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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The question for the tech news cycle in China these days has become: Who is Beijing’s next target? Regulatory clampdowns are common in China’s tech industry but the breadth of the recent moves has been unprecedented. No major tech giant is exempted and everyone is being attacked from a slightly different angle, but Beijing’s message is clear: Tech businesses are to
Top GamesActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has apologized for the company's initial response to a lawsuit over its alleged sexist workplace. / Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick published a letter to employees Wednesday apologizing for the company's public response to a lawsuit alleging ubiquitous sexual harassment and discrimination at the company.The letter, published via Activision's investor relations website, describes the company's initial response "tone deaf."Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick just sent the following letter to staff, calling the company's initial responses "tone deaf" and promising to take "swift
Activision Blizzard is current caught in the midst of lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DEFH) having recently filed against the company, with allegations of widespread and persistent sexual harassment and discrimination (among other things) having come to light as a result. The company itself has responded in poor fashion, leading to even greater outrage, to the extent that thousands of Activision Blizzard employees recently wrote an open letter to company leadership, criticizing the aforementioned responses and calling for improvements in working conditions. Following that, as
In the wake of a massive sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit directed toward Activision Blizzard, employees have called for a walkout tomorrow in protest of how the company has attempted to handle the situation. Last week, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a suit against Activision Blizzard following a two-year investigation into alleged sexual harassment and discrimination going on at the company. The internal and external response from Activision Blizzard to the lawsuit has been one of denial, calling the claims in the lawsuit “false and distorted.”
Astro’s Playroom developer Team Asobi seems to be in hiring mode for its next project, as originally reported by Gamingroute. A recent job listing for a game designer on LinkedIn confirms the same, and suggests that the studio wants to develop a 3D action game. The listing mentions the game to have creative situations and elements of hilarity. There seems to be no contention that it would be a PS5 exclusive, and the current state of the project indicates that its still some ways away. Team Asobi recently replaced Sony
Activision Blizzard is currently being sued by the Calif. Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) over allegations of a "frat boy workplace." / Activision BlizzardThe California Department of Fair Employment and Housing sued Activision Blizzard Tuesday over allegations of a "pervasive frat boy workplace culture," the result of a two-year investigation.The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the Superior Court of Calif. as well as Los Angeles County court.It alleges the company is at fault for several workplace fairness violations including unequal pay, unequal opportunities, and harassment against female employees.
Raven Software, the lead development team behind Call of Duty (COD): Warzone, has apparently grown by 50% since coming to the front of development. / Raven SoftwareRaven Software, the lead development team behind Call of Duty (COD): Warzone, has apparently grown by 50% since coming to the front of development.It appears that Activision is looking to meet player demand with Raven Software workforce supply. According to an analysis published by VGC on Monday, July 19, the studio has hired over 100 staff members in the past year—with at least 40
With Shin Megami Tensei 5 launching in November, there’s at least one big Atlus game to look forward to in the near future, but there’s plenty else in the pipeline beyond that as well. In a recent interview with Famitsu (via Nibel on Twitter), Atlus’ Naoto Hiraoka spoke about some of these projects, while also giving some brief updates on one that’s been in the works for some time. That game is Project Re Fantasy, of course, a game that we’ve been hearing about for a long time, and probably will be hearing about
Netflix is reportedly taking its first steps into the games industry, hiring former Electronic Arts Inc. and Facebook executive Mike Verdu to lead the effort, according to Bloomberg. Building on previous reports, this has been something Netflix has looked into for a while now, approaching multiple video game industry experts back in May when it was considering a “bundle” of games. Now, the company plans to add video games to its service in some form starting in 2022. Bloomberg reports that Verdu, who previously worked at Facebook working with developers
