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Activision updates code of conduct to fight toxicity in Modern Warfare III

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision has been fighting a long fight to end disruptive and toxic behavior in online games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. And today it announced it had updated the language for code of conduct in the game.

It also released findings from the in-game voice moderation North America beta (which is being handled by AI tech from Modulate) and the global Modern Warfare III launch. It’s the first report on toxicity from Activision Blizzard since it was acquired by Microsoft last October for $68.7 billion.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.