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Halo and Destiny creator Bungie has become the latest studio to be exposed for some horrendous workplace practices subsequently a study appeared in IGN detailing years of toxic behavior past staff. In the report, dozens of electric current and sometime staff detail their experiences dealing with a toxic culture that saw prominently placed members care for the company as their own personal fiefdom, bully and abuse others, submit staff to terrible crunch atmospheric condition, and weaponize toxic elements of the net in harassment campaigns against other members of staff.

Bungies CEO Peter Parsons responded past releasing a statement detailing steps that the company has been taking over recent years to ameliorate the workplace culture. This includes the removal of bad actors throughout the studio, regardless of their station or seniority. They have too gone to bang-up lengths to hire a more various type of employee, with employees who identify every bit women and people from underrepresented communities now at Bungie to 20.five% and 18.6% of the company, respectively. Women or people from underrepresented communities likewise comprise 50% of Bungie's lath of directors.

IGN's report also indicates that these efforts over the terminal couple of years have both been noted and appreciated by staff, but rightfully points out that needed to leave of your way to create a non-toxic workplace is telling.

Interestingly, contempo seasons and narrative developments in Destiny 2 have been met with high praise past the playerbase, which implies that the company has been doing something right in recent years when it comes to settling on a storyline and empowering their staff to tell it.