Update: 11/17/21, 4:00 p.m. ET: Activision Blizzard leadership further defended itself and Bobby Kotick in an all-hands meeting Wednesday. According to a report by Game Developer, Management confirmed that it decided to give employees all of Thanksgiving week off after it learned of The Wall Street Journal report.

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It also said the company’s new zero-tolerance policy toward misconduct would not apply to Kotick’s past reported behavior because it happened over a decade ago and there was no evidence, apparently ignoring questions about his apparent role in keeping Bunting on at Treyarch despite recommendations for him to be fired.

Update: 11/16/21, 12:35 p.m. ET: Added a statement from Activision Blizzard and more information from The Wall Street Journal’s report.

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Update: 11/16/21, 12:57 p.m. ET: Added remarks from a video Kotick sent to staff today.

Update: 11/16/21, 2:28 p.m. ET: Added comment from Activision Blizzard about Jen Oneal’s compensation.

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Update: 11/17/21, 7:48 a.m. ET: Clarified that Oneal is has not yet left the company and added new reporting that she was only offered equal compensation after threatening to leave.