It seems Blizzard workers weren’t the one ones to precise frustration with their firm and CEO Bobby Kotick after The Wall Street Journal on the continued sexual harassment scandal on the writer. In an e mail obtained by , Sony Interactive CEO Jim Ryan critiqued Activision’s response to the article. Ryan linked Sony workers to the report, and mentioned he was “disheartened and frankly stunned to read” The Journal’s findings.

“We outreached to Activision immediately after the article was published to express our deep concern and to ask how they plan to address the claims made in the article,” Ryan says within the message. “We do not believe their statements of response properly address the situation.”

As the corporate that makes the PlayStation 4 and PS5, Sony is one among Activision’s most essential companions. Their shut relationship is highlighted by the very fact Sony has first dibs on some . The reality Ryan’s e mail leaked shouldn’t come as a shock provided that it was an all-hands message.

Broadly, The Wall Street Journal report claims Kotick was not solely conscious of lots of the allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment on the firm, however that he could have additionally intervened to guard a few of its worst offenders, and that he mistreated ladies himself. In a press release to Engadget, a spokesperson for the writer mentioned the article presents a “misleading view of Activision Blizzard and our CEO.” Shortly after it began circulating broadly on social media, Blizzard workers introduced they’d stage a walkout. Hours later, Activision Blizzard’s board of administrators issued a statement expressing its continued help of Kotick’s management.