Activision Blizzard disinvited from speaking at SXSW due to misconduct allegations

Game Developers Conference spokesperson Katie Stern said that while "reports of systemic misconduct and toxicity at Activision Blizzard have been deeply upsetting," the Conference sought to "uplift these individual developers, who have no record of wrongdoing, and to not punish them because of their association with poor leadership." The featured speakers include a tools engineer, user researcher and the head of Activision's ads business.