Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare community not toxic, dev says

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare lead designer Michael Condrey defended the franchise's community in a recent chat with BBC Newsbeat, asserting that the development team has a "low tolerance for toxic behavior" among its fanbase.

"I certainly wouldn't characterize the community of fans I know and had the pleasure to engage with as toxic or misogynistic," Condrey said. "The community as a whole is very healthy, engaged and thoughtful and probably like anything anywhere well outside of gaming."

Condrey's statement follows up on a recent drive to end online harassment in the games industry, which frequently targets women in particular. Condrey dismissed abusive behavior among Call of Duty players, saying, "In the fringes of a lot of areas of society there are examples of people behaving poorly."

Condrey continued: "Come to the game to have fun, come to be social, come to enjoy and build a community and have a positive energy. [...] Toxic behaviors, abusive language, inappropriate emblems, I don't want that around. [...] So for our community, Sledgehammer Games and Advanced Warfare we have pretty low tolerance for toxic behavior."

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