Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees walk out

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Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees have walked out again after layoffs hit the QA team at Raven Software. The studio is now in the process of early unionization as they raise funds for the workers who were laid off and won’t be paid while on strike.

In more severe news a PlayStation executive was fired after being implicated for targeting a minor in a pedophile sting video. It looks like Sony is getting ready to launch their own version of Game Pass, RockStar has announced a new GTA Online single-player story expansion featuring Dr. Dre, and a Switch hacker has been fined for over $10 million dollars.

This week’s 5-Second Review takes Brian back to his bravest moments in the original Halo and the coming soon section is charming so check it out.

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00:00 - Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees walkout
05:35 - Playstation executive fired after pedophile sting
06:34 - Sony to launch Game Pass style service
07:28 - GTA Online story expansion announced
07:59 - Switch hacker gets $10 million fine
09:04 - 5-Second Review
09:27 - Coming Soon

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SOURCES

[Washington Post] Raven Software layoffs spur walkout
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/03/raven-software-layoffs/

[Twitter] Austin O’Brien tweet #1
https://twitter.com/eyyohbee/status/1466890788235878409?s=20

[Twitter] Austin O’Brien tweet #2
https://twitter.com/eyyohbee/status/1466891569987047424

[Washington Post] Raven Software walkout details
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/06/raven-software-walkout/

[Twitter] Sev Larson tweet
https://twitter.com/_7larson/status/1468603500720443395

[Twitter] A Better ABK tweet
https://twitter.com/ABetterABK/status/1468294115158806543

[Kotaku] CoD: Warzone devs walkout
https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-warzone-devs-stage-walkout-over-layoffs-1848165716?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1638804661&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=twitter

[YouTube] People vs Preds catch PlayStation Exec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14INdlFIe-k&t=73s

[Kotaku] PlayStation Exec fired after pedophile allegations
https://kotaku.com/playstation-executive-fired-after-pedophile-allegation-1848163907

[CNET] PlayStation Response to pedophile allegations
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sony-vp-fired-after-appearing-in-pedophile-sting-video/

[Bloomberg] How PlayStation plans to take on Game Pass
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/playstation-plans-new-service-to-take-on-xbox-game-pass

[YouTube] GTA Online “The Contract” Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLUGHQq2aek&ab_channel=RockstarGames

[Video Games Chronicle] Switch Hacker fined over $10 Million dollars
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-hacker-gary-bowser-must-pay-nintendo-10m-on-top-of-his-4-5m-fine/