Bungie has released a statement following the recent allegations of toxic workplace behaviour, saying that it has "a responsibility to acknowledge, reflect, and do what we can to push back on a persistent culture of harassment, abuse, and inequality that exists in our industry."
The statement was released on Bungie's official Twitter page, where it discussed the culture of harassment in the workplace for women, and how Bungie is trying to do better, and be better.
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To start with, Bungie said, "Bungie is built on empowering our people no matter who they are, where they are from, or how they identify. We have a responsibility to acknowledge, reflect, and do what we can to push back on a persistent culture of harassment, abuse, and inequality that exists in our industry."
It continued, "It's our responsibility to ensure this type of behaviour is not tolerated at Bungie at any level, and that we never excuse it or sweep it under the rug. While the accounts in this week’s news are difficult to read, we hope they will lead to justice, awareness, and accountability. We have a zero-tolerance policy at Bungie for environments that support this toxic culture, and we are committed to rooting them out to defend those who are at risk."
The statement concludes by saying, "We don’t pretend that Bungie is perfect and that no one has experienced harassment while working here, but we will not tolerate it and will confront it head-on. And we will continue to do the work every day to be better. Our goal is to continue to improve the experience for everyone working at Bungie and do our part to make the gaming industry as a whole to be more welcoming and inclusive."
Bungie's statement is especially notable as it previously worked with Activision for the original release of both Destiny titles, before splitting and becoming an independent studio. There aren't any reports of a major falling out between the two studios, but it's clear that the relationship wasn't great, something Bungie likely wants to distance itself from even further.
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