"It was certainly very upsetting to hear these types of incidents D2R Items," design director Rob Gallerani said to Axios (thanks, VGC). "And we truly wanted to support our colleagues and our co-workers."

Gallerani said that management of the studio asked employees to provide feedback about ways in which it could better support its staff and added that, while it had "heard a lot of really positive comments" however, it was vital to ensure that management "always need to keep asking".

In contrast, although the scandal has seen Blizzard go through its games to find undesirable content, like references to the former employees associated with the sexual harassment lawsuit, no issues of this nature were found within Diablo 2: Resurrected, however, its Amazon warrior is tweaked to make its appearance less sexual.

"A lot of those perspectives weigh strongly on us," Gallerani added, adding that he decided to change the look of the characters to ensure that characters looked like warriors and not just people who "rolled out of an evening club".

ICYMI, Activision employees have launched a new lawsuit against Activision Blizzard of accusing the firm of employing "coercive strategies" to hinder efforts to improve working conditions.

As Matt said at the time, the allegations came within the ongoing legal battles brought by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing which claims discrimination, sexual harassment, and an "frat boy" workplace culture at Blizzard. Even though the company denies the claims, more than 2000 former and current Activision Blizzard staff signed a petition describing the company's initial.

Widely lambasted response to the lawsuit buy diablo II resurrected items, it was described as "abhorrent and offensive" the strikes that saw more than 500 employees walk out while "hundreds" more participate virtually across the world in efforts to improve working conditions.