Bobby Kotick and Andrew Wilson make the list of most overpaid U.S. CEOs
No CEO wants to be on this list. But the chief executives of game publishers Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts are among the most...
Is Fortnite killing game company stocks?
Since October, major game company stocks have been down significantly. Of course, much of this was due to an overall market decline. However, as...
Game Workers Unite org calls for Activision CEO’s job after layoffs
One of the most visible workers-rights groups for the video game industry is starting a social-media campaign to force Activision Blizzard to fire chief...
Blizzard is working on several Warcraft and Diablo games despite layoffs
Activision Blizzard revealed today it is cutting jobs as part of its plan to deal with a disappointing outlook for fiscal 2019. One of...
King shuts down former Z2Live mobile game studio in Seattle, cuts 78 jobs
Activision Blizzard said it is laying off hundreds of employees today, and part of the fallout is that King’s mobile game studio in Seattle...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 sales strong, but Activision expected more
Activision Blizzard said that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 had a strong quarter, outdoing sales of the previous Call of Duty: Black Ops...
Activision Blizzard cuts 8% of jobs amid ‘best’ financial results
Activision is planning to cut “non-development jobs” because it isn’t releasing enough games. This news comes via a Kotaku report that claims new Blizzard...
Activision Blizzard is reportedly planning hundreds of layoffs
The video game industry isn’t done with its bad news, it seems. Bloomberg reported that Activision Blizzard plans to lay off hundreds of people...
The DeanBeat: Wall Street hates game companies again. How dumb!
Electronic Arts saw its stock price fall off a cliff this week as it acknowledged in an earnings call that Battlefield V didn’t sell...
Bungie-Activision divorce analysis: Royalties, underperformance, and Destiny 3
Bungie and Activision shocked the gaming world Thursday when the companies announced that they were no longer working together on the Destiny franchise. Activision...