In a subsequent letter to employees, the company has announced an end to forced arbitration, a $250 million initiative to improve diversity, and a major pay cut for Kotick.Ī new report published this November now alleges Bobby Kotick knew about and suppressed reports of sexual misconduct. In another, separate development, Activision Blizzard reached an agreement with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “to settle claims and to further strengthen policies and programs to prevent harassment and discrimination”. The company is also facing a separate unfair labour practice suit alleging “worker intimidation and union busting” filed by a workers’ union, also in September. In September, an agency of the US federal government opened an investigation into Activision Blizzard’s response to sexual misconduct and discrimination complaints from its employees, as part of which Kotick has reportedly been subpoenaed. The lawsuit is ongoing follow the latest developments here. Since then, CEO Bobby Kotick has called the company’s initial response “tone deaf”, employees have staged a walkout, Blizzard president J Allen Brack has left, and the ABK Workers Alliance has demanded change at the company. Here’s everything we know about the new Warzone map so far.Īctivision Blizzard is facing a lawsuit filed in July by the state of California (since expanded for QA and customer service contractors) alleging years of discrimination and harassment. There are plenty of in-game events on the run up to Warzone Pacific, so stay tuned for more information. There were a number of issues with the Cold War integration that took a while to fix: popular weapons were completely unbalanced for months, attachments didn’t function like they were supposed to, and weapon balancing on Modern Warfare weapons completely stopped.Ī recent Call of Duty blog post broke down everything coming to Warzone less than a month after Vanguard launches.

The new map is called Caldera, and it’s going to launch with Vanguard and Warzone Season 1.īlack Ops Cold War fully integrated with the battle royale game at the beginning of Season 3 with the release of ‘80s Verdansk, five months after its November launch.

Want to know more about the new Warzone map? Sledgehammer Games’ WWII themed release will integrate with Warzone in December 2021, introducing new weapons, vehicles, and a brand new WWII map set to replace ‘80s Verdansk.

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