Riot Games settles gender discrimination lawsuit with a proposed $10 million payout
The payout will be shared between the roughly 1,000 women who have worked at Riot in the last five years
The payout will be shared between the roughly 1,000 women who have worked at Riot in the last five years
Riot Games has not had a particularly great time in the spotlight as of late. From the backlash that erupted following the gender discrimination saga to the racism row with Rick Fox and Echo Fox to the rumours of conflict between their parent company Tencent and themselves, this could be a year and a bit that Riot Games would like …
Following up on the news last week that employees at Riot Games were planning a company walkout if their demands weren’t met, the work force went ahead with their plan, marching out of the studio to protest the toxic work environment. Image: Dania Maxwell On Monday, May 8th, over 150 employees of Riot Games, developer of mega-hit League of Legends, …
After numerous claims of hostile work environments, sexism and sexual harassment, Riot Games has taken action against the lawsuits being filed – by preventing employees to take any kind of legal action against the studio. On Friday it was reported by Kotaku that Riot Games made it clear that they would be taking preventative measures against the studio’s staff by …
Back in August, an in-depth investigation by Kotaku revealed that LOL studio Riot Games was home to a highly toxic workplace culture. The report has led to Riot taking several steps to repair its image and improve internal working conditions. To that affect, Riot has announced that Angela Roseboro will be joining them as their first Chief Diversity Officer. Roseboro …
In August this year, Kotaku did a deep dive into the pervasive culture of misogyny at League of Legends developer Riot Games. The report detailed the internal company structure that alienated people who weren’t straight white men. Riot Games has since not only acknowledged the issues, but promised to fix them. Now, they’re being sued by one former employee and one current one for workplace gender discrimination.
Alex Jones is not a name you would easily associate with gaming and yet he has somehow created a huge dilemma within the gaming world, particularly esports. For those not aware of Alex Jones, here’s a short excerpt from his Wikipedia page: Only recently however, companies have begun to push back on the outspoken conspiracist. The list of companies that …
A few weeks ago, a Kotaku article highlighted a culture of toxicity and misogyny at Riot games, the developer of League of Legends. In a blog post, Riot has said that it wants to do better, highlighting what it calls its “first steps” to combat the status quo.
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