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Due to the allegations levelled at Activision Blizzard last week, several gaming outlets have decided to stop covering their games. Apparently, a culture of rampant toxicity and normalized sexual harassment has been prevalent at Activision Blizzard for years.
One of these outlets is Prima Games. They produce in-depth, comprehensive strategy guides and walkthroughs. Aside from indefinitely suspending their coverage of Activision Blizzard games, they have also done the same for Ubisoft, who are facing similar allegations. The site's editoral staff released an official statement: “What this means is that all past coverage of properties from these companies published to the site prior to this statement being made, including our guides, will remain, but no new coverage will be written until these companies do more to enact meaningful change.”
The Gamer, a gaming news and analysis site, has also vowed to do the same. Editor-in-chief Kirk McKeand tweeted out the announcement:
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We’re going to stop covering Activision and Blizzard games until there’s some real change and this gaslighting bollocks ends. We’ll cover the ongoing news regarding the current story, but we won’t be covering the games. https://t.co/714h9qwBz7
— Kirk McKeand (@MckKirk) July 23, 2021
In a similar fashion, popular YouTube channel GameXplain will also be following suit. They stated that they will be suspending their coverage of Activision Blizzard games until the end of the year. Though this may extend onward if the work culture there doesn't demonstrably improve.
Additionally, several independent YouTube channels and streamers have similarly suspended their coverage and streaming activities. Aside from Activision Blizzard's and Ubisioft's legal troubles, both developers have also recently had troubling reports regarding their internal development struggles. For Activision Blizzard, it was the fraught development of Warcraft III: Reforged. In Ubisoft's case, it's the eight-years-and-counting struggle facing Skull & Bones.
