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Scavengers Studio’s Season, which had an impressive debut trailer at 2020’s The Game Awards, has reportedly had a tumultuous development that is due to the latest in a reported pattern of workplace harassment and toxic behavior at the studio.

A new comprehensive report from GamesIndustry.biz lays out a host of allegations from nine current and former employees of Scavengers Studio, the team behind the previous Darwin Project and the upcoming Season, against co-founder and Darwin Project creative director Simon Darveau. Specifically in regard to Season, the report describes an alleged, previous worry among developers at Scavengers that, should Darveau become a part of the team working on Season, he would essentially “override” the current creative director, Kevin Sullivan (who IGN previously spoke to about Season), and the rest of the team’s work.

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According to the report, these concerns became real, with allegations that, despite his actual role on the game remaining unclear, he has come in and led to “a considerable shift in focus and scope” on Season than what had previously been in place.

“Several current employees mentioned that Darveau had used the partnership with Sony to force his own ideas onto the game, saying he had promised a number of features to seal the deal – such as a larger world, quests, and objective markers – that either weren’t planned or had already been scrapped by the team. Now, they said, the studio is on the hook for them,” Gamesindustry.biz’s report states, with one source quoted in the story saying “I don’t even recognize the game” from what was originally planned.

One source even told the outlet “While it brought me extreme joy to see the work of my friends, it did sting a little bit to see a bunch of people praising the studio, saying how calming and chill and progressive everything looked. It might well be true for the Season project, but it has not been my experience with management.”

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And those concerns are allegedly not just due to the claims of Davreau’s “inability to follow through on ideas” that was also a marked aspect of Darwin Project’s development internally. Instead, the report shines a light on a number of accusations against Devreau and current-Scavengers CEO Amélie Lamarche.

Chief among the claims of the alleged hostile workplace created by Davreau and Lamarche is the sense of a “boys’ club” atmosphere, with allegations that women at the studio have been ” frequently degraded by male employees including Darveau, or infantilized and treated as if they did not know what they were talking about even when speaking from a position of expertise about their own work.”

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Additionally, the report lays out reported concerns from current and former employees about Davreau’s mistreatment and bullying of employees, save for a group of “commandos” that were Davreau’s favorites; allegations of Davreau groping multiple employees, and the implications of Lamarche essentially serving in an HR role to other employees despite having previously been in a romantic relationship with Davreau.

Scavengers responded to Gamesindustry, saying “Scavengers Studio appreciates that there have been situations during its rapid growth and takes the position that any type of harassment is unwelcomed and unacceptable and takes any complaints in this respect very seriously,” and while the studio told the outlet that “Certain elements…are false, somewhat blown out of proportion or lacking important pieces,” Scavengers did not comment further on what specifically may have been incorrect about the allegations.

Season is scheduled for a release this year on PC and PS5.

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Pokemon Go is holding a new Limited Research event starring Sneasel. The event takes place this Saturday, January 30, from 8 AM to 10 PM local time and features limited-time Field Research tasks that lead to encounters with the Sharp Claw Pokemon. Developer Niantic also says that players will have a chance to encounter Shiny Sneasel during the event.

Additionally, Niantic has announced it is rolling out a new line of Timed Research tasks. This line will be available from January 26 to February 7 and is themed after Team Go Rocket. If you’re able to complete the Timed Research while it’s available, you’ll earn a chance to catch a Ho-Oh that knows Earthquake. You can read more details on the official Pokemon Go website.

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An eagle-eyed fan watching Sesame Street reruns with her child recently spotted actor Ryan Reynolds singing while wearing the letter A way back in 2010. That’s pretty much all the setup you need to appreciate and understand the deadpan crack (no pun intended) Reynolds made when responding to the excited fan on Twitter about what a struggle it was to fit into the “A-hole.” Check out his tweet below and the originating clip as well.

Twitter user Marie Julianna summed things up best in an equally lightning-fast assertion that, “The speed at which [Reynolds can] veer back and forth between filthy and wholesome is delightful.” Given the actor’s propensity for internet gags, goofs, and pranks, this joke was a nice on-the-fly bonus. It also continues a lengthy streak of antics that include an ongoing fake feud against Hugh Jackman for who can raise the most for charity (which Jackman won in December).

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Pokemon Go‘s February Community Day is just around the corner. The event takes place next Saturday, February 6, and features the Thorn Pokemon Roselia. To get you up to speed on the event, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about February 2021’s Community Day below, from its start time to the other bonuses that will be available.

February 2021 Featured Pokemon: Roselia

The featured Pokemon for February’s Community Day is Roselia, a Grass/Poison Pokemon first introduced in Ruby and Sapphire. Roselia will be appearing in the wild much more frequently than usual throughout the event, while its pre-evolved form, Budew, will be hatching from 2 km eggs.

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In an interview with Collider, Monsters Inc. star Billy Crystal confirmed several details about the previously announced Monsters at Work TV show coming to Disney+, including that it is still happening.

Crystal confirmed that Monsters at Work will be an episodic show, and will have him and John Goodman reprising their roles as Mike and Sully. He also gave a more solid indication of when the show will be set within the Monster’s Inc. timeline.

“It’s a series. John Goodman and I are Sully and Mike. The show, time-wise, starts six months after ‘Monsters, Inc.’ ended,” Crystal told Collider. “So now, we’re on the Laugh Floor. We’ve created all of the new, young, great characters with some great voice actors, and John and I are reprising our parts.”

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