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US union says Activision Blizzard's $18m settlement not enough News Sep 30th, 2021

US union says Activision Blizzard's $18m settlement not enough

CWA's CODE arm says that this is far too little for a company worth $72 billion

Activision Blizzard settles another lawsuit with EEOC News Sep 28th, 2021

Activision Blizzard settles another lawsuit with EEOC

Publishing giant puts together $18 million pot for those affected by gender discrimination and harassment at the company

Twitch files lawsuit against two users over hate raids News Sep 13th, 2021

Twitch files lawsuit against two users over hate raids

Filing claims that duo is behind thousands of bots used for harassment on the platform

Twitch streamers go offline in protest of platform inaction over harassment News Sep 2nd, 2021

Twitch streamers go offline in protest of platform inaction over harassment

#ADayOffTwitch campaign aims to draw attention to firm's lacking response to "hate raids"

California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard News Aug 25th, 2021

California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard

Contractors can now be part of proceedings

Blizzard president Brack is leaving the company Job News Aug 4th, 2021

Blizzard president Brack is leaving the company

Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra take up co-leader positions

Ubisoft's Guillemot admits more work is needed to rebuild employee trust News Jul 30th, 2021

Ubisoft's Guillemot admits more work is needed to rebuild employee trust

The exec has responded to a critical open letter from staff

Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft staff sign open letters decrying handling of misconduct allegations News Jul 29th, 2021

Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft staff sign open letters decrying handling of misconduct allegations

Both companies are currently facing lawsuits over the culture they are accused of fostering

Activision Blizzard execs have mixed response to California lawsuit News Jul 26th, 2021

Activision Blizzard execs have mixed response to California lawsuit

Management can't decide if allegations are "extremely troubling" or "distorted and untrue"

Bungie says it won't tolerate harassment in its workplace News Jul 23rd, 2021

Bungie says it won't tolerate harassment in its workplace

The company also admits that it isn't perfect and that no-one has experienced toxic behaviour while working there

French union Solidaires Informatique files lawsuit against Ubisoft News Jul 19th, 2021

French union Solidaires Informatique files lawsuit against Ubisoft

Complaint names number of former staff as well as CEO Yves Guillemot

Discord acquires anti-harassment AI firm Sentropy News Jul 15th, 2021

Discord acquires anti-harassment AI firm Sentropy

No figure placed on the deal

Former assistant to Riot CEO suing company over alleged harassment News Feb 10th, 2021

Former assistant to Riot CEO suing company over alleged harassment

O'Donnell claims that she was wrongfully terminated from her role for refusing to sleep with chief exec Laurent

Ubisoft boss Guillemot issues apology for failing to protect staff News Sep 11th, 2020

Ubisoft boss Guillemot issues apology for failing to protect staff

Firm comes under fire for not featuring this in its Forward marketing event

Report: Ubisoft staff told to discuss harassment with harasser before HR News Jul 27th, 2020

Report: Ubisoft staff told to discuss harassment with harasser before HR

According to document sent to staff at the French firm's Canadian studios last year

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