Bungie Speaks Out Against Harassment Practices After Former Partner Activision Blizzard Comes Under Fire

Following the news of a lawsuit filed past the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing against Activision Blizzard for the harassment and discrimination practices conducted by some of its employees, sometime partner Bungie took to Twitter to speak against these practices and explain the visitor'southward efforts to combat them.

Bungie is congenital on empowering our people no affair who they are, where they are from, or how they identify.

We accept a responsibility to acknowledge, reflect, and practise what we can to push back on a persistent civilization of harassment, abuse, and inequality that exists in our manufacture.

Information technology'south our responsibility to ensure this blazon of behavior is not tolerated at Bungie at any level, and that we never excuse it or sweep information technology under the rug.

While the accounts in this week'southward news are difficult to read, nosotros promise they will lead to justice, awareness, and accountability.

Nosotros accept a zero-tolerance policy at Bungie for environments that support this toxic civilisation, and we are committed to rooting them out to defend those who are at risk.

Women, POC, and underrepresented communities take zilch to gain by reliving their trauma. We believe them when they come forrard with reports of abuse or harassment.

We don't pretend that Bungie is perfect and that no ane has experienced harassment while working here, but we will not tolerate it and will confront it head-on. And we volition continue to do the work every twenty-four hours to exist better.

Our goal is to continue to improve the experience for everyone working at Bungie and practice our function to brand the gaming industry as a whole to be more than welcoming and inclusive.

As you might recall, Activision Blizzard served as Bungie's publisher for the Destiny franchise for nine years. That partnership concluded in early 2019 when Bungie took back the publishing rights and went fully independent once more.

In addition to continued Destiny 2 updates and expansions (the next major one, The Witch Queen, will be unveiled on August 24th), the studio headquartered in Bellevue, Washington is also working on a new IP funded by NetEase and scheduled to launch before 2025.