Blizzard’s Morhaime speaks out against GamerGate

The president and co-founder of Blizzard has become the highest profile games industry figure to speak out against online harassment.

Mike Morhaime dedicated a part of his Blizzcon 2014 opening ceremony speech to slam GamerGaters and urge people to redouble their efforts in trying to promote a friendlier, more welcoming gaming environment.

“I’d like to take a moment to talk about something serious,” he said. “Over the past couple of months there’s been a small group of people who have been doing really awful things. They have been making some people’s lives miserable and they are tarnishing our reputation as gamers. It’s not right."

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