Activision Blizzard Lawyers Show Diablo 4 Trailer When Arguing About Unionization

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In 2019, the first official trailer forDiablo 4 was revealed at that year's BlizzCon. In the three years since the announcement, details for the game have steadily come out, but a definitive release date has yet to be revealed. Unfortunately, there is a massive shadow over Diablo 4 as well as the entirety of Activision Blizzard.

For years, it has been alleged that the pay at Activision Blizzard has been bad for some employees. Rounds of layoffs are also a regular thing as a game wraps up development or when a quarterly report reveals that the company failed to bring in the amount of revenue that was anticipated. In response to all of this, various developer studios under the publisher have begun to form unions in order to give the workers better collective bargaining positions. The first of these was Raven Software's union which was formed earlier this year.

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Following Raven Software's success, Blizzard Albany began taking steps to form its own union. The people in charge of Activision Blizzard, however, have taken additional and somewhat bizarre measures to keep this from happening. In this particular instance, as revealed byThe Washington Post, the company's lawyers are arguing that everyone at Blizzard Albany should be able to vote on the unionization matter. During its argument to the National Labor Relations Board, Activision Blizzard lawyers showed a trailer forDiablo 4 to support their statement that everyone involved in the franchise's development should have a vote on the matter

However, it is only the QA testing branch of the Blizard Albany that is attempting to form a union. The lawyers also made the names of several employees who