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\nEarlier this year, Chris Barrett, a senior figure at Bungie and the project lead on its Marathon reboot, was reported to have left the studio – and a new report has shed fresh light on his departure, claiming he was ousted after an internal investigation into inappropriate behaviour.\n<\/p>\n

\nBack in March, IGN reported former Valorant game director Joe Ziegler had taken over Barrett’s role<\/a> on the Marathon reboot as part of a creative leadership shake-up at Bungie. Now, however, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier claims Barrett was fired from the studio this spring<\/a>, after being accused of inappropriate behaviour by “at least eight” female employees.\n<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking directly to some of the women who had originally filed complaints against Barrett, alongside a number of employees involved in Bungie’s investigation, Bloomberg reports Barrett repeatedly befriended women at the studio then subjected them to “a barrage of text messages that blurred the lines between professional and personal”. Texts seen by Bloomberg – described as “unwanted” and “uncomfortable” by the women that received them – included “flirtatious messages… and requests to hang out”.\n<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, Chris Barrett, a senior figure at Bungie and the project lead on its Marathon reboot, was reported to have left the studio – and a new report has shed fresh light on his departure, claiming he was ousted after an internal investigation into inappropriate behaviour. Back in March, IGN reported former Valorant game director Joe Ziegler had taken over Barrett’s role on the Marathon reboot as part of a creative leadership shake-up at Bungie. Now, however, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier claims Barrett was fired from the studio this spring, after being accused of inappropriate behaviour by “at least eight” female employees. Speaking directly to some of the women who had originally filed complaints against Barrett, alongside a number of employees involved in Bungie’s…<\/p>\n

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