On the subject of building trust, Ybarra reveals a number of new positions have been created in order to oversee Blizzard culture. He also promises that executive compensation (including his own) will be tied to successfully cleaning up. You can check out Ybarra’s bullet points, below. But what about the actual games? Well, Ybarra reiterates that Blizzard “needs to deliver content to our players on a more regular basis” and promises to announce some “exciting things,” with first info coming next week. The sale of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft was largely put into motion when California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed suit against the former company, alleging widespread gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment at the Call of Duty publisher. You can get a lot more detail on the still-unfolding story here. Blizzard probably stands to benefit more than anybody from the Microsoft purchase, so hopefully Ybarra can get the studio back in shape so they can actually take advantage of this situation. We shall see.
