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Call of Duty producer Activision-Blizzard apologizes to Muslim gamers

Game developer Activision-Blizzard apologized to Muslim players for including pages from the Qur’an in its latest game, Call of Duty: Vanguard.

A boycott call has been made in some countries about ‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’, the newly released version of the first-person shooter series Call of Duty.

REACTIONS TO THE QUR’AN PAGES ON THE FLOOR

The reason for the reaction was the fact that the pages of the Holy Quran, some of which were smeared with blood, scattered on the floor on the ‘Stalingrad map’ in the ‘Zombie’ mode of the game.

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“THE CONTENT WAS INsensitive, we apologize”

Activision-Blizzard issued an apology on Call of Duty Middle East social media accounts yesterday, calling the content “insensitive”. The company argued that the detail in question was included by mistake. statement in Arabic “[Oyunda] it should never have appeared as it was; We deeply apologize” it was said.

The pages of the Holy Quran on the map have been replaced with blank papers.

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INTER-COMPANY HARASSMENT SCANDAL

In July, Activision-Blizzard was sued by its workers for allegedly condoning and even fueling sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the office.

While some of the company’s employees left, the multi-billion dollar gaming company eventually had to make changes among its managers.

20 PEOPLE FIRED

Amid the scandal, the company even removed in-game references to its former employees accused of sexual harassment. The company laid off 20 people last month in an effort to ‘gain trust’.

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