In 2018, French newspapers Canard PC, Le Monde and Mediapart published articles about the work culture of Quantic Dream, the studio behind games such as Fahrenheit, Beyond: Fahrenheit, Beyond: Two Souls," "Detroit: Fahrenheit," "Beyond: Two Souls," "Detroit: Become Human," and "Heavy Rain," according to Canard PC's research (link includes NSFW images), Quantic Dream employees were subjected to "prolonged crunch patterns" for each game, and one manager created and shared "600 photo montages in poor taste" of staff faces edited onto the bodies of others, including porn stars and Nazis.

On April 7, after several years of rulings and appeals, the Paris Court of Appeals ruled in Quantic Dream's favor. Quantic Dream issued a statement declaring that the ruling was the final proof that "there is no 'toxic atmosphere' or discrimination of any kind at the studio" and was supported by the statements of staff representatives. He also declared that "numerous inspections by government agencies" over the past few years had found no "irregularities in the company's management and/or contracts."

The statement also claimed that the testimonies of employees and former employees who denied the accusations were "violently attacked by people acting under false identities" as part of an organized campaign." More than 10,000 tweets were sent by one "Twitter" account over the course of several days with the goal of placing the allegations against the company at the top of search engines. There is evidence that a very small number of people are behind these actions aimed at deliberately tarnishing the studio's image and damaging the team."

The French union Solidaires Informatique recently issued its own press release regarding comments made by Quantic Dream founder David Cage in an interview with IGN. Regarding the opening of the new Montreal-based branch, Cage declared that "all allegations about our studio have been proven incontrovertibly wrong," but Solidaires Informatique refuted this, stating that Quantic Dream's " part of an effort to "bring the public image under control" and explained that it was a pattern to "silence all anti-establishment voices.