David Cage denies allegations of toxic workplace culture at Quantic Dream

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Quantic Dream‘s reported history of toxic workplace culture and has denied accusations of homophobia and misogyny.Back in 2018, French publications Le Monde, Mediapart, and Canard PC published stories alleging a harmful work culture at Quantic Dream, the studio where David Cage serves as co-CEO and scriptwriter.

Quantic Dream ended up suing, alleging that the reports had damaged the studio’s reputation.In a recent interview with Edge magazine (via Eurogamer) Cage discusses the company culture at Quantic Dream, and defends its response to the allegations of a toxic workplace environment:“When you’re accused of things that go against everything you believe in, everything you’ve done in your life, it hurts.

I don’t think we had an aggressive attitude,” Cage said.Many of the accusations levelled at Quantic Dream as a studio were also centred on Cage himself.

These included allegations of Cage making homophobic and misogynistic remarks. He denies these also, later on in the interview:“I have never said or even thought such things.