"Bobby Kotick's decisions made our games worse," says former Call of Duty dev

Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick departs in just a few days

“Bobby [Kotick]’s decisions made our games worse,” a former Call of Duty programmer said on social media the same day Kotick completed his final day as CEO at Activision Blizzard.

“I worked on [Call of Duty] for two years as a programmer at Demonware. Bobby’s decisions made our games worse,” said Christina Pollock. “In my first month, it came out he threatened to have an employee killed. In the all-hands [all staff meeting] that followed, no one wanted to speak first. So I demanded his firing in front of everyone.”

In a candid thread on Twitter/X, Pollock said: “I get that I am very loud and very annoying and that with my seniority and ease of other opportunities, that affords me certain protections and safety to do such things.

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