Blizzard Entertainment: According to serious allegations - J. all Brack returns as president

As Activision Blizzard and Blizzard Entertainment announced, J. all Brack decided to clear his post as President of Blizzard Entertainment and leave the company. In the future, the studio is headed behind hits like "Starcraft", "Overwatch" or "World of Warcraft" by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra.

"Jen and Mike will share the responsibility for the development and operational responsibility of the company," commented Activision Blizzards Coo Daniel Allegre this step. "With its many years of industry experience and their deep commitment to integrity and inclusive experience, I am sure that Jen and Mike Blizzard will lead to excellence with care, compassion and dedication."

Abuse and sexism allegations shake Activision Blizzard

J. All Brack belonged to the few leading employees, which are named in the context of a lawsuit, which is currently running against Activision Blizzard and Blizzard Entertainment in California. The lawsuit will be accused of the two companies not to have occurred to protect the staff despite the existing evidence and thus opened sexism, abuse and harassment door and gate. In a particularly oppressive case, the unauthorized sending of nude images should even have led to the suicide of an employee.

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"Numerous complaints about unlawful harassment, discrimination and retaliatory measures were addressed to staff and executives of the defendant, including the President of Blizzard Entertainment, J. All Brack. However, the defendants failed to take effective remedial remedies in response to these complaints, "it continues in the action.

Brack should not be done against sexual harassment

In addition, Brack is accused in the action that he was in the picture of the maladministration of his company, but at least half-hearted persecuted. As an example, the case of the 2020-dismissed Alex Afrasiabi is mentioned, which worked as a senior-creative director of "World of Warcraft" and had guilty of sexual harassment since 2013.

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"J. All Brack, President of Blizzard Entertainment, allegedly had several discussions with Afrasiabi about his consumption of alcohol and that he had been to female employees at company events, too friendly '. But in response to his behavior, there was only a pat on the wrist. Subsequently, Afrasiabi continued to make unwanted approach attempts to female employees by taking the hand of a female employee and she invited to his hotel room or a different woman welcomed, "is carried out in the lawsuit.

At least in the case of Afrasiabi, Blizzard Entertainment already made nails with heads and removed all references to the former Senior Creative Director from "World of Warcraft".

Source: Videogames Chronicle

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