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Former devs speak out about 'severe crunch' at Mortal Kombat studio

"Another former employee, who also requested anonymity, said they and a workmate filed a formal complaint about NetherRealm Studios with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"We brought up the harassment, the bathroom issue, the secret nicknames that the devs had for all the female employees, the lack of women who actually had full-time jobs, the singling-out that we experienced, etc etc. It took a year for the EEOC to decide that apparently nothing bad had happened and on top of it all NRS insulted my coworker and me, telling us we were misremembering everything and taking personal jabs at our skills," they told us." An former Netherealm employee says.

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Metalfury1825d ago (Edited 1825d ago )

well japanese developers do the same with their workers so it isn't unfair.

Kaze881825d ago

developers? almost every company does that in Japan, no matter on what field you work. Tho the bosses are on the workplace long too, nobody leaves until they do.

gamer78041825d ago

so the number of people/companies doing something determines whether something is good or bad?

That said I've had friends in the gamin industry, they made a couple of games and then got out because they wanted to start a family. They are now doing even better off because of the skills they learned making video games they were able to negotiate higher salaries. Now working half the hours plus a pay increase, they make nearly double what they did in the games industry and now have more free time for their family and friends.

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Mr Marvel1825d ago

Toughen up. No one likes a sook.

Tankbusta401824d ago

I mean, nobody is forcing these people to do this. For 12 dollars an hour I might find another profession.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto23h ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger8818h ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb19814h ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein3h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.

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Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition Reneges on Promised Content Behind $250 Price Tag

The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.

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Christopher17h ago

$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?

SimpleDad9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.