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© Reuters. FILEPHOTO: This is the entrance to Activision Blizzard Inc.’s campus in Irvine (California, USA), on August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake

NEW YORK (Reuters), Activision Blizzard Inc. has fired or pushed aside more than three dozen employees, and has disciplined forty others since July in response to allegations of sexual harassment at the videogame manufacturer.

Activision had planned to publish a summary before the holidays. But Chief Executive Bobby Kotick resisted, as it was possible that the workplace issues of the company could be more serious than previously reported.

Activision has received approximately 700 complaints from employees about misconduct or other matters since July, when the California state agency brought a case against it for harassing claims.

Activision owns “Call of Duty”, and data compiled by it shows it has reviewed over 90% of the 700 reports that it has received, according to the Journal, again citing sources familiar with the matter.

Activision stated in October that it fired over 20 workers following claims of harassment and discrimination. Twenty more employees are facing disciplinary actions.

Activision has not responded to an email asking for comment.

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