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Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal after Britain's nod (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was disappointed to hear allegations of toxic work environments in Moon Studios, the people who made indie darling Ori and the Blind Forest. So while abusive employers are certainly an important issue, it doesn't appear to be one that's specific to large companies. Furthermore, it was never going to get solved under the supervision of Bobby Kotick - a man who was never going to leave unless something like the Microsoft deal happened.

There's lots of horrible companies in the world, and I salute anyone's efforts to boycott the ones doing horrible shit. Part of the reason I'm ambivalent about the merger is, I don't even buy (or care about the success of) Activision games. But I don't see that as a topic directly relevant to corporate merging/growth. Two publishers merge, that hasn't added to the amount of employee abuse going on in each of their studios.