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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.

Activision Blizzard employees are taking more action after yesterday's open letter protesting the company's history of sexual harassment, and its poor handling of the situation.

Sometimes it's a mechanical change -- getting rid of an ability you've gotten used to, or even built your character around, or removing specific talent or ability choices.

I suspect we're all struggling with the facts that have been brought to life with the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard that accuses the company of badly mistreating its female employees.

I think I realized when Jeff Hamilton posted this to Twitter that a lot of people would misunderstand it.