Mike Morhaime, the President and CEO of Blizzard, took to the stage to kick off BlizzCon 2014 earlier today. As part of his opening statements, Morhaime condemned the harassment from GamerGate without having to even utter the movement's name once during his remarks.
"I'd like to take a moment to talk about something serious," Morhaime began. "Over the past couple months, there's been a small group of people who have been doing really awful things. They have been making some people's lives miserable, and they have been tarnishing our reputation as gamers."

"It's not right," he continued, as the crowd broke into applause.

"Blizzcon is a great example of how positive and uplifting gaming can be," Morhaime added—speaking to his company's long-running convention dedicated to its small but enormously popular handful of games. "Let's carry the good the good vibes from this weekend out into the world all year round."

"There is another person on the other end of the chat screen," he continued, making a strong reference to the online harassment that has flared up unpleasantly in recent months. "They're our friends, our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters."

"Let's take a stand to reject hate and harassment," Morhaime concluded as the crowd again burst into applause.

"Let's redouble our efforts to be kind and respectful to one another. And let's remind the world what the gaming community is really all about."

Of course, the expected response has indeed happened on social media from Gamergate supporters. They are already taking to social media discussing a possible boycott of Blizzard products.

Oh, and in case there was any confusion about whether or not Morhaime was or was not specifically talking about Gamergate in his remarks?
11:52AM As a final note, the DirecTV stage with Mike Morhaime as a guest confirms he was speaking out against GamerGate during the introductions of the opening ceremony. The group is mentioned by name.

(via Kotaku, Joystiq)