Activision Sells Culture Shakeup to Skeptics in Harassment Deal

Activision Blizzard Inc.‘s plans to create an $18 million fund for victims of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations and implement workplace reforms will bring a new set of challenges to the embattled video-game giant.

The settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission marked a landmark moment in the effort to combat the gaming world’s alleged “bro culture” of gender bias, said legal experts and industry watchers.

Activision, though, must now implement a number of reforms to their work culture, including increased access to mental health services and other measures experts said will be unique in the tech industry, even ...