[GameSpot] - Batman: Arkham Dev Rocksteady Failed To Act On Culture Of Harassment, New Letter Alleges

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Rocksteady is one of the biggest game studios in the UK, being best-known for its work on the Batman: Arkham franchise. According to a new report from The Guardian, 10 of the 16 women at the studio signed a letter to their bosses in 2018 that accused management of allowing a culture of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior to fester.

As an anonymous signatory to the letter revealed, it was initially kept private due to the company's secretive nature, as well as fears that the signers would be kept off the credits for the studio's upcoming Suicide Squad game. (This is a pervasive and justified fear in the games industry among vulnerable workers.) However, according to the report, since the letter was sent, management's response has been a single hour-long training seminar, and several of the signers have since left the company due to working conditions.

"I have heard everything from groping claims to incidents involving directors, all of whom are men," the signatory told the Guardian. "Yet the only thing we had as a result was a company-wide seminar that lasted an hour. Everyone who attended was asked to sign a statement confirming that they'd received the training. It felt that it was a just way for them to cover their arses."

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