{"id":23793,"date":"2021-10-28T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/former-blizzard-devs-criticized-after-starting-all-male-notorious-games-studio"},"modified":"2024-07-19T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T11:15:56","slug":"former-blizzard-devs-criticized-after-starting-all-male-notorious-games-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/former-blizzard-devs-criticized-after-starting-all-male-notorious-games-studio","title":{"rendered":"Former Blizzard devs criticized for all-male “Notorious” games studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former World of Warcraft<\/a> developers at Blizzard have recently launched their own company, called Notorious Game Studios, and it is backed by Riot Games and a $5 million investment from Galaxy Interactive. The game development studio has eight employees, which it aims to grow to twelve by early next — but there’s just one problem — they’re all male.<\/p>\n

A recent article<\/a> by Kotaku staff writer Sisi Jiang criticized Notorious’ lack of gender equity, reporting that the only female at the company is “Chief Morale Officer,” Ellie — who is a dog.<\/p>\n

Given the backlash received by Blizzard this year following allegations of gender discrimination, harassment, and fostering of a “frat boy workplace culture<\/a>,” it doesn’t appear as though Notorious is doing much to step out of Blizzard’s shadow.<\/p>\n

Former Blizzard devs start “Notorious” all-male games studio<\/h2>\n

In an interview with Venture Beat<\/a>, Notorious founder Chris Kaleiki recognized that the troubles unearthed at Blizzard regarding gender discrimination and harassment had “been really troubling [and] hard to hear about.”<\/p>\n