Hundreds of members of the games industry have written about their experiences with sexual assault and harassment by peers and colleagues on social media in recent weeks. In many cases, their allegations have quickly been echoed by others with similar experiences, reinforcing patterns of inappropriate behaviour. These stories coincide with a similar spate of allegations of abuse in comics, pro wrestling, and other industries.
Some developers, like Dying Light 2’s Techland, have cut ties with those accused.
A document collecting the allegations, initially shared in a Medium post titled ‘Survivor Stories of Harassment/Abuse/Assault within the gaming live-streaming industry’, now contains hundreds of accounts of abuse. While the initial accusations were made about streamers, this inspired others to come forward from across the industry.