Blizzard

A little bit more than a week ago as I write this, Blizzard Entertainment announced the departure of J.

The fallout from the Activision Blizzard lawsuit filed by California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing continues.

I have been playing World of Warcraft for its entire existence, and in most cases, it's been because of the friends I have who play it -- the people who run dungeons and raids, or just chat over Battle.net, or even just talk on Twitter about the game.

Earnings calls are by definition very corporate affairs, where senior corporate staff try to make their companies sound particularly appealing to investors.

The quarterly Activision Blizzard earnings call, where the company reports to its shareholders, is happening today, Tuesday, August 3 at 1:30pm Pacific.

Less than three years after taking the position of President, and following the recent lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard by California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing, J.

Employees from across the gaming industry showed their support for the Activision Blizzard staff walkout with their own walkouts or protests on Wednesday.

Content Warning -- frank discussion of sexual harassment and assault This is not an Onion article.

It is probably never actually fair to say too little, too late when it comes to actions to redress a wrong, but the cynic in me exists.

The past week has been one unlike anything I've seen in my fourteen years covering Blizzard games.