• _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s almost as if treating your employees poorly and mismanaging everything has negative consequences. That’s just crazy talk though, right?

  • theodewere@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    reportedly enforcing uncompensated overtime, allegedly trying to pay staff below minimum wage, and a toxic work environment cultivated by an alleged abusive leadership

    nice work environment

  • Murvel@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Hardly surprising and it fits the scenario: a relatively small indie dev studio with only small-mid sized games under their belt with leadership deciding to buy into one of the most expensive IP available. Now, not only do they have a publisher looming over their work but are also under serious financial pressure to perform as well as expectation of a huge fan base plus promising a AAA sized game.

    The leadership simply bit off far more than they could chew and panic set in, resulting in cut corners everywhere.

    End result was a predictable disaster. Could have been avoided with smarter/better leadership. Clearly they didn’t think much of their dev team.