Former Savage employee here. Time to drop some facts. Katkoff and Vo were fired and having worked for both good riddance. They created a culture of fear and toxicity and both were outright bullies. Imagine being so toxic you get fired from the games industry.
Several other people have left recently (discipline leads) because the remaining studio leadership is clueless. The game is a mess, and you'll be lucky to see anything come out next year from the studio. Call it what you will (and the name and logo are fab!) but the rotten core remains.
Kotaku was going to publish an article on the shambles but to the best of my knowledge Sony stepped in and had it killed.
Word from in the studio is that both Miska and Sophie Vo have been fired for bullying and toxic behaviour. It's kind of a behind the scenes open joke in Berlin that Savage was a pretty bad place to work at.
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Former Savage employee here. Time to drop some facts. Katkoff and Vo were fired and having worked for both good riddance. They created a culture of fear and toxicity and both were outright bullies. Imagine being so toxic you get fired from the games industry.
Several other people have left recently (discipline leads) because the remaining studio leadership is clueless. The game is a mess, and you'll be lucky to see anything come out next year from the studio. Call it what you will (and the name and logo are fab!) but the rotten core remains.
Kotaku was going to publish an article on the shambles but to the best of my knowledge Sony stepped in and had it killed.
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Word from in the studio is that both Miska and Sophie Vo have been fired for bullying and toxic behaviour. It's kind of a behind the scenes open joke in Berlin that Savage was a pretty bad place to work at.