Activision settles equal-employment civil suit with $18 million wrist slap
Activision Blizzard doesn’t want to fight the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in court, so it is settling a claim that it violated its...
Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny is leaving Blizzard
Chacko Sonny, executive producer for Blizzard’s Overwatch franchise, is leaving the company on Friday, as reported by Bloomberg. This is the latest in a...
Blizzard chief legal officer leaves the Warcraft publisher
The top attorney for Diablo publisher Blizzard Entertainment has stepped down. In a post on her LinkedIn account, chief legal officer Claire Hart announced...
SEC has started its own investigation into Activision Blizzard’s workplace practices
The Securities and Exchanges Commission has started an investigation into Activision Blizzard’s handling of employee allegations of sexual misconduct and workplace discrimination, as the...
Activision Blizzard hires Disney and Delta execs to be more inclusive and grow revenue
Activision Blizzard hired a couple of executives today including a former Disney human resource executive as its chief people officer. That hire comes after...
Hands-on video of the PS5 beta for Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer
Sledgehammer Games launched the first public beta tests of the multiplayer for this fall’s Call of Duty: Vanguard over the weekend. I played it on...
State agency accuses Activision Blizzard of shredding HR records
The California agency investigating Activision Blizzard for sex discrimination has accused the big game publisher of shredding human resources records. Axios reported this week...
The DeanBeat: Epic pulls out its real case against Google in antitrust lawsuit (update)
On Thursday, Epic Games revealed its fully unredacted antitrust lawsuit against Google, and the nature of the allegations and the evidence to back them...
Call of Duty: Vanguard delves into the birth of special forces in WWII
Activision and Sledgehammer Games are unveiling a well-known secret: Call of Duty: Vanguard. The game is the next installment of the Call of Duty series...
How Sledgehammer Games went on the expansion path for Call of Duty: Vanguard
Sledgehammer Games has been in the spotlight because of its work on Call of Duty, but it hasn’t had an easy time as a...