No, they were just innocent coworkers who weren't aware of the glitch, tried all they could do to help, and tried to condole with King before getting attacked.

At the time, I would have agreed...and then it almost led to straight-up omnicide.

If only he didn't sign that damn waiver...

while I do agree King should've been mad about the whole situation, I feel like assault is a little too far, especially when he nearly killed someone.

I don't blame him, considering the emotions he was going through, and a lot of people would probably have done the same. But it was an accident (to our knowledge) and the developers didn't deserve it.