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Bobby Kotick apologizes for ‘tone deaf’ response to sex discrimination charges at Activision Blizzard

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick apologized today for the “tone deaf” company response to allegations of sex discrimination at the big video game publisher.

In a statement to all employees, Kotick said that he appreciated the courage of all of the employees who have come forward with their own complaints in the wake of the lawsuit filed by the state of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

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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.