Earlier this spring, it was announced that Chris Barrett The director of Marathon game from the Sony-owned Bungie team, and now it has been revealed in a recent report from a reliable source that the reason for the dismissal was “inappropriate behavior” by the said director.
Then the confusion began to appear on the surface represented by the new Marathon game project that suffered in the development phase, and it was supposed to be in the hands of players now, but it was announced that work on it would be resumed again, accompanied by another announcement through which the team said that it would give up 15% of its workforce and about 12% of the developers as well, and they will be distributed to specific teams in PlayStation Studios.
But in a new report from Bloomberg And the well-known editor Jason Schreier, The reasons for the dismissal of the game's director Chris Barrett have been revealed, as it was said that he was engaging in some inappropriate behavior with female employees of the team, such as:
- Harassing and harassing women working on the team, such as making them play “Truth or Dare” with him in exchange for promises of promotions, which means exploiting his position.
- At least 8 women working on the team were subjected to harassment and bizarre requests by Barrett.
- The developers were not told why Barrett was fired or even fired in the first place.
- Sony was later informed and condemned the director's actions and encouraged the decision taken against him.
Later, the director admitted to hurting and harassing the developers and wrote a statement of apology that he released to the public.
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