“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” took heart stage on the Summer Game Fest. The sport developer, Activision Blizzard, had not appeared on the December Game Awards, which can also be hosted and organized by Geoff Keighley, apart from a quick award nomination, and had a restricted presence at occasions like South by Southwest and Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco earlier this 12 months. Activision Blizzard faces a number of lawsuits and authorities investigations over office harassment and misconduct allegations.
Keighley instructed The Washington Post final December that he was pondering very fastidiously about the right way to navigate the occasion’s involvement with the corporate, and that he needed to help workers and builders. Last month, Keighley stated the state of affairs was nonetheless evolving.
“In the back of our minds, obviously, is the zeitgeist of what’s going on at both of these companies but also, in the community,” he stated. “Everyone’s opinions continue to evolve among all these topics, so it’s hard to put a pin in something and say, ‘Hey, this is exactly how we’re going to treat this throughout the entire year.’”
Activision Blizzard, Geoff Keighley and Summer Game Fest didn’t return requests for remark.