![]() ![]() And now more than ever the casual sexism embraced and protected by the gaming community is going to take out quite a few games, developers, and studio heads in the resulting fallout. Let's be honest with ourselves for just a moment here, nothing in life exists in a vacuum. And is particularly tone-deaf considering the nature of the complaints, the current sociopolitical climate, and Quantic's slate of games. That statement falls in line with reactions and statements given by Cage and de Fondaumière following the reveal of the employee reports. It is of utmost importance to us that we maintain a safe environment that allows us all to channel our shared passion for making video games. We value every single person who works at Quantic Dream. We have taken and always will take such grievances very seriously. Inappropriate conduct or practices have no place at Quantic Dream. We invite interested parties to read the responses of our Employee Representatives and Health & Security Committee to questions submitted by the journalists prior to publication. Quantic Dream filed a complaint several months ago and further complaints will follow. We categorically deny all of these allegations. ![]() At the very least, it raises some rather awkward questions about Beyond: Two Souls mastermind David Cage: Why would he, or anyone on the Quantic Dream team, rendered Holmes' body in full detail - and I mean, full detail - for a shower scene that was intended to be covered up? And how is it that nobody at Quantic or Sony saw this coming? I'm not sure that characterizations of Page as a "victim" really ring true, since it's really just a matter of her face being shopped onto a CGI body, but it sure doesn't cast anyone on the production side of the coin - and particularly David Cage - in a very good light.Quantic Dream issued a statement over the weekend that they shopped around to various media outlets that published articles covering the workplace misconduct allegations published in several French publications that specifically targeted studio heads David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière.Īrticles published today level various allegations against Quantic Dream, its management and employees. Page herself hasn't yet commented publicly on the matter but Sony's frenzied response to the appearance of the images has led to speculation that legal repercussions could be in the offing. And while a Sony PR rep clarified that "it's not actually her body," the company also described the situation as "very damaging for Ellen Page" and was apparently seeking to have any coverage of the matter taken down from web sites in order to "end the cycle of discussion around this," although by now it's probably given up hope of that actually happening. ![]() Sony's been dropping the hammer on anyone hosting the images for non-specific "legal reasons," but they're still pretty easy to find at this point - and no, I won't be linking them. It turns out that a shower scene featuring her character Jodie Holmes was rendered with naughty bits and all, and then covered up for use in the game, which of course meant that a simple change of camera angle revealed the young Ms. Sony is working madly to scrub fully-nude images of Ellen Page's Beyond: Two Souls character Jodie Holmes from the net, leading to speculation that the actress might be considering legal action.Įllen Page's appearance in Beyond: Two Souls has become a whole lot more revealing than either she or Sony intended, thanks to the slightly creative use of a PS3 dev kit. ![]()
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