Former Bungie director Chris Barratt has had his court case against his former employer and Sony dismissed.
Former Marathon reboot director Chris Barrett filed a lawsuit against Bungie and Sony in December 2024 for “deliberately destroy[ing his] reputation by falsely, and publicly, insinuating they had ‘investigated’ Barrett and ‘found’ he had engaged in sexual misconduct,” and to avoid paying him a $45 million payment.
Barrett was reportedly fired by Bungie that same year following an internal investigation into inappropriate behaviour against female colleagues. In court papers, Barrett’s lawyers suggest his former employer “did not care that none of it was true; they had blatant motivations for their brazen scheme,” only wanting to “shift blame for and deflect attention away from their massive business failures.”
Now, according to The Game Post, Barratt’s case was dismissed by Delaware’s Court of Chancery “for lack of jurisdiction” over monetary damages.
“The Court of Chancery is a court of limited jurisdiction,” the judgment said. “It possesses subject matter jurisdiction only when ‘(1) one or more of the plaintiff’s claims for relief is equitable in character, (2) the plaintiff requests relief that is equitable in nature, or (3) subject matter jurisdiction is conferred by statute.'”
“On October 13, 2025, the court issued an order to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Only the defendants argued that subject matter jurisdiction exists. The Employee was happy to transfer the case to Superior Court.
“Under Court of Chancery Rule, this court must dismiss a lawsuit when it lacks subject matter jurisdiction. This court has an independent obligation to evaluate whether subject matter jurisdiction exists,” the paperwork added.
Barratt may now transfer the matter to Delaware’s Superior Court.
