How Tencent is building a global game production system
Tencent is a global technology giant, with stakes in studios and companies like Riot Games, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard, Supercell, Dontnod Entertainment, Bloober — and...
Activision Blizzard ditches investor lawsuit over lack of evidence
Activision Blizzard shed another lawsuit today. A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed the investor lawsuit against the company. This comes less than a...
Drake Star: Q1 game deals hit $98.7B in value, more than all of 2022
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion plan to buy Activision Blizzard and Take-Two’s $12.7 billion bid to buy Zynga pushed the first quarter toward a massive $98.7...
Activision Blizzard appoints Kristen Hines as new diversity boss
Activision Blizzard announced that it has appointed Kristen Hines as its chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. Hines joins the company on April 25....
Activision Blizzard converts QA testers to full-time with pay raises
Activision Blizzard announced it is converting all of its U.S.-based temporary quality assurance (QA) workers — about 1,100 people — into full-time employees. It...
Activision Blizzard settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $18M
A federal judge approved a settlement today in Activision Blizzard‘s sexual harassment lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The game publisher will pay...
Activision’s Beenox opens Call of Duty game studio in Montreal
Activision Blizzard’s Beenox studio, which specializes in making Call of Duty games, has opened a new studio in Montreal. Unlock premium content and VIP...
Call of Duty Endowment found jobs for 16,138 veterans in 2021
Despite the pandemic and the end-of-year Omicron variant, the Call of Duty Endowment charity found jobs for more than 16,138 veterans in 2021. Unlock...
Newzoo: Acquisitions have already disrupted 2022’s gaming landscape
Newzoo today released data and analysis about 2022’s spate of mergers and acquisitions in the games industry. According to its information, the various acquisitions...
Activision is making more Call of Duty to deal with the declining performance of Call of Duty
Call of Duty revenue was down on console and PC during the fourth quarter of last year, according to Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings report....