Video game industry faces its #metoo moment

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Change may be on its way after outrage came to a boil with a C-suite massacre at Ubisoft.

launched a probe, resulting in the departure over the weekend of the company's chief creative officer.

The executive ousters were a high-profile victory for the #metoo movement in the male-dominated video game publishing industry that has a reputation for hostility towards women. One employee said on social media that shortly after arriving at Ubisoft a team leader told her she was hired because she was"cute" but that"to everyone's surprise you do your job well".She then received comments about her looks, unwelcome invitations from superiors and was"regularly pinched on the butt and breast" while using a passageway between buildings.

 

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