Howdy again, folks. Kind of a slow news week… kind of. It’s more a case of “everything else in gaming news seems rather insignificant compared to the ongoing shitshow that is the Activision/Blizzard lawsuit and its fallout. When mainstream press outlets like The New York Times – who usually don’t turn their eye to the inner goings-on of the game industry – are writing lengthy coverage of what’s going on, it means it’s kind of a big problem.
All of the negative press – combined with a high-profile employee walkout and a sharp decline in their stock price – have had Activision scrambling to do damage control, with Bobby Kotick himself being forced to backtrack and saying ATVI’s initial response was “tone-deaf.” Yeah, no shit, Bobby! Also, we learned details about the Blizzcon employee “Cosby Suite” which is about as bad as you’d imagine, given that it was named…
