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Amidst the ongoing investigation following details from a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) concerning reported toxic workplace conditions, three more high-profile developers have departed the company.\u00a0Game Informer\u00a0<\/em>has confirmed reports that Diablo 4 game director Luis Barriga has joined Jesse McCree, a lead designer, and World of Warcraft dev Johnathan LeCraft in leaving the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm Luis Barriga, Jesse McCree, and Jonathan LeCraft are no longer with the company,\u201d an Activision Blizzard spokesperson said in response to a request for comment following a report that broke on Wednesday night<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe have a deep, talented roster of developers already in place, and new leaders have been assigned where appropriate. We are confident in our ability to continue progress, deliver amazing experiences to our players, and move forward to ensure a safe, productive work environment for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three employees have been removed from the official Blizzard press page and the studio’s work assets, such as Slack and the internal directory. Barriga has been with the company since 2005 and has worked on several notable IPs under the Blizzard umbrella, most recently Diablo 4. McCree joined the company simultaneously as Barriga and has even had his name included in Overwatch as an official character. McCree was one of the developers named in the infamous “Cosby Suite” controversy, which you can learn more about here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other removals have already occurred, including former Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack<\/a> and HR lead Jesse Meschuk. The latter was another developer seen in the photos that surfaced about the Cosby suite and the now-public<\/a> group chat surrounding it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In related news, Kotick released a statement last week addressing the concerns but\u00a0seemingly skating around the demands<\/a>\u00a0listed in a public letter to leadership. That letter was followed by a\u00a0company-wide walkout of Blizzard employees<\/a>, a walkout supported by an open letter\u00a0from Ubisoft employees<\/a>\u00a0that have been faced with similar instances noted within the California lawsuit.\u00a0To learn more about the proceedings thus far, including details listed in the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, please review\u00a0our previous coverage here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Amidst the ongoing investigation following details from a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) concerning reported toxic workplace conditions, three more high-profile developers have departed the company.\u00a0Game Informer\u00a0has confirmed reports that Diablo 4 game director Luis Barriga has joined Jesse McCree, a lead designer, and World of Warcraft dev Johnathan LeCraft in leaving the company.\u00a0 \u201cWe can confirm Luis Barriga, Jesse McCree, and Jonathan LeCraft are no longer with the company,\u201d an Activision Blizzard spokesperson said in response to a request for comment following a report that broke on Wednesday night.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe have a deep, talented roster of developers already in place, and new leaders have been assigned where appropriate. We are confident in our ability to continue…<\/p>\n

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