A trans developer who worked on Guardians of the Galaxy but left developer Eidos before the game’s release has praised the studio for crediting her despite her departure – and for doing so with her new name.
Cloé Veilleux worked on the game for three and a half years and was promoted to Technical Level Design Director before leaving Eidos a year before the game was released.
It follows recent news that some developers on Metroid Dread were not credited in the game after leaving, despite their work appearing in the game.
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Veilleux’s expectation, by industry standards, was that her name should have been included in Additional Thanks rather than with her specific role – a role that she took over from two predecessors.
“It makes me feel like there was a conscious decision to keep my name in that role, and I do not know who I have to thank for this,” Veilleux told Eurogamer. “I expected little, and was given a lot more recognition. It certainly made me happy to see that.”