Game Awards: Activision plays as good as no role, the host says a lot of criticism

The Game Awards 2017 was an honor reveal that honored the most effective computer game of 2017, as well as took area at the Microsoft Movie Theater in Los Angeles on December 7, 2017. The event was organized by Geoff Kafka, and also was online streamed around the world throughout different systems, with 11.5 million customers in total seeing the occasion. The Tale of Zelda: Breath of bush won three awards, including Game of the Year and Best Game Direction. Two indie games, Cup head as well as Hell blade: Senna's Sacrifice, additionally won 3 awards each.

Activision should definitely not play a big role in the game awards. This news comes in response to a lot and violent criticism on earlier statements of the show host Geoff Kafka. Initially, he had shown uncertainly as the team of Game Awards should react to the scandals, complaints and allegations around the Publisher Activision Blizzard. The question was in the room whether the event Activision games would be revealed and advertised. Now Geoff Kafka says, apart from nominations Activision no part of this year's Game Awards will be.

Activision will not be part of the game awards except nominations, says Geoff Kafka

This is what: This week the Game Awards take place and Call of Duty-Publisher Activision Blizzard King (ABK) is shaken by massive scandals. The allegations, reports and complaints revolve around sexual assault, toxic corporate culture, discrimination at work and the like more. Of course, the question arises how to handle such a big event as the Game Awards.

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The stem of the impetus: Geoff Kafka has given in an interview with The Washington Post to a log that the team of Game Awards had been undecided which role Activision Blizzard should play with the Game Awards 2021 and if the publisher may even Boycott completely. This was interpreted in that the Game Awards would not want to beat their side, causing massive criticism.

No part of the show: Therefore, the Game Awards Host Geoff Kafka now ensures clarity. In a statement on Twitter, he writes that Activision will not be part of this year's Game Awards on the nominations. There is no place in any company and no community for abuse, harassment or similar. To create a better and inclusive environment, all have to work together.

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But part of the awards? All this affects the fact that the Activision President Robert Ostrich also is President of the Advisory Board of Game Awards, reasonably curious and strange. Activision is strictly speaking alone by this personnel overlap already associated with the show and part of the Game Awards. Even if it is called on the official site that the board members have nothing to do with the nominations and winners inside the awards.

What about Ubisoft, Riot and Co? With regard to toxic corporate cultures and sexism in the workplace, Ubisoft and Riot or Quantico Dream are not unplaced leaves. Here, however, the scandals are a bit further and do not seem to be as extensive as with Activision. Nonetheless, of course, it would be exciting and important to learn how the attitude of the Game Awards looks like these companies.

What do you say? How would you handle it if you have to organize the Game Awards?