Activision Blizzard dives into consumer products division with ex-Mattel hire
Video game giant Activision Blizzard has started a new consumer products division and hired former Mattel and Disney veteran Tim Kilpin as that group’s...
2016 saw $30.3 billion in gaming mergers, acquisitions, and investments
2016 saw plenty of money moving around in the game industry. Tech mergers and acquisitions adviser Digi-Capital released its Games Report 2017, which revealed that $30.3...
Sensor Tower: King’s Bubble Witch 3 Saga crosses 10 million downloads since January 11 launch
King’s Bubble Witch 3 Saga has crossed more than 10 million downloads worldwide on Android and iOS since its launch on January 11, according...
Activision’s King quietly acquires analytics firm Omniata
Activision Blizzard’s King mobile game division has acquired analytics and engagement firm Omniata, GamesBeat has learned. No purchase price was disclosed. The deal is...
Analyst: New Call of Duty experiencing ‘softer-than-expected sell-through’
Titanfall 2 struggled during its debut in October, and now Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is also seeing a slide of its own. The Activision-published...
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has fewer Steam players than Rainbow Six: Siege or Payday 2
This holiday gaming season is overflowing with blockbuster shooter games, and that is potentially limiting the appeal of one of that genre’s perennial hits...
Naughty Dog storyteller brought deeper narrative to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has a better story than it has had for some time. And one of the reasons is that Activision’s...
Activision Blizzard generates $1.57 billion in Q3 revenue as Overwatch explodes
Activision Blizzard, one of the world’s biggest game publishers, beat earnings expectations for its third quarter ended September 30. The company said non-GAAP (generally accepted...
How Respawn crafted better mech combat and single-player play in Titanfall 2
When the original Titanfall debuted in 2014 on the Xbox One and Xbox 360, everything was a rush job. Respawn Entertainment had to hire...
Toys For Bob planned for years to let Skylanders fans create their own 3D-printed toys
Paul Reiche III has wanted to let fans create their own Skylanders for a while. Ever since the toys-to-life video game debuted in 2011, fans...