A complaint against the publisher of Call of Duty from within one of its studios.
We always hear some controversial information about the Call of Duty publisher, most of it very internal, and the latest was from allegations of a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board, which reported that Activision and Microsoft stalled in contract negotiations.
According to the report Game File Activision and Microsoft are guilty of refusing to bargain on contracts, the head of the National Labor Relations Board said. Cummings Jr. When Activision was acquired by Microsoft, the board members at Raven Software were optimistic about new contract agreements, but unfortunately no progress has been made on this yet.
“Unfortunately, Microsoft has not encouraged any efforts to address contract concerns with employees. We call on Microsoft to address the concerns raised in the unfair labor practices charge, and to make reaching a fair agreement a priority.”
It is worth noting that Activision has acknowledged the establishment of a union of worker supervisors during 2022 to ensure quality in the most neutral manner possible. It is the first union to be formed in a large American gaming company. It is worth noting that Bobby Kotick At the time as company president he emphasized Activision's focus on quality work after the elections were over.
Staff problems have always been at the publisher. Call of Duty This has been a problem for years, this is in conjunction with the promises and news we got from the company's executives to improve the situation, is this mismanagement by the company or do such situations need a lot of work to reach the appropriate solution.
This complaint comes at a time when Activision is preparing to release the next title in the Call of Duty series, titled Black Ops 6, which is expected to be a qualitative shift in the series’ path, while Activision is counting on it to achieve great commercial success at the level of the series.