Bungie promises ‘zero-tolerance’ for harassment following Activision allegations

Earlier this week, California filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard that alleges a culture of sexual and racial harassment and discrimination at the company. In response, Activision Blizzard claimed that the suit is “distorted, and in many cases false,” calling the California agency “unaccountable state bureaucrats.” Somewhat surprisingly, a developer not involved in the suit, Bungie, has now released a statement of its own, declaring a “zero-tolerance policy” for “toxic culture” in its workplace.

The Destiny 2 developer had a ten-year publishing agreement with Activision Blizzard starting 2010, which was terminated early in 2019. Bungie hasn’t had anything to do with the company since then, but it did spend eight years working with it, and so perhaps wants to set its own tone.