I’m assuming most of you readers have followed the gaming business long enough to know that certain game companies change their business practices over time. It wasn’t long ago when we were all pounding our fists with anger at the evil Electronic Arts. Fast forward a few years: now when Electronic Arts is mentioned you don’t feel that evil empire feeling creep over you. Electronic Arts has changed, and as far as public perception goes, for the better. It is when I look back at their history that I think of Activision. I think it goes without saying that Activision is the company that most gamers hate, that even mentioning the name Bobby Kotick starts a united forum flame blast is something we have all grown used to the past couple years.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.
Activision Blizzard ordered to pay $23.4M for patent infringement involving popular games.
I would read the article but the giant pop-ups from the top and bottom of the screen made me close it.
Without reading $23.4 million isn't a deterrent for a company that size.
Boss: Let's fire a few people to recoup on that loss.
Slave: Cortana has decided to get rid of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks.
Boss: Let's get those Firing Letters "Copilot Approved" and send them through the power of the cloud.
Slave: Long Live Phil !!!
ALL in the room: LONG LIVE PHIL !!!!
Well another troll company with a patent trying to extort money out of companies. Seems like they’re going to try and sue everyone.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
Stupid decision making in the gaming industry is like a round of the flu: it makes it's way everywhere eventually. EA had (or still has) it, and Activision is chugging Ny-Quil as we speak.
Guitar Hero needed to die. Fast.
Nice to see some journalists put some thought into their writing. Though I bet some people at Activision would say differently.
Most gamers still aren't willing to admit that EA has turned things around.
They could use some better games now that crappy ones are out..