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Update: Take-Two CEO Says Company's Focus on Diversity 'Has Been Heightened'

As a lawsuit from the state of California accusing Activision-Blizzard of a "frat boy culture" and sexual harassment has sparked a new wave of #MeToo stories across the games industry in recent weeks, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has responded to an inquiry about what the publisher is doing to ensure it is not propagating the same culture.The company's quarterly earnings today include, right at the top, a line stating that Take-Two has "deepened our focus on corporate responsibility," with the company saying it has recently made key hires related to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.When asked for more detail as to what the company was doing to prevent a culture at Take-Two similar to that detailed in the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit and subsequent reports, Zelnick said the following:"We've had that concern on a daily basis for as long as I've been at the company, and even now we're proud of our environment.

 

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