Around the Monitor 7/23 - Activision Blizzard Employees Walk Out

<div>Around the Monitor's back bringing you the week's hottest gaming news! Topics include: Activision Blizzard employees walk out and everything is terrible, also Pokemon Unite has predatory monetization, and Krispy Kreme is making Xbox doughnuts?<br> <br> Check us out on all these platforms:<br> Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/kt9AJtp">https://discord.gg/kt9AJtp</a><br> Patreon: <a href="https://Patreon.com/savedatateam">https://Patreon.com/savedatateam</a><br> Twitch: <a href="https://Twitch.tv/savedatateam">https://Twitch.tv/savedatateam</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://Instagram.com/savedatateam">https://Instagram.com/savedatateam</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://Twitter.com/savedatateam">https://Twitter.com/savedatateam</a><br> Facebook: <a href="https://Facebook.com/savedatateam">https://Facebook.com/savedatateam</a><br> <br> Time Codes:<br> <br> 00:00 - Intro<br> 1:43 - Trivia: What is Bobby Kotick’s net worth?<br> 5:27 - Topics<br> 6:15 - Let’s talk about Activision some more...<br> Activision’s employees sign petition in protest of the company’s response to lawsuit<br> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-26/activision-blizzard-staff-sign-petition-supporting-labor-lawsuit">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-26/activision-blizzard-staff-sign-petition-supporting-labor-lawsuit</a> <br> Activision CEO Bobby Kotick writes open letter to employees<br> <a href="https://kotaku.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-comments-on-harassment-alle-1847374627">https://kotaku.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-comments-on-harassment-alle-1847374627</a> <br> Social Media Messages surface regarding “the cosby suite”<br> <a href="https://kotaku.com/inside-blizzard-developers-infamous-bill-cosby-suite-1847378762">https://kotaku.com/inside-blizzard-developers-infamous-bill-cosby-suite-1847378762</a><br> It’s so bad that Ubisoft’s employees also took this moment to address what hasn’t been done to fix things at their company<br> <a href="https://www.axios.com/ubisoft-workers-letter-activision