Repercussions – Episode 320

In this episode I catch you up on the repercussions of the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit. The first lawsuit has spawned additional lawsuits. Shareholders are angry! Some people got fired. But there is still hope for a better future for the workers. Things mentioned in this episode: IGN has a timeline of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit Kotaku posted an article titled: “Activision Blizzard Faces Second Lawsuit Over First Lawsuit” @devlore posted a thread regarding the Activision Blizzard shareholders Belghast posted a blog titled: “Boycott or Not” GroupQuest released Season 6 Episode 22: Some Changes MMO Champion reported that the /spit emote has been removed from The Burning Crusade PTR. Blizzard Watch posted an article titled: “There’s a difference between feedback and harassment, and sometimes players forget what it is” BlizzPlanet posted press releases from five separate lawsuits on behalf of Activision Blizzard shareholders Axios posted an article titled: “Exclusive: Activision Blizzard Shareholder calls company response ‘inadequate'” @Megan_Nicolett (reporter for Axios) shared screenshots from SOC Activision Blizzard shareholder investment group IGN posted an article titled: “Three Senior Blizzard Devs Reportedly No Longer With Company Amid Activision Blizzard Allegations” Kotaku posted an article titled: “Jesse McCree, Diablo 4 Director No Longer At Activision Blizzard” It included a close up of Lilith making an incredibly angry face. @michawhipple tweeted about the Diablo III Art Director and Production Director leaving a month after the game was announced @ABetterABK tweeted that it has been two weeks since the walkout and leadership hasn’t made changes @Jon Spector (Overwatch League VP at Blizzard) corrected misinformation in an article about the League @Chosen (currently works for Activision) wrote a thread about what the employees are feeling. @Diablo announced the Early Access Open Beta of Diablo II: Resurrected – and the Twitch drops @hitstreak tweeted some words of wisdom @CallMeQuestifier tweeted about more people leaving Blizzard in the coming weeks Blizzard Watch posted an article titled: “It’s been 17 days since Activision Blizzard employees published their demands for change, and management hasn’t acknowledged them” RockPaperShotgun posted an article titled: “Apex Legends lead designer fired over old racist and sexist comments” Kotaku posted an article titled: “Activision Blizzard’s QA Department Seems Like a Hellhole” (@ABetterABK retweeted that article) @ABetterUbisoft, which tweeted a letter supporting workers of Activision Blizzard and calling for their own management to make changes @ABetterUbisoft also tweeted a graphic asking for changes to be made Polygon posted an article titled: “Activision Blizzard’s contract workers say they’re ‘crushed’ by toxic culture” Where to find Jen’s Diablo Content Creation: Shattered Soulstone T-shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble! Book of Jen website: Diablo gameplay videos Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo III Season 24 playlist Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist Twitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I don’t stream very often.) You can listen to Shattered Soulstone on Warcraft Radio – and submit a review there. Got something to say? Send a tweet to @ShatteredStone or message us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/shatteredsoulstone and we will read it off in the next episode. You can now, once again, send email to the Shattered Soulstone podcast! Send your comment, question, or game-play story to [email protected]. The Shattered Soulstone is on Discord! Come join us and talk to everyone in game and out, in voice and text channels! To join the server just go to https://discord.gg/kc77JXz.