vement ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁dis rupt ive , ▁but ▁pra ised ▁the ▁efforts ▁to ▁counter ▁har ass ment ▁that ▁will ▁benefit ▁the ▁industry ▁in ▁the ▁future . ▁At ▁Bl izz Con ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Bl izz ard ▁Entertainment ▁president ▁and ▁co - found er ▁Mike ▁Mor ha ime ▁den ounced ▁recent ▁har ass ment ; ▁bl aming ▁a ▁" small ▁group ▁of ▁people ▁[ who ] ▁have ▁been ▁doing ▁really ▁awful ▁things " ▁and ▁" t arn ishing ▁our ▁reputation " ▁as ▁gam ers . ▁He ▁called ▁on ▁at ten de es ▁to ▁treat ▁each ▁other ▁with ▁kind ness ▁and ▁demonstrate ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁the ▁community ▁reject s ▁har ass ment . ▁His ▁statements ▁were ▁widely ▁interpreted ▁as ▁referring ▁to ▁G amer gate . ▁CE Os ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁American ▁and ▁European ▁branches ▁of ▁Sony ▁Computer ▁Entertainment , ▁Sh awn ▁L ay den ▁and ▁Jim ▁Ryan ▁respectively , ▁said ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁and ▁bul lying ▁were ▁absolutely ▁hor r ific ▁and ▁that ▁such ▁in app ropri ate ▁behavior ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁toler ated ▁at ▁Sony . ▁The ▁Swedish ▁Games ▁Indust ry ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁den oun cing ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁and ▁sex ism ▁from ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters . ▁ ▁Res p ons es ▁to ▁G amer gate ▁have ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁industry ▁to ▁review ▁its ▁treatment ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁minor ities , ▁and ▁to ▁make ▁changes ▁to ▁support ▁them . ▁Intel , ▁following ▁its ▁accident al ▁invol vement ▁in ▁G amer gate