Activision Blizzard delays Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV
Activision Blizzard today revealed in its quarterly earnings report that it would be delaying the release of Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV. The company...
Jen Oneal leaves Blizzard co-leader role, Mike Ybarra becomes sole boss
Activision Blizzard announced today that Jen Oneal is stepping down from her role as Blizzard co-leader, which she started in August along with Mike...
Activision Blizzard meets expectations in Q3 2021, but stock tanks with 2 game delays
Activision Blizzard‘s net bookings of $1.88 billion in the third quarter ended September 30 matched expectations on Wall Street, with the net bookings rising...
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick takes pay cut ahead of earnings report
Activision’s top executive wants to make it obvious that he is taking measures to address the publisher’s problems. In a letter to employees, Kotick...
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...