From LauncherWP: Activision Blizzard, a major video games company facing several lawsuits and government investigations over workplace misconduct and sexual harassment allegations, has been disinvited from speaking at SXSW.
alleging the company had a “frat boy culture.” It was followed by a class-action suit from shareholders last August that claimed the company had violated federal securities laws.Another major gaming event happening this month, the Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco, will still include three panels featuring Activision Blizzard speakers.
Game Developers Conference spokesperson Katie Stern said that while “reports of systemic misconduct and toxicity at Activision Blizzard have been deeply upsetting,” the Conference sought to “uplift these individual developers, who have no record of wrongdoing, and to not punish them because of their association with poor leadership.” The featured speakers include a tools engineer, user researcher and the head of Activision’s ads business.
Last Friday, the Coca-Cola Company announced that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick would not stand for reelection to Coca-Cola’s board of directors. Kotick had served on the board Kotick said in a news release that he had to focus his “full attention on Activision Blizzard at this pivotal time as we prepare for our merger with Microsoft.” Activision Blizzard and Coca-Cola did not immediately respond to comment.
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