Activision Blizzard executives are promising to fix the company's "frat boy" culture of abuse and harassment, according to an internal email sent to employees.

In the wake of this week's horrific report, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier obtained an email allegedly sent by Blizzard president J. Allen Brack to employees the night after the news broke. In it, Brack acknowledged the "very troubling" allegations and explained that he planned to speak with a number of employees to discuss how the company could move forward

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That sentiment was echoed by Activision President Rob Kostich, who, in a similar internal email obtained by Polygon's Nicole Carpenter, described the behavior expressed in this week's report as "not reflective of Activision's values."

"Let me be clear. This type of behavior will not be tolerated in our workplace or, frankly, in our society."

Both of these emails were confirmed by Activision. The company previously told PC Gamer that it denied the accusations as "distorted and often false statements about Blizzard's past," while declaring that the DFEH lawsuit was filed in bad faith.

Internal emails responding to the report are, of course, to be expected. But while a more public statement from Activision Blizzard might be expected, it is hard to gauge whether this would be a firm commitment to improving the company's situation.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot gained notoriety at last year's "Ubisoft Forward" showcase when he publicly apologized for the company's equally abusive workplace culture. Despite this, the French gaming trade union recently filed a lawsuit against the publisher, claiming that no meaningful changes have been made since the allegations came to light.

This week's lawsuit was quickly followed by more reports against Blizzard, suggesting that the botched launch of "Warcraft 3: Reforged" was due to gross mismanagement and budget cuts. Given the week the studio has been having, it is not surprising that it has withdrawn plans for a surprise launch of a new "Overwatch" map.