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Amidst legislative concerns over national security implications, former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has reportedly expressed keen interest in acquiring TikTok. The move comes as US lawmakers propose stringent measures, including a bill requiring Chinese tech giant ByteDance to divest TikTok within six months or face a domestic ban. Repo...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is officially stepping down on 29 December 2023. However, Microsoft has yet to announce a replacement for the position. In the meantime, remaining Activision Blizzard executives such as Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra, Activision Publishing president Rob Kostich, and Activision Blizzard vice chai...
For those who have lived long enough to see the original Xbox, you may know the name Seamus Blackley. He spearheaded the original development of the original Xbox and co-designed games like System Shock and Flight Unlimited. He has a lot to say about the recent Activision Blizzard buyout by Microsoft. Blackley said he recall Activision boss Bobb...
It has been claimed that if Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard does not go through, CEO Bobby Kotick will continue to stay in his current position. The Wall Street Journal reported in January 2022 that sources familiar with Bobby Kotick's plans claimed that the controversial CEO of Activision Blizzard was expected to leave. ...
When a whole city is sueing you, a video game company, things are not heading your way in the slightest. Such is the case of Activision Blizzard, which is facing a lawsuit filed by New York City. More specifically, the lawsuit is courtesy of the New York City Employees' Retirement System and pension funds representing the city's fire department,...
Activision Blizzard cannot catch a break still. The bigwig publisher that's being acquired by Microsoft is facing more legal trouble, being hit with a new lawsuit containing fresh allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination. A Bloomberg report stated that attorney Lisa Bloom filed the lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court for ...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has one more uncovered skeleton in his closet. The CEO has been secretly donating money to GOP political campaigns using secret companies. A CNBC report said that one of these companies is Norgate LLC and has contributed US$500,000 in two separate instalments to the Senate Leadership Fund during the 2020 US e...
2022 is starting out with a seismic shift in the games industry. Microsoft has announced that they have agreed to purchase Activision Blizzard. According to the announcement, this means that Microsoft will now own Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major Leag...
A new report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has shed new light on why Jennifer Oneal only had a brief stint as co-head of Blizzard alongside Mike Ybarra after J. Allen Brack stepped down. She was appointed in August 2021 but later announced her decision to leave the role in early November 2021. Back then, she explained that she was resigning t...
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has successfully sued Activision Blizzard after filing a complaint against the games company yesterday. The lawsuit states that Activision Blizzard is responsible for their employees facing sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and related retaliation. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportu...
It's good to know that even during trying times, common sense can prevail. Activision Blizzard is under fire from some of its own shareholders who argue that CEO Bobby Kotick is receiving too much of a compensation. According to a GamesIndustry.biz report, two proxy advisory service firms suggest that the company shareholders vote against a propos...
Blizzard is facing one hell of a storm at the moment as several high-profile and experienced staff members are slated to leave Activision Blizzard over the next two weeks. One of them is Kim Phan, Global Product Director of Blizzard Esports, who has been with Blizzard for over a decade. [caption id="attachment_26520" align="alignnone" width="1600...
It's official: Activision Blizzard is laying off a ton of people. The company will be laying off nearly 800 people from its 9,600 head count. During the earnings call earlier today (via Kotaku), Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told investors that: the company has achieved record results in 2018, but the company will need to consolidate and...
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