Last week, news broke that the State of California was suing Activision Blizzard for what it called a pervasive frat boy workplace culture ' where female staff were often subject to harassment. The California Department of Fair Employment & Housing DFEH updated its lawsuit against Activision Blizzard today, adding temp workers to the original complaint while accusing the publisher of withholding key documents. Blizzard promised immediate in-game action to keep the game sanitary and free of any sexually suggestive content, but many of the actions in-game came directly from the fans. By Sean Murray Published According to a senior developer, all work has ceased on World of Warcraft thanks to the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. When Californias fair employment agency sued Activision Blizzard, one of the largest video game studios in the world, on July 20th, it wasnt surprising to. The Activision Blizzard lawsuit has created a lot of change in many of the company’s outputs, but none moreso than World of Warcraft. How Has The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Affected WoW?
The company is in a lot of trouble, and this is arguably just another step in too little, too late, policy. It’s a small change to be adopted by the WoW team in a game-wide tidy-up, but it'll presumably take any chance to distance itself from questionable attitudes towards women at this stage. Another, where a woman is seen lying down, has now been entirely replaced, with a a bowl of fruit taking its place. One of the paintings depicts a woman with a deeply-cut robe, which has now been altered to give her a different outfit in a bid to cover her up. Afrasiabi was the only person other than Blizzard President J Allen Brack named in the lawsuit, and left last year in what has now been revealed to be.
World of warcraft lawsuit update#
As revealed by WoWhead, some of the paintings depicting women have either been changed or entirely replaced. Update - July 29th, 10:15 PM: We have seen the beginning of the World of Warcraft changes coming, and they begin with references to former senior creative director Alex Afrasiabi being removed.
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