Activision Blizzard earnings fall short of expectations
Activision Blizzard‘s net bookings of $2.49 billion in the fourth quarter ended December 31 fell short of expectations on Wall Street, with the net...
Activision Blizzard reorganizes Raven tester department that voted for union
Activision Blizzard game-testing workers in Wisconsin are expected to file for a union with the National Labor Relations Board. In the meantime, the company...
The DeanBeat: Interpreting Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal as a metaverse play
Microsoft‘s $68.7 billion pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard will shake up the game industry to its core. It has upset the status quo and...
GDC: Game devs focus on unionization, fighting toxicity, and adopting blockchain/metaverse
The Game Developers Conference has released its annual developer survey and found growing support for unionization, the fight against toxicity, and the adoption of...
What does Xbox’s Activision acquisition mean? | Last of the Nintendogs
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Activision Blizzard wanted to sell, so it approached Microsoft
Activision Blizzard leadership and key ownership wanted to sell and was shopping itself around. In early November, the company brought that proposition to Microsoft....
Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard announced the biggest deal in gaming history today with Microsoft’s $68.7 billion cash offer to buy the decades-old independent game...
Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard
In an earth-shattering deal, Microsoft announced today that it has agreed to buy Activision Blizzard. According to Bloomberg, that deal is valued at about...
Report: Activision Blizzard shed 37 employees during misconduct scandal
The Wall Street Journal released today a new report on the situation at Activision Blizzard. According to this report, the company has either fired...
Lego delaying Overwatch 2 set because of Activision workplace culture
Lego has delayed the release of the upcoming Overwatch 2 themed set to review their partnership with Activision Blizzard. The set had a scheduled...