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Former Halo Studios art director accuses studio of harassment

Longtime Halo artist Glenn Israel and other former Halo Studios workers say the company covered up harassment and bullying in the workplace.

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dveio48d ago

In the past 15 years - how many of these accusations around the globe in the gaming industry have eventually turned out false?

I'd say none. None that I can remember.

I really don't know what's been going on at Xbox. I bet there's a ton people could talk about but locked behind NDA's.

abstractel48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

I don't know if this will get me booted off but it's unfortunately a pretty big problem. At least it used to be, I can't speak for the last ~5 years but doubt things have changed. To be clear, there are great studios too but my experience at a few of the top tier american studios, it's pretty bad. Sometimes it's isolated to departments, sometimes it's just toxic competition between very talented artists wanting a certain title, but often it trickles down from the top. I will say that the last studio I worked at was fantastic and that was definitely due to the leadership.

DivineHand12547d ago

Based on the timing of his complaint, it was when Halo fans online were pleading with Microsoft and Xbox to remove 343 from developing the Halo franchise.

This is just speculation, but it may have turned on the pressure within 343. Not only that, around the time he was laid off, it was when the studio started to shift focus away from halo infinite and change their engine to UE5. It can be argued that since the studio pivoted to Halo Combat Evolved remake with UE5, they didn't need as many artist to make skins anymore.

DivineHand12548d ago

I wish he went into more detail with examples of how he and the other graphic artists were harassed during the time mentioned.

Reaper22_48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Yea, I bet he gladly took that severance agreement too. Not saying there isnt any truth to it his claim, but you never get the whole story in situations like these.Anyway, this is just malarkey imo and isn't gaming news. Can we get something news worth discussing for a change.

Notellin48d ago

That's because when you take the settlement/severance you aren't allowed to talk about the things agreed to in the paperwork.

Solved it for you. The only people who will ever know the entire story have paid to keep it hidden forever.

Reaper22_48d ago

Nobody really cares. These complaints are a dime a dozen. One every other day.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio27d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing27d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9227d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit27d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing27d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9227d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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