We have already reported how many Blizzard Employees have been resolutely coming forward to make statements condemning Activision Blizzard’s official response to the discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit that the company is facing. More have giv…
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References to Alex Afrasiabi Removed in World of Warcraft
Earlier today, the Warcraft team issued a statement that they were removing inappropriate references in the game. This evening, we are starting to see in-game references to former Senior Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi removed. Thanks to Roeser for pr…
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Responds to Lawsuit, Calls Their Initial Response “Tone Deaf”
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, amid falling ATVI stock prices, has responded to the lawsuit allegations, detailing actions the company will take moving forward to improve the workplace and calling Activision Blizzard’s initial responses "to…
Warcraft Team Releases Statement On Activision Blizzard Lawsuit And Removing Inappropriate References
The World of Warcraft team has released a statement talking about the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. In their team statement, they also mention they’re working on removing in-game references from offending parts of the game. While no specifics were given…
Activision Blizzard Employees Are Staging a Walkout Protest on Wednesday – #ActiBlizzWalkout
Activision Blizzard employees are staging a walkout in protest of the official handling of the discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit that the company is facing, and to call for an improvement in working conditions for employees, especially those…
Former Blizzard Employees Speak Up About Activision Blizzard
Many Blizzard Employees have been taking to Twitter to condemn Activision Blizzard’s official responses to the discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit that the company is facing. Many former employees have also spoken up as well, detailing unaccep…
Activision Zoom Meeting with Employees Doubles Down on Appalling Official Statement
In sharp contrast to the open letter criticizing Activision’s official statement, Activision leadership held a dissatisfying Zoom meeting with employees today, which called Fran Townsend’s poorly received message an "apology" and stated the c…
Activision Blizzard Employees Publish Open Letter Criticizing Activision’s Official Statement on the Lawsuit
Over 800 Activision Blizzard employees have signed an open letter to leadership criticizing the official statement on the lawsuit, calling it "abhorrent and insulting," and demanding one that reflects the seriousness of the allegations. This …