{"id":190472,"date":"2026-05-10T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2144792"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:30:24","slug":"quantic-dream-responds-to-paris-court-of-appeals-judgement-to-set-the-record-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/quantic-dream-responds-to-paris-court-of-appeals-judgement-to-set-the-record-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantic Dream responds to Paris Court of Appeals judgement to &#8220;set the record straight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/quantic-dream-responds-to-paris-court-of-appeals-judgement-to-set-the-record-straight.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quantic Dream, developer of PlayStation exclusives Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, has posted a new statement stating an investigation has concluded there was no &#8220;&#8216;toxic atmosphere&#8217; or any kind of discrimination in the studio&#8221; in order to &#8220;set the record straight&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after the studio was accused of a hostile work environment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-01-14-david-cage-and-quantic-dream-shocked-by-allegations-of-unhealthy-studio-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued by a former employee back in 2018<\/a>. The victim in the case quit their post due to offensive photoshopped images of employees being circulated at the studio, images of which came to light after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-01-14-david-cage-and-quantic-dream-shocked-by-allegations-of-unhealthy-studio-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">damning joint investigation into toxic workplace culture<\/a> was undertaken by a team of journalists at French publications Le Monde, Canard PC, and Mediapart.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the judgement ultimately sides with Quantic on this occasion and compels the plaintiff to pay the studio costs and damages, the public summary of the court ruling does not explicitly mention or negate the employee&#8217;s allegations of homophobic or racism, nor addresses the studio&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-11-quantic-dream-responds-to-paris-court-of-appeals-judgement-to-set-the-record-straight\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-11-quantic-dream-responds-to-paris-court-of-appeals-judgement-to-set-the-record-straight\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantic Dream, developer of PlayStation exclusives Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, has posted a new statement stating an investigation has concluded there was no &#8220;&#8216;toxic atmosphere&#8217; or any kind of discrimination in the studio&#8221; in order to &#8220;set the record straight&#8221;. The statement comes after the studio was accused of a hostile work environment and sued by a former employee back in 2018. The victim in the case quit their post due to offensive photoshopped images of employees being circulated at the studio, images of which came to light after a damning joint investigation into toxic workplace culture was undertaken by a team of journalists at French publications Le Monde, Canard PC, and Mediapart. However, while the judgement ultimately sides with Quantic on this&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/quantic-dream-responds-to-paris-court-of-appeals-judgement-to-set-the-record-straight\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quantic Dream responds to Paris Court of Appeals judgement to &quot;set the record straight&quot; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quantic Dream, developer of PlayStation exclusives Heavy Rain and 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