Sony’s Firesprite Studio has been accused of fostering a poisonous work setting and ignoring complaints of office misconduct and harassment. An in-depth investigation of the claims by Eurogamer discovered that Firesprite — which Sony acquired in 2021 — was being led by two senior members of Sony’s XDev workforce, each of whom have been investigated for claims of sexual discrimination and ageism made towards them.
Sony’s Firesprite was lately hit by PlayStation layoffs
Eurogamer’s investigation started previous to Sony asserting mass layoffs throughout PlayStation, which Firesprite was additionally impacted by. Not solely was the studio’s headcount decreased, its Twisted Metallic stay service sport was additionally canceled.
In keeping with sources talking on situation of anonymity, Sony dismissed the aforementioned claims towards its XDev management, terming it a “misunderstanding.” Nevertheless, among the complainants started exploring authorized choices, following which they acquired a monetary settlement from Sony.
“Sony has dedicated the worst doable mistake in shopping for a studio and meddling to the purpose the place it could find yourself in a dying spiral and unable to finish any of the tasks it’s engaged on,” one in every of Eurogamer’s sources mentioned. Nevertheless, some sources countered that by saying that Firesprite wanted the inner adjustments that got here with its acquisition by PlayStation.
