Page never consented to their body being reproduced in the nude, and the game does not show their character in the nude, yet employees at Quantic Dream created a nude model anyway. Related: Detroit: Become Human Developer Quantic Dream Loses Legal Battle With Former Employee This all occurred years after Elliot Page considered legal action against Quantic Dream and Sony when a model of their naked body was found in the Beyond: Two Souls game files, as reported by Business Insider (note: the article contains Page's deadname, since it was published in 2015). Some of the more egregious examples include the faces of Quantic Dream employees photoshopped onto pornographic images or photos of Nazis. French publication Canard PC ( warning: link contains explicit images) included a select few of the images in its coverage of the incident. In 2018 it was revealed that a senior employee at Quantic Dream had created over 600 images depicted their coworkers in all manner of inappropriate scenarios. Star Wars certainly has a long way to go in regards to queer representation, especially considering the token lesbian kiss in Rise of Skywalker (which was cut from the film for some international releases) but handing the keys to the High Republic to David Cage and Quantic Dream is a massive step in the wrong direction. There's no denying that Rey, protagonist of the latter trilogy in the Skywalker Saga, has been overwhelmingly beneficial to women not only in the film industry, but in the audience as well. The Star Wars universe is incredibly important to people from all walks of life, and Quantic Dream's involvement with Eclipse threatens to backtrack on recent strides the franchise has made in representation. The influential original film has since grown into a multimedia powerhouse spanning movies, television series, novels, comics, video games, toys, and more. Star Wars has had an absolutely monolithic presence within pop culture since its inception in 1977. As always make sure you are subscribed to GeekNewsNow for all coverage of all things geeky.Related: How The Last Of Us Elevates Women In Gaming Then again the average gamer is likely not to care where the game comes from as long as it’s “good”. Personally I love the quality of heavy narrative games that Quantic delivers, and it being Star Wars makes it a slam dunk, but the work culture and public image is permanently stained. Should Lucas Arts reconsider their relationship with Quantic Dream? Should they have passed the project onto another studio (although the game’s pitch allegedly originated from Quantic)? What are your thoughts about it? Sound off in the comments, I would love to engage in some conversation about this. In the current age of the “Great Resignation” it seems that even the hyper competitive field of game development isn’t desperate enough to bite it looks like Quantic has a large PR problem looming ahead of it. If Quantic intends to move forward they may need to remove him in a way similar to how Bobby Kotick is being rumored as stepping down from Activision Blizzard. As we have previously mentioned a lot of controversy surrounds David Cage‘s treatment of employees, and some former employees have been vocal about it over recent years. It seems that the negative reputation the studio has fostered under the leadership of David Cage has become a very real and unavoidable issue for Quantic. Rumors have suggested that Quantic Dream had wanted to be acquired for a while following its three-game Sony deal, with sources suggesting that pitches were made to several publishers in order to get the studio acquired.” “…the reasoning behind the Star Wars Eclipse trailer being shown off so early in development was not only to gain talent interest, but also to attract potential buyers. Tom Henderson over at XFire broke this news and suggests that there was meaningful purpose behind the teaser trailer being shown: Multiple sources have claimed that the game is already being plagued with development issues aside from employee recruitment. All of this makes the teaser we got at The Game Awards last year a bit premature. It seems that Quantic is having trouble attracting enough talent to the project, thus delaying the game far behind original projections. This comes hot on the heels of fan backlash to Quantic Dream being attached to the project back in December. Bad news strikes for Star Wars videogame fans, Eclipse has been delayed until possibly 2027 or 2028.