Episode 175 - The Scavengers Allegations
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Overview:
After much excitement over the reveal of Season, we were incredibly disappointed to learn about serious sexual assault and abuse allegedly took place over the past several years at the Montréal studio. Steve and I believe the allegations and have received several personal messages from other devs who confirmed what we read in the GamesIndustry.biz report. As such we're stopping coverage of the studio and Season going forward.
This week we also discuss several Canadian indies entering early access in February (including Stephan's), as well as another studio getting investment from Tencent, EA's new Vancouver studio taking over the Skate franchise and Google Stadia shutting down their Montréal office.
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Game Dev Jobs:
Sago Mini - Data Engineer, Unity Game Developer, and Talent Acquisition Manager (Toronto, ON)
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Events:
Game Breakfast Audio Club (Feb 3 @ 9:30 AM)
Unity Club by DMG TO (Mon Feb 8 @ 6:30 PM)
Dirty Rectangles (Feb 10 @ 8 PM EST)
Annual General Meeting by DMG TO (Sat Feb 27 1:00 PM)
News:
Scavengers Studio Accused of Sexist, Toxic Workplace - CEO Placed on Indefinite Leave, Lamarche Steps Down
Tencent Acquires Minority Stake in French developer Dontnod, Who opened a Studio in Montréal in 2020
Google closes internal Stadia studios, including one in Montréal