Video game companies vow to fight racism in their communities, but offer few details

Some instances of racism in gaming are glaring and brazen, such as players creating usernames, or online aliases, using the n-word. In the week after Floyd's death, a video posted on Reddit showed a user scrolling through a series of explicitly racist usernames on "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," Activision's latest title in one of the best selling video games franchises of all time. In response to this and other similar posts, Infinity Ward, the Activision-owned studio that made the game, tweeted that they "need to do a better job" and are issuing thousands of bans daily. The company said it will add a new in-game reporting system, "additional resources to monitor and ID racist content," and other features, including more permanent bans. The game was released in October of last year.