Activision Blizzard added $2B in revenue to Xbox’s Q2 growth
Microsoft revealed during its latest financial earnings report that its Xbox gaming division has seen a dramatic increase in revenue after last year’s acquisition...
Microsoft lays off most of Activision Blizzard esports organization
Microsoft has laid off most of the internal Activision Blizzard esports organization, according to a source familiar with the matter. The layoffs at the...
Microsoft cuts 1,900 staff at Xbox, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard
Microsoft is cutting 1,900 staff across the Xbox, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard teams as the latest in a wave of layoffs across the game...
Activision updates code of conduct to fight toxicity in Modern Warfare III
Activision has been fighting a long fight to end disruptive and toxic behavior in online games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III....
Natalya Tatarchuk named Activision CTO in first post-Kotick leadership change
Activision Publishing has named Natalya Tatarchuk as its new CTO. In her new role, Tatarchuk will oversee the company’s top-level technology goals across Activision’s...
Game industry predictions for 2024 | The DeanBeat
Predictions are foolish to make and yet the temptation to rush back into the breach is always a pull for me. The future is...
Blizzard covers DE&I in wrap-up of tumultuous year
Blizzard has released its end-of-year review for 2023, in which it discusses some of the major changes of the company’s culture in 2023. This...
Activision Blizzard to settle CA unequal pay case for $56M
Edited at 7:45pm PT — The original version of this article incorrectly stated the settlement was related to sexual harassment, not unequal employment practices...
Why Call of Duty is more than just a game | Johanna Faries
There’s no bigger game than Call of Duty. And so it was a natural for us to discuss its cultural impact at our conference...
Call of Duty GM Johanna Faries to speak at GamesBeat at The Game Awards
Johanna Faries, senior vice president at Activision Blizzard and general manager of Call of Duty, will be a speaker at our event, GamesBeat at...