Not long ago, Blizzard Entertainment announced through the official Twitter of “Overwatch” that the well-known hero “Mcauley” in the game was about to be renamed, and at the same time postponed the game story promotion activity scheduled for September.
In response to the employee scandal that broke out in the previous sexual discrimination case dispute, some communities have requested the game to modify the hero “Mc Cali” with the same name as the employee Jesse McCree. This matter has been confirmed to be ongoing.
A message from the Overwatch team. pic.twitter.com/2W3AV7Pv6X
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) August 26, 2021
“As we continue to discuss how to best practice our values, and promise to show a game world that reflects these views, we believe it is necessary to change the name of the hero currently known as “Mccali” to a new one. It can represent the meaning of “Fighting Fighting”.” Blizzard announced: “In the future, the characters in the game will no longer be named after real employees. We will refer to the source of the actual content of the “Fighting Fighting” in the future. Think more carefully.”
At the same time, with this name change, Blizzard also postponed the story promotion scheduled for September, because the event accounted for a very critical element for McCarley.
Since the end of July, Activision Blizzard has been informed by the California government unit DFEH that internal female employees have suffered unequal remuneration and sexual harassment in the workplace. They have formally filed a complaint against Activision Blizzard in the California court. Subsequently, a number of controversial scandals between senior executives and senior designers have erupted. Activision’s high-level response further fueled the situation, making the situation uncontrollable.
Among them, the core of the storm that led to the name change of the hero McCully was the “Cosby Suite” incident that foreign media broke the news. Senior designer Jesse McCree was among them, and his name was “Fighting Attacks”. “The prototype of McCully’s name.
Since the controversy broke out, Activision Blizzard has not only had high-level resignations, but even its games have also been affected. In addition to “Fighting Attack”, the resigned senior designer “Flore” Alex Afrasiabi has appeared in “World of Warcraft”. “(World of Warcraft) many easter eggs also promised to be removed or modified.
Of course, this incident is still unfinished. Until this week, foreign media reported that DFEH updated the prosecution and added charges against Blizzard’s human resources department for destroying employee data and other important evidence, but an Activision Blizzard spokesperson denied this allegation.
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