Activision Blizzard staff claim recruiters want them to stop talking about toxic culture

Steph McGovern is back! After taking some time out to be with her family over the summer, the TV star has returned to screens with a new series of Steph's Packed Lunch.Steph took to Twitter on Monday to share a brilliant trailer for the show, which sees her rushing to the studios - in both a helicopter and on the bus - all the while still wearing her pyjamas.

Hearthstone players are unhappy with the pricing of card packs for the upcoming mercenaries mode.Blizzard has revealed a new Mercenaries mode is coming to Hearthstone. However, card packs containing Diablo, Sylvanas Windrunner, and the Lich King are listed at £45 ($50 USD), which has caused an outcry on social media.One user in r/Asmongold said, “Just when you thought Blizzard couldn’t go any lower: They create a Raid Shadow Legend clone for Hearthstone, and yes, you have to buy packs”.

Maybe it comes from having a decades-long career being considered a film legend, but Paul Schrader is unafraid to speak his mind. However, as he is quick to point out, the filmmaker is keenly aware that speaking your mind in today’s political climate can result in some serious losses in your career due to “cancel culture.” Speaking to Deadline, while promoting his new film “The Card Counter,” Paul Schrader opened up about what he perceives are the ills of cancel culture.

Paul Schrader is set to return to Venice Film Festival tomorrow with The Card Counter, four years after his Ethan Hawke-starring First Reformed debuted at the Italian festival to acclaim.

Activision Blizzard has announced a brand new Hearthstone Battlegrounds revamp for the game’s latest update.In a new blog post, the developer has shared information about the next Battlegrounds update for Hearthstone, saying it will be the biggest update to date.First up, the update will add a major minion shakeup, replacing 37 minions with brand new ones, which will possess a new ‘Avenge’ keyword skill. This will do “something after (x) after (x) friendly minions die”.

Activision Blizzard to include contracted workers.Read more: ‘Recompile’ review: a bite-sized but disappointing MetroidvaniaThe lawsuit, which was filed late last month, alleges Activision Blizzard employees face “constant sexual harassment, including groping, comments and advances” while at work.

Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), Rob Collins (Cleverman), Callan Mulvey (Avengers: Endgame) and Shantae Barnes-Cowan (Operation Buffalo) will star in Firebite for AMC+.

Angelique Jackson Michaela Coel, Norman Lear and Steve McQueen were among the special achievement honorees at the third annual AAFCA TV Honors on Saturday.The event, presented by the African American Film Critics Association, was held virtually, with Emmy-nominee Yvette Nicole Brown hosting the award show.Honorees including Wanda Sykes, Naomi Ackie and Omar Sy beamed in from home to accept their honors.

Activision Blizzard over alleged sexual harassment, a new report claims that the company has been deadnaming transgender quality assurance (QA) staff.The report, from Kotaku, states that the company will “almost always default to legal names,” a QA tester at a contract QA studio claimed.

A lot of stars stepped out this week to celebrate the new Audi Design Loft!

Blizzard Entertainment employees – two key Diablo IV figures and a World Of Warcraft designer – are no longer with the company.Diablo IV game director Luis Barriga and its lead level designer Jesse McCree, as well as World of Warcraft designer Jonathan LeCraft, have left the video game company, reports Kotaku.

Blizzard Entertainment‘s games has fallen from 46million players to 26million.As reported in GameRant, the drastic decline of players of Blizzard’s games – which include World Of Warcraft, Overwatch and Hearthstone – was revealed during Activision Blizzard‘s latest earnings call, with a chart shared on Reddit.The studio hits its peak in Q2 2021 with 46million monthly active users, a year following the launch of both Overwatch and WoW‘s Legion expansion.This figure has however continued falling

Activision Blizzard investment group spoke out against the company’s response to the lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment.In an exclusive letter from SOC executive director Dieter Waizenegger to Axios, the Activision Blizzard shareholder says that recent promises don’t go “nearly far enough to address the deep and widespread issues with equity, inclusion, and human capital management.”“No changes have been announced with respect to executive pay,” the letter adds.“Either with respect to

Blizzard Entertainment following the ongoing lawsuit and allegations on abuse and sexual harassment that has rocked the company in recent weeks.As reported in Bloomberg, an Activision Blizzard spokesperson has confirmed that Jesse Meschuk, formerly Blizzard’s senior vice president of HR, is “no longer with the company”.Meschuk was the most senior figure in Blizzard’s HR, which allegedly worked to cover up abuses.