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Geoff Keighley spoke with The Washington Mail service virtually how The Game Awards volition "navigate" the whole Activision Blizzard state of affairs. Keighley claims that he supports "people coming forrard with their stories," but he stops short of chastising Activision.

The Washington Post article writes that The Game Awards "didn't want to diminish developers' opportunities to spotlight their games." Keighley adds, "[W]e accept to call up very carefully about how to keep here."

Activision Blizzard has been hitting by multiple lawsuits and allegations. In July, Activision Blizzard was striking with a lawsuit from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (CDFEH) for gender discrimination and sexual harassment against women working for the company.

The Securities and Substitution Commission (SEC) then hit the visitor with a subpoena to investigate the company's handling of sexual allegations and discrimination in the workplace, with CEO Bobby Kotick amidst those who were subpoenaed. Several employees staged a walkout for Kotick'due south continued employment as CEO, even afterwards a damning report from The Wall Street Journal.

PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo executives have been quoted stating that they were thinking of re-evaluating their relationship with Activision Blizzard. Simply it appears that Keighley and others at The Game Awards don't share that same conviction to similarly accost Activision'south various scandals. Information technology should be noted that The Game Awards are advised past a board featuring several major companies across the industry. Rob Kostich, president of Activision Blizzard, is on that board.