![]() ![]() Quantic Dream is still best known for its 2010 narrative adventure Heavy Rain, released as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. Quantic Dream and Cage himself subsequently launched lawsuits against the three French media companies who jointly investigated the studio, alleging libel, with mixed success. Time after time, in anonymous third party surveys, employees state that they prize the atmosphere in the studio, the fact that it's a warm, friendly place to work." We have a high retention rate in an industry where turnover is the rule. We have had LGBT employees present at all levels of the studio since day one. You can see this through the games we make. Since the start, 25 years ago, the company has always been based on humanist values of inclusivity. He continued: "We have never held these horrible values. One instance at the company stood out in particular: an employee who Photoshopped images of his co-workers on to the bodies of Nazis and semi-naked women.Ĭage told Edge these were "unacceptable images" and the situation was dealt with in less than two hours, before stating: "I do not believe we have ever been a toxic company." We wanted people to hear our voice."īack in 2018, a number of reports in French media claimed Quantic Dream had a schoolboy culture of racism and sexist jokes. We were so hurt by specific allegations that we know are wrong or false, that we had to defend ourselves. But we had to do something about what was being said. Have we made mistakes in the past? Probably. "But are we the kind of studio that was described? Our employees have said repeatedly: it's not true. "Of course, like any human organisation, we are not perfect by any means," Cage continued. It went beyond just attacking the studio culture. "When you're accused of things that go against everything you believe in, everything you've done in your life, it hurts. ![]() "I don't think we had an aggressive attitude," he said. ![]() In an interview with Edge, Cage discussed the company culture of the studio and denied a lack of humility in its response to allegations. Watch on YouTube Eurogamer Breaking Newscast: Sony reluctantly raises PS5 price, but knows it can get away with itĮarlier this month, Cage responded to allegations of an unhealthy studio culture and inappropriate behaviour at Quantic Dream, which he previously described as a "smear campaign". ![]()
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