Activision Blizzard settles harassment suit for pocket change

blizzard part Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring our channel http://expressvpn.com/inside Activision Blizzard keeps jumping from the frying pan into the fire as additional governments branches begin to file lawsuits against the company over their toxic work culture and the financial fallout regarding the controversy. In the latest bit of news Activision Blizzard has settled one of lawsuits with a promise to start a fund of 18 million dollars to be paid to those affected by harassment during their time at Blizzard. Union organizations and employees aren’t having it though as they call the company out claiming it’s a small chunk of change to pay a handful of individuals to get them to stay quite over years and years of poor working conditions. So the fight continues and we’ll continue to keep you updated. In other news; Amazon’s New World MMO appears to be more popular than anyone expected, Insomniac say Spider-Man 2 is going to get a bit darker than the first, Horizon developer Guerilla Games might be working on a multiplayer game or MMO of their own, and it’s looking more and more likely that a Twisted Metal game is in the works. This week’s 5-Second Review has Brian grinding instances, corpse runs, and raids uphill… both ways! And the Coming Soon section is absolutely stacked with Alan Wake Remastered, Jett: The Far Shore, Far Cry 6, Metroid Dread, and the Switch OLED model! It’s gonna be a good week for video games so rest up, get ready to play, and thanks for watching! Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming 00:00 - Activision Blizzard pays millions to settle discrimination suit 07:20 - New World launches and draws a big crowd 08:24 - Spider-Man 2 will be a ‘darker’ sequel 09:37 - Horizon developer working on online game 10:37 - Twisted Metal series given to new developer 11:33 - 5-Second Review 12:03 - Coming Soon SOURCES [PDF] Official EEOC Lawsuit Filing https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.832570/gov.uscourts.cacd.832570.1.0.pdf [Ars Technica] Blizzard Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $18 Million https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/09/activision-blizzard-settles-discrimination-lawsuit-for-a-frac… [CNN] Blizzard EEOC Lawsuit Settlement and official Kotick Statement https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/tech/activision-blizzard-eeoc-harassment-settlement/index.html [Vice] Employees say $18 Million is nothing https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7bxpg/dollar18-million-is-nothing-activision-employees-react-to-set… [Vice] Activision Blizzard Walkout https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8npd/activision-blizzard-employees-are-walking-out-in-protest-of-e… [Vice] Blizzard employees say Activision is union busting https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d73m/activision-blizzard-workers-accuse-company-of-union-busting-a… [Twitter] CODE Says $18 Million is pennies https://twitter.com/CODE_CWA/status/1443009013231222785 [Twitter] CODE Says it’s clear Activision doesn;t want true justice https://twitter.com/CODE_CWA/status/1443009016427208707 [Kotaku] New World MMO as told by Steam Reviews https://kotaku.com/amazon-mmo-new-world-as-told-by-steam-reviews-1847759723 [Eurogamer] New World hits 500 players at launch https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-28-new-world-is-amazons-first-video-game-hit-with-half-a-… [Twitter] Steam DB numbers for New World https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/1442841189938499588?s=20 [Steam] New World on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063730/New_World/#app_reviews_hash [This Week in Marvel] Podcast where Insomniac/Sony talks about Spider-Man 2 https://this-week-in-marvel-02d59c42.simplecast.com/episodes/awkwafina-new-wolverine-game-hawkeye-tr… [Eurogamer] Spider-Man 2 will be darker https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-29-spider-man-2-will-be-a-darker-empire-strikes-back-styl… [Youtube] Marvel’s Wolverine Official game trailer https://youtu.be/AF_f8kl8lJQ?t=18 [Guerilla Games] Guerilla Games Career Page https://www.guerrilla-games.com/join/ [VGC] Guerilla could be working on a Horizon Multiplayer game https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/it-looks-like-guerrilla-could-be-working-on-a-horizon-multi… [VGC] Destruction all Stars dev inherits Twisted Metal https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-destruction-all-stars-studio-lucid-handed-twisted-m… [VGC] David Jaffe a little hurt over being excluded from Twisted Metal reboot https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/twisted-metal-director-says-id-be-very-hurt-if-a-revival-ru… 4