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Call of Duty developers respond to sexual harassment a month later

Call of Duty developers respond to sexual harassment a month later

Man With Gun Representing Shooty Game Developer. Screenshot: action call of Duty Studio Treyarch has just released the latest in a long line of gritty apologies from Activision-owned studios regarding the ongoing investigation company-wide sexism, harassment, discrimination and bullying. In one Tweet published today, just over a month after Wall Street Journal reported on Studio ...

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Activision Blizzard Developers Announce Work Stall and Strike Fund

Activision Blizzard Developers Announce Work Stall and Strike Fund

photo: David McNew (Getty Images) the ABK Worker Alliance, made up of employees from publishing giant Activision Blizzard, today called on supporters to donate to a strike fund to support an ongoing work stoppage over the recently announced one Redundancies. It’s the newest step in an ongoing Protest of their management Answer to months of ...

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will “Consider” Resigning

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will “Consider” Resigning

Screenshot: Money ball Beleaguered Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick last week was the subject of staff shortages and shareholder claims after his resignation, allegedly said he will “consider leaving” if he cannot quickly address the harassment issues that made headlines around the world this year. the Wall Street Journal says Kotick met with executives at ...

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Activision employee has used ‘1-800-ALLCOCK’ signature ‘for years’

Activision employee has used ‘1-800-ALLCOCK’ signature ‘for years’

image: action A California lawsuit earlier this year alleged sexual harassment, discrimination and an ubiquitous “frat boy culture” call of Duty Publisher Activision Blizzard. In at least one case, this culture included an employee signing all of their business emails as “1-800-ALLCOCK”. This detail comes from the latest episode of the Wall Street Journal podcast ...

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Meet the Activision board members who support Bobby Kotick

Meet the Activision board members who support Bobby Kotick

photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard had a nightmarish 2021. with historical allegations of harassment that have caused enormous upheavals in the company, several high profile lawsuits, and the departure (or layoffs) of many key executives and developers. You would think that this mess would fall at the feet of the company’s CEO, Bobby ...

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Apparently Activision CEO Bobby Kotick also abused women

Apparently Activision CEO Bobby Kotick also abused women

photo: Mike Windle (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick claimed to be in the dark about widespread allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination that surfaced at the company earlier this year new bomb report from The Wall Street JournalNot only was Kotick aware of the wrongdoing, he was also involved in ignoring or downplaying ...