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Activision Blizzard was charged with a “misogyny tax” in 2017

Activision Blizzard was charged with a “misogyny tax” in 2017

Screenshot: Activision Blizzard A cybersecurity company, whose security researcher was once harassed by Blizzard employees at a hacking conference, charged the game developer, according to a new report from Waypoint. The researcher Emily Mitchell told Waypoint for reaching the Blizzard booth during Black Hat USA’s annual cybersecurity conference in 2015 to see if the major ...

Ubisoft employees support Activision Blizzard employee walkout

Ubisoft employees support Activision Blizzard employee walkout

photo: Eric Thomas (Getty Images) A new open letter signed by nearly 500 current and former Ubisoft employees expresses solidarity with the workers at Activision Blizzard, calls for movement from their own leadership, and calls for systemic change across the video game industry. Axios Reports. “Last week, the gaming industry was shaken again by revelations ...

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick comments on harassment allegations

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick comments on harassment allegations

photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has one public comment addressed to all employees regarding the harassment lawsuit against his company. The full statement is as follows: This has been a difficult and troubling week. I would like to acknowledge and thank all those who have contacted us in the past ...

Ex-Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime responds to Activision lawsuit

Ex-Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime responds to Activision lawsuit

photo: Mark Davis (Getty Images) Blizzard co-founder and longtime boss Mike Morhaime took to Twitter just after midnight on Friday for the widespread allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination at the game company he’s headed for so long. “To the Blizzard women who experienced any of these things, I am very sorry I let you ...

Tencent’s buying spree with majority stake in Battlerite developer Stunlock Studios continues

Tencent’s buying spree with majority stake in Battlerite developer Stunlock Studios continues

Battlerite developer Stunlock Studios is deepening its ties with Tencentpicture: Stunlock Studios Yesterday, Kotaku reported that Tencent wants to buy the British game maker Sumo Group for a staggering $ 1.3 billion. Today we report that the Chinese conglomerate has acquired a majority stake in Stunlock Studios. Sweden-based Stunlock Studios is best known for free-to-play ...

Rare $ 10,000 Atari game, Air Raid, donated to Goodwill Good

Rare $ 10,000 Atari game, Air Raid, donated to Goodwill Good

picture: Goodwill Industries / Evan Amos / Kotaku A Texas Goodwill employee found an extremely rare Atari 2600 game, and the company held an online auction to sell the game. After a week, on June 17th, it sold for $ 10,590. Earlier this month, Alex Juarez, a goodwill Texas ecommerce item processors searched donated video ...

Hearthstone Grandmaster Ragequits during the Grand Finals match

Hearthstone Grandmaster Ragequits during the Grand Finals match

xBlyzes won Heart stone Masters Tour Arlington in early 2020.photo: Snowstorm The grand finale in Hearthstone The European Grandmasters tournament ended dramatically when the French Zakarya “xBlyzes” Hai intentionally broke off the game against the Spaniard David “Frenetic” Neila. With both players tied in two games in the best-of-three final, xBlyzes could not make a ...