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Activision Blizzard Employees Strike, Fans Call for Boycott

Employees protest company’s response to sexual harssment suit
Fans organize campaign online to stop playing company’s games

Employees walk across Blizzard Way during a walkout at Activision Blizzard offices in Irvine, California on July 28,.Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg

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By Olga Kharif

July 28, 2021 at 4:34 PM UTC

Updated on

July 28, 2021 at 8:00 PM UTC

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Hundreds of people showed up Wednesday outside an office of Activision Blizzard Inc. in Southern California to demonstrate their support of a sexual harassment lawsuit and to protest the video game maker’s insufficient response.

Employees and other demonstrators gathered on the sidewalks at the corporate campus of Blizzard Entertainment, the maker of Diablo and Warcraft games that was at the center of the lawsuit filed by a California state agency.