Discord acquires anti-harassment AI firm Sentropy News Jul 15th, 2021

Discord acquires anti-harassment AI firm Sentropy

No figure placed on the deal

Former assistant to Riot CEO suing company over alleged harassment News Feb 10th, 2021

Former assistant to Riot CEO suing company over alleged harassment

O'Donnell claims that she was wrongfully terminated from her role for refusing to sleep with chief exec Laurent

Ubisoft boss Guillemot issues apology for failing to protect staff News Sep 11th, 2020

Ubisoft boss Guillemot issues apology for failing to protect staff

Firm comes under fire for not featuring this in its Forward marketing event

Report: Ubisoft staff told to discuss harassment with harasser before HR News Jul 27th, 2020

Report: Ubisoft staff told to discuss harassment with harasser before HR

According to document sent to staff at the French firm's Canadian studios last year

Investors take Guillemot to task over Ubisoft abuse allegations News Jul 23rd, 2020

Investors take Guillemot to task over Ubisoft abuse allegations

CEO put on the spot about what he did and did not know about his company's working culture

Former Ubisoft HR employee says management distrusted harassment victims News Jul 22nd, 2020

Former Ubisoft HR employee says management distrusted harassment victims

Marketing team and execs apparently said that female protagonists don't sell games

Games industry harassment hotline opens next month News Jul 15th, 2020

Games industry harassment hotline opens next month

“We started the Games and Online Harassment Hotline to ensure that anyone who experiences such abuse can reach out to us to get whatever support they might need"

Naughty Dog condemns The Last of Us 2 harassment News Jul 7th, 2020

Naughty Dog condemns The Last of Us 2 harassment

Follows messages and threats sent to actor Bailey

Oculus co-founder Mitchell opening new studio Mountaintop Job News Jul 1st, 2020

Oculus co-founder Mitchell opening new studio Mountaintop

Venture has a zero-tolerance policy on bully and harassment

Techland and Gato cut ties with Chris Avellone after sexual harassment allegations News Jun 23rd, 2020

Techland and Gato cut ties with Chris Avellone after sexual harassment allegations

Part of a new wave of industry people being outed for their shitty behaviour

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