I’m going to keep this one as succinct as possible, because every word is causing me psychic damage. Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has alleged that an ongoing lawsuit accusing him of rushing Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to avoid the fallout from company-wide sexual misconduct allegations was, in fact, secretly orchestrated by noted layoff manufacturer Embracer Group to boost sales of Embracer’s own games.

