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State agency accuses Activision Blizzard of shredding HR records

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The California agency investigating Activision Blizzard for sex discrimination has accused the big game publisher of shredding human resources records.

Axios reported this week that the new claims are part of an updated complaint from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The state also expanded the lawsuit to say it is suing on behalf of temporary workers in addition to female full-time employees for sex discrimination and pay inequity.

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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.