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Activision Blizzard has solid Q2 despite fears about Fortnite

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Some people might be worried about the impact of Fortnite on Activision Blizzard, but the storm hasn’t hit yet. The big company behind Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Destiny reported a strong second quarter as it readies for the all-important second half of 2018.

Observers have been worried about the long-term impact that the popularity of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will have on the Call of Duty franchise. Those games have popularized the battle royale mode, where 100 players compete to be the lone survivor. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will add a battle royale mode when it debuts on October 12.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.