Persona Theory Games Allegedly Accused of Sexual Harassment and Workplace Misconduct

Malaysia-based indie game studio Persona Theory Games has allegedly been accused of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct.

The accusations were made following the studios’ co-founder Saqina Latif’s nomination of a Future Class candidate during The Game Awards made by Twitter user JLicious, saying that the mistreatment was targeted towards an intern who had been working at the company previously.

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Saqina's game studio, Persona Theory Games, has been accused of sexual harassment, covering up said incidents, and other workplace misconduct.
She should not represent the Malaysian game industry on the future of inclusivity.
TGA should conduct investigation on their nominees. https://t.co/JMWg2BZDy6 pic.twitter.com/zeDVU0GT8U

— 🌈🍉JLicious (@JL_icious) December 8, 2023
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In a Reddit thread four months ago regarding the Malaysian video game industry, a Reddit user had spoken about their experiences interning remotely at Persona Theory Games, detailing the various incidents they had encountered.

The user mentioned that they were sexually harassed and had reported it to their supervisor, but no actions were taken.

Another user in the same thread also shared their experiences working at the game studio, stating that “there was harassment”, “long threatening messages on Discord at 2am”, and “pointlessly long meetings where nothing gets done because one male lead wanted things done his way and his way only despite constantly asking us for feedback and contributions.”

Several Twitter users had also spoken up about their past experiences at Persona Theory Games following the accusations.

Personally can confirm this did happen and have been a victim myself. I've ignored a lot of it and focused on my work. Been unsure with how I really felt but the last straw for me was when talented artists I worked with start to leave because of how uncomfortable the work got. https://t.co/AC5mRpVNas

— Mice 🦀 (@micehellwd) December 9, 2023

Saqina just always there in any of the calls while perpetrator would go on a yelling rampage and insult tirade on everyone, calling me a shit, calling the juniors shit and calling interns inexperienced shit

He sometimes even goes around yelling stop watching your goddamn porn

— Jas. Karms (@karmsdesu) December 12, 2023

We have previously reached out to Persona Theory Games (15th August 2023) and they have mentioned that the person in suspicion had resigned prior and have not been working at the company for the last few months.

We are currently in the midst of collecting evidence and are working towards reporting our findings and will be updating this post when new developments arrive.

For any victims involved in the incident who wish to provide their statements and evidence, please email us at [email protected]

Persona Theory Games is known for their visual novel titles such as Fires at Midnight and Kabaret.