Leya, Heiko and Maurice talk about the Blizzard scandal

The scandal about Activision Blizzard beats in gaming ever higher waves. Maurice Weber, Leya Jankowski and Heiko Blade speak in a video about the application and their consequences.

A state authority of California has sued Activision Blizzard - and the allegations are shattering. Sexism, harassment and systematic disadvantage in women should have been everyday at Blizzard for years and was known to lead the company.

After the publication of the indictment, the situation continues to escalate: from striking employees to solidarity clients from the entire industry to the departure from Blizzard boss J. Allen Brack.

In this video, Maurice discusses with Leya Jankowski, editor-in-chief of Blizzard beats, and Heiko Blade, editor-in-chief of Gamestar, about the scandal and its consequences - and what he means for us all.

We also provide you with further articles around the topic that you find on Meinmmo, Gamestar and GamePro:

State authority sued Activision Blizzard - bad allegations against WOW developers
Blizzard admits: You have actually fired important WoW man because of harassment
Column of Leya: The reaction of Activision Blizzard to the sexism lawsuit was terribly wrong
Column of Heiko: Sexism Scandal at Blizzard: Why apologies are important, but no longer enough
Hidden problem: Trophies and successes can be so discriminatory to playstation and Xbox

The Blizzard Sexual Harassment Controversy Explained

Most recently, Activision Blizzard has informed in a statement that the CEO of Blizzard, J. All Brack, which will leave the company. His position will not be reopened, but split in two "co-leads". This role is taken over by the two Vice Presidents Jennifer "Jen" ONEAL and Mike Ybarra, which should conduct the developer together.

Comments

EA vice-president explains why the term 'gamer' does not make sense for you

Elle McCarthy, Vice President of Electronic Arts , has declared adweek.com in an interview that only a few players could identify with the "gamer label". She also said to go to "gamers" to "go to go to people who like music or breathe air". What McCarthy has revealed and what your statement has to mean is here. The statement of the EA vice-president It is about it: ** Elle McCarthy, Vice President of EA, Adweek.com has given an interview where it went to her career, its current task in the company and the future of marketing in the video game sector. McCarthy should reinvent and revive the 40-year-old brand Electronic Arts. It explains, including, among other things, a lot of innovative thinking. As far as marketing is concerned, McCarthy has made a particularly interesting statement. She reports that she is often wondered how brands can appeal to "gamers" and makes it clear that this label makes no sense. McCarthy states that only 14% of the ...

Random: The cybertruck was manufactured for Cyberpunk 2077 and Elon Musk white E

This week, the true Tony revealed strongly - better known as Elon Musk - Teslas Cybertruck. It is a futuristic pickup with an "EXO skeleton" from the same "cold-rolled" stainless steel alloy like the Spacex Mars rocket prototype . Elon says the design was partly of Roger Moores Lotus Espirit S1 in the 007 film of the spy, which loved me, inspired. It should also be bulletproof, but the live demonstration was not quite as planned. Elon said "Oh my god" in front of him, as the side window caught, and assured the audience that it was not completely broken. So amusing it was also when the live demonstration was not as planned, which was really funny, was the internet's reaction to the aesthetics of the truck. Many people in social media seem to believe that the cybertruck looks like a low-polygon pickup from an old video game. A tone comparison over Twitter was on the early years of Lara Croft's Tomb Raider series on the original PlayStation. The ...

Brawlhalla: G.I. JOE

Ubisoft in cooperation with Hasbro, Inc., known that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow from G.I. Joe by an Epic Crossover, be available in Brawlhalla from February 23. The meeting of the iconic G.I. Joe and Cobra Ninjas will start an Ingame event that will include a new showdown game mode card called "Arashikage Dojo", which will also be available in the Brawl of the week. The "Arashikage Showdown" is a free-for-all-skirmish match with four players in which it will drop that the game can decide. On the new "Arashikage Dojo" card wins the person who has reached the highest score after three minutes. Therefore, the use of the traps and printing plates is essential for the victory. In addition, it becomes the new characters and the map other thematic ingame objects to G.I. Give Joe. This will be revealed next week before the start of the event. All new items, as well as the new card, will continue to be purchasable and playable after the Epic Crossover event ...

Video Games

Search This Blog