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Seoul, South Korea January 27, 2021 Pearl Abyss announced today that various in-game events involving Life Content have arrived in
Black Desert SEA. Adventurers can now increase their Like Skills through these events and claim valuable rewards.
New Life Content “Runaway Chickens” is now available at Bartali Farm. 10 chickens will try to escape from the farm when morning dawns. Adventurers must approach these chickens while they are sitting and wait until they have laid an egg. By interacting with the egg, there is a chance you will obtain a Golden Egg.
In Rebekah Valentine s report, nine current and former employees of the Montreal-based game development studio described a toxic work environment fostered by studio creative director Simon Darveau and enabled by CEO Amelie Lamarche. (Lamarche was Darveau s romantic partner when the pair founded the studio.)
The pattern described by employees goes as follows: Simon Davreau and other high-level male employees allegedly regularly engaged in demeaning behavior, particularly towards the women on the team.
This behavior ranged from sexist remarks or down physical groping. On one occasion, a developer reportedly said it wasn t realistic that
Season s protagonist (a woman named Abby) shouldn t be able to play the guitar because the guitar was too complicated for a woman.