Go read this Kotaku story about difficult workplace conditions at an Xbox studio

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You should read the article that was published by Kotaku about the difficult workplace conditions at Undead Labs, a Microsoft-owned game studio known for the State of Decay series. The article details allegations of sexism at the company and a lack of direction that hurt morale, and it arrives amidst several other recent reports and allegations of challenging workplace conditions at game development studios.

In a video earlier this month, People Make Games reported on challenges at three well-known independent studios. A long article was published by VentureBeat about the place to work for Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon Studios. Kotaku's story illustrates how Microsoft's hands-off approach with studio acquisitions can mean that problems may not get solved.

According to an article, a former developer at Undead Labs described sexism at the company as "the lower-key death by a thousand papercuts version of sexism." We had to have meeting decorum rolled out because men kept talking over women so badly, and belittling them. The guidelines didn't help.

You can read an article about Undead Labs.