Entire article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57929543

Some excerpts:

"Female employees almost universally confirmed that working for defendants was akin to working in a frat house," the DFEH legal filing claims.

One female employee had even killed herself, "due to a sexual relationship with her male supervisor", the DFEH claimed, "a tragic example of the harassment that defendants allowed to fester" - an allegation Activision strongly denies.

She had gone on a company trip with him, before which, another employee alleged, male co-workers had "passed around" intimate photos of her at a party.

The company's workforce "is only about 20% women", it says.

"Its top leadership is also exclusively male and white.

"Women across the company are assigned to lower paid and lower opportunity levels.

"Female employees receive lower starting pay and also earn less than male employees for substantially similar work.

"Defendants promote women more slowly and terminate them more quickly than their male counterparts."

And when one female employee taking on managerial responsibilities asked for a pay increase and promotion, her manager "commented that they could not risk promoting her, as she might get pregnant and like being a mom too much".

The DFEH also noted "women of colour were particularly vulnerable targets" of discriminatory practices.

Personal reflection: I was roped into the gaming world by an abusive ex who groomed me when I was 15 and he was 21, and he insisted that I try out every game he tried. I have played numerous games published by this company in the past, and I have seen how male gamers behave in those games. None of this is surprising, but it's yet another painful reminder that this is the world in which we live.