WaPo Berlin S04E06 - Spreepiraten

The creative director of a successful video game start-up is dead: Ion Pechlin is found floating in the River Spree—with a sword of all things lodged in his back. The charismatic figurehead of the up-and-coming indie studio "Kreuzberg Korsaren" seemed to be universally liked. Who could have wanted him dead? His business partner and best friend, Marcus Knipphoff, is stunned.

The investigators of the Water Police Berlin quickly realize that the start-up's imaginative façade masks brutally harsh working conditions bordering on exploitation. The new video game "Rusty River 2" is due to launch in just a few days, forcing employees to work around the clock at their computers.