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Warcraft mobile game to be revealed on May 3

Blizzard will officially reveal its new Warcraft mobile game on May 3, the company has announced.

Activision Blizzard Seems to Want to Move Past Discrimination Lawsuit Without Any Big Changes

Thursday, July 29, 2021 Just over a week ago, Activision Blizzard was slapped with a lawsuit from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The lawsuit, which followed more than two years of investigations into the company, alleges a “frat boy” culture that discriminates against women. Court documents revealed allegations of everything from unequal pay and opportunities to blatant sexual harassment and assault, one instance even leading to the suicide of an employee on a work trip. Now, despite not making any huge moves to meet its employees’ demands, Activision Blizzard seems ready to be done in the spotlight as it starts to shift back to “business as usual” following a week of relative silence from its assorted brands and games.

Activision Blizzard CEO Releases New Statement on Harassment, Sexism Allegations

Activision Blizzard CEO Releases New Statement on Harassment, Sexism Allegations ✖ Over the last week, ActivisionBlizzard has seen a number of allegations of sexism, harassment, discrimination, and frat boy behavior from current and former employees. This has resulted in a lawsuit from California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and an employee walkout is reportedly being planned for Wednesday, July 28th. CEO Bobby Kotick has released a new letter to employees and the public about the allegations against the company, and Activision Blizzard s plans to do better in the future. The letter lays out five specific ways that the company will attempt to turn things around, and offer a more inclusive workplace: employee support, listening sessions, personnel changes, hiring practices, and in-game changes.

WoW will remove 'inappropriate references' following California lawsuit

Activision Blizzard The official World of Warcraft Twitter account has announced that it will take immediate action to remove references that are not appropriate for [its] world. While it didn t elaborate on what those references are, they may pertain to in-game elements connected to its senior creative director Alex Afrasiabi, as Kotaku has noted. Afrasiabi was singled out in the lawsuit filed by California authorities accusing Activision Blizzard of fostering a frat boy culture that s become a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women. i According to the lawsuit, Afrasiabi is known for hitting on and touching female employees inappropriately in plain view of other male employees who would try to intervene and stop him. He apparently has such a notorious reputation within the company that his suite was nicknamed the Crosby Suite after alleged rapist Bill Crosby. (The lawsuit has misspelled Bill Cosby s name.) In addition, executives allegedly knew a