“He offered me a six-figure settlement to never speak about it.”
He posted his statement onMedium, in which he alleged abusive behaviour and manipulation by Stratton.
The events have been laid out in chronological order by Gordon and paint a messy picture of development.
He called the schedule “tight, although not impossible”.
His proposal was immediately rejected by Stratton, he claimed.
Gordon has also now described the events which surrounded the Doom Eternal soundtrack album.
“I hadn’t been offered a contract to produce it…
I learned about it in the media,” he wrote.
After contacting id, Gordon said Stratton refused to give him a contract for the album.
In January 2020, Gordon contacted publisher Bethesda regarding the album, who negotatiated a deal directly with him.
Gordon has claimed Stratton lied about the contract in his Reddit post.
Shortly before the album was released, Gordon learnt id had been creating an album for six months already.
Stratton demanded a call following the reception to the album.
The draft never arrived, and instead Stratton posted his open letter on Reddit.
After presenting evidence to id’s parent company Zenimax, Gordon said they “quickly offered to settle”.
However, according to Gordon, settlement negotiations fell through.
Gordon wanted Stratton to retract his Reddit statement, whilst Zenimax refused.
Gordon refused to sign any settlements Zenimax proposed.
“Giving up my right to tell the truth just to get some money was totally unacceptable.
I am choosing to speak out because the alternative was to accept that tactic as okay.”
Bethesda did not immediately respond to Eurogamer’s request for comment.
