Abuse and harassment were not a new topic on the scene, in fact, Ubisoft was singled out for these acts against its employees. What was done was to discredit the company, although at this point there is not much of this left. Now, the target company of these accusations is Blizzard, and boy does it have a lot of prestige to lose.
Of course, he is not at his best, even before these accusations, his treatment towards Warcraft It was something that nobody could believe, and if they treated their star IP this way, the fans of Diablo O Starcraft They couldn’t hope for better. The dismissal of workers in parallel with the huge sums of money earned by the company and managers he showed greed and even no vision of the future.
Blizzard has to do damage control, this time the fired are the director of Diablo IV and two designers
This time Blizzard faces a harsh accusation, and it is not from some random of the street, the protagonist is the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, no more no less.
So with current allegations of abuse of its employees by Blizzard, the company’s damage control to placate the angry media mob will be important. The judicial issue is vital, but the image of the company is also relevant.
As collected and eventually confirmed by Kotaku, three layoffs were made recently. This time it’s about the director of the farthest now Diablo IV, Luis Barriga, as well as lead designer Jesse McCree. Warcraft also suffered a casualty, we speak of designer Jonathan LeCraft.
A senior designer for the company, Cory Stockton, was apparently fired from his position last week, but it still belongs to Blizzard.
In the official statement, where they affirm the dismissal of the first three people, Blizzard also affirms that these positions are already filled, They made it clear that they are confident in their ability to keep making progress on their projects.
The delays are already coming.
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