The DeanBeat: Worldwide game revenues weren’t too shabby in 2015
China may have hit the pause button, and the stock markets around the world tanked. Game investments and game industry acquisitions fell sharply in...
Activision Blizzard names ‘Pulp Fiction’ producer Stacey Sher to co-lead film studio
Activision Blizzard is intent on elbowing its way into the movie business. Today, the company is announcing that it has hired Stacey Sher, a...
Activision Blizzard buys MLG for estimated $46M to build ‘ESPN of esports’
Just weeks after announcing its esports division, Activision Blizzard has acquired the assets of live esports event organizer Major League Gaming for an estimated...
The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for the game industry in 2016
The video game business is unpredictable. But if you can predict the trends with a reasonable degree of accuracy, your company can gain a...
Call of Duty: Black Ops III sets record with $550M sales in three days
Call of Duty: Black Ops III generated $550 million in worldwide sales in its first three days. That gives Activision Blizzard the biggest entertainment launch...
Activision Blizzard’s strategy for world conquest
Activision Blizzard has become the No. 2 publicly traded game company in the world, second only to China’s Tencent. It has done so by...
Activision Blizzard is counting on Call of Duty: Black Ops III to return series to growth
The hype around Call of Duty: Black Ops III couldn’t be bigger today as the game formally launches. Players around the world attended midnight...
Activision Blizzard opens movie studio to create films and TV shows based on its games
Activision Blizzard has finally gone Hollywood. The world’s No. 2 video game publisher is announcing today the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, a new...
5 awesome things about the Call of Duty: Black Ops III single-player campaign
I’ve played through the entire single-player campaign for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III, the latest installment a series that generates a billion...
Call of Duty: Black Ops III has a funny minigame Easter egg
Treyarch, the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops III, likes to put gags in its games. There’s a hub level in-between missions in...