Former Blizzard employee slams Overwatch's new Pride Month video
ALBAWABA - In reference to the 2021 sexual harassment lawsuit and the toxic work environment allegations, Activision Blizzard is once again the talk of social media after a former employee criticized Overwatch's recently shared "Happy Pride Month" video.
Blizzard's former game developer, who goes by the name "Kuro" on X (formerly known as Twitter), took to their account and accused the popular corporation of trying to "save face," despite facing a lawsuit from several former employees.
Kuro wrote, "You guys enabled people to sexually assault me and other LGBT people at the company then tried to ruin our lives by running to HR claiming we were responsible for getting assaulted then hijacked the initiatives we created so you could try and save face while we were suing you."
An X user took to the Overwatch team's defense, stating that they had nothing to do with the allegations mentioned above and wrote, "The Overwatch dev team had nothing to do with any of that stuff tho."
Moreover, several others claimed that most sexual assault and toxic environment allegations were aimed at developers from the World of Warcraft team.
you guys enabled people to sexually assault me and other LGBT people at the company then tried to ruin our lives by running to HR claiming we were responsible for getting assaulted then hijacked the initiatives we created so you could try and save face while we were suing you https://t.co/GprCGr0kJ6 — kuro (@ashlykuro) June 1, 2025
This all comes in after the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a lawsuit against Blizzard in 2021, alleging that the company cultivated a hostile and toxic working environment, including the sexual harassment of female workers.
Additionally, LGBTQ employees also reported suffering from a toxic environment during their time there, further claiming that they were targeted with stereotypical jokes about queer culture, as reported by Inverse. A former LGBTQ employee stated, "I never really felt like it was a safe place, to begin with."
Three years ago, several employees who were nursing mothers reported that their breast milk had allegedly been stolen from fridges located in Blizzard's dedicated lactation facilities. Moreover, they also accused other employees of placing beer inside the fridges in question, sparking further outrage on social media, as reported by CNN.
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