Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says he’ll take minimum wage until anti-harassment targets are met

Activision Blizzard employees have staged a walkout, with the Activision Blizzard Workers Alliance calling for CEO Bobby Kotick to be replaced.As reported by Eurogamer, roughly 150 employees at Activision Blizzard have staged a physical in-person walkout, in the wake of a damning report that alleges CEO Bobby Kotick has known of sexual misconduct claims since 2018.According to Valentine Powell – a senior UI engineer at Blizzard Entertainment – “over 150 people” attended the protest in person,

reported Tuesday, a former employee at the Blizzard-owned studio Sledgehammer Games alleged she was raped by her male supervisor after being pressured into drinking excessively at the office and at company events.

Content warning: This story contains description of alleged sexual assault.The Activision Blizzard board of directors has said it remains confident in CEO Bobby Kotick amid allegations he knew about the company’s sexual misconduct for years.In a news release from earlier today (November 16), the board said it “remains committed to the goal of making Activision Blizzard the most welcoming and inclusive company in the industry.

Content warning: This story contains description of alleged sexual assault.The co-head of Call of Duty developer Treyarch, Dan Bunting, has quit the studio following a report in the Wall Street Journal.The report, which also points at Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick as being aware of the allegations, reveals that Bunting was the focus of an internal investigation in 2019 over claims that he sexually harassed a female employee in 2017.

Content warning: This story contains description of alleged sexual assault.A new report alleges that not only has Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick been aware of sexual misconduct claims within the company since 2018, he reportedly told his assistant that he would “have her killed” in a voicemail left in 2006.A report by the Wall Street Journal alleges that in 2018, Kotick was informed via email that a female employee had been raped in 2016 and, in 2017, pressured by a male supervisor to

told Popsugar this week that while she’s been in in Los Angeles to film the competition program, she and a group of friends — all of whom were also of Asian descent — were screamed at by a group of people who sped by in a car. The people, Lee said, shouted racist phrases and told her and her friends to “go back to where they came from,” per Popsugar.

Blizzard has announced Eternity’s End, the final major content update for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.According to Senior Games Designer, Steve Danuser, “The Shadowlands Story pulls together threads that started in Warcraft 3 and wove their way through many of our expansions.”“We approached it like a drama in three acts,” he continued.

Activision Blizzard has been overtaken by Roblox as the most valuable gaming company in the US, despite the recent release of Call of Duty: Vanguard.As spotted by Gamespot, shares of Roblox increased by 40 per cent on Tuesday, following the release of its earnings’ report. The company is now valuated by the stock market at $62billion (£46billion), overtaking previous industry leader, Activision Blizzard, which stands at $52billion (£38billion).

Sunisa Lee, also known as Suni Lee, says she was recently a victim of a racially motivated attack.

Kate Garraway has opened up on how she wishes her husband Derek Draper could give her a hug after he has been in and out of consciousness since he caught Covid back in March 2020.The Good Morning Britain star, 54, has been through a devastating time of her life over the past year, but it's clear her ITV family have been there for her through the unimaginably hard months, including her co-star Charlotte Hawkins.

Activision Blizzard have been given improved pay and paid time off for their work at the company.This includes an increase of the minimum hourly rate for temporary employees at the to $17 per hour (or around £12). Other details of the changes for contract workers were outlined by Jessica Gonzales on Twitter, an Activision Blizzard employee.

Activision Blizzard announced today that the co-leader of the publisher, Jen Oneal, would be stepping down from her post.Mike Ybarra, who joined the company with Oneal in August will step into the role of being the sole leader of the company. The pair joined following the departure of J.

Activision Blizzard is delaying both Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4, with no new release dates set for either title as of writing.The news was shared by Axios Gaming reporter Stephen Totilo and comes from an investor document, who posted it to their Twitter account, which can be seen below.

Tom Parker has revealed The Wanted's recent reunion has help to lift his spirits as he continues to battle an inoperable brain tumour.The 33 year old reunited with his bandmates Max George, also 33, Siva Kaneswaran, 32, Jay McGuinness, 31, and Nathan Sykes, 28, last month to announce a greatest hits album and tour.They made their first performance in seven years at Tom's Inside My Head concert, which he organised in conjunction with Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Warzone – which has been nerfed several times for being too hard to see – is once again causing trouble, with players alleging that previous nerfs have been reverted.As reported by Charlie Intel, the Warzone community is reporting that the Roze skin has returned to being incredibly difficult to spot in dark areas, with players suggesting that the skin’s prior nerfs have been reverted.One thread in the Warzone Reddit – which has gathered almost 500 upvotes – alleges that “the Roze “fix” is no

Elton John is showing Ed Sheeran some serious support after the “Bad Habits” singer shared that he tested positive for COVID-19. In a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Sheeran revealed that the music icon has been checking on him daily.

Elton John is showing Ed Sheeran some serious support after the «Bad Habits» singer shared that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Ubisoft workers who have formed a group called A Better Ubisoft have called for swifter action from the game publisher, following Activision‘s recent promises to meet some of its workers’ demands.ABU tweeted its support for the workers at Activision in the wake of the company acknowledging some of their demands.

Vicarious Visions is set to be fully merged into Blizzard, with parent company Activision Blizzard dropping the company’s name entirely.Sources told Polygon that employees at Vicarious Visions were informed on Wednesday (October 27) that the studio would lose its name.

The CEO of Activision Blizzard, maker of popular video games like Call of Duty, Overwatch and World of Warcraft, conceded widespread failures to protect workers and outlined sweeping changes.