With several people lobbying against video game violence – particularly with Mature-rated efforts like the Call of Duty series – Activision Blizzard has decided to fight back. The publisher recently hired a lobbying group to tackle a Senate bill, one that calls on Congress to look into the effects of violent video games on children.
First introduced by West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller last year, the Violent Content Research Act was put together as a study following the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that had taken place months before.
The group Activision hired, Akin Gump, will represent their interests through Congress, explaining the benefits of video games and how violence doesn’t have such a staggering effect in video games, whether realistic or fantasy-based.
Source: MCV
