"It was very upsetting to hear such events Diablo 2 Resurrected Items," design director Rob Gallerani revealed to Axios (thanks, VGC). "And we truly wanted to help our colleagues and our co-workers."

Gallerani added that management at the studio had invited employees to feed back on ways it can improve the support it provides to its employees while stating that although it had "heard lots of truly positive comments" However, it was imperative that management "always must be asking".

In contrast, although the scandal has seen Blizzard go through its games to find inappropriate content like references to ex-employees who have been charged in the sexual harassment lawsuit, none of these issues were found within Diablo 2: Resurrected, even though its Amazon warrior has been modified to make its appearance less sexual.

"A many of those points of view weigh very significantly on us," Gallerani told the media, who decided to change the look of the characters to ensure that characters looked like warriors and not people who had "rolled out from an evening club".

ICYMI, Activision employees have brought a fresh lawsuit against Activision Blizzard in which they accuse the company of employing "coercive methods" to hinder organisational efforts to improve working conditions.

As Matt reported at the time, the allegations were made in the midst of ongoing legal proceedings brought by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleging sexual harassment, discrimination and a "frat boy" working environment at Blizzard. While the company denied the allegations d2r items for sale, more than 2000 former and current Activision Blizzard staff signed a petition that outlines the initial.