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Bobby Kotick finally departs Activision-Blizzard next week, but Microsoft will keep some of his execs

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Bobby Kotick - a man who somehow hung onto his job even after The Wall Street Journal published the revelation that he'd threatened to...
Among all the many, many ways you are terrible.

QA employees accuse Activision-Blizzard of a ‘soft layoff’ after studios mandate a return to offices in January

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Activision-Blizzard is once again electing to mistreat its QA employees according to a statement from the A Better ABK proto-union, which accuses the company...

Activision-Blizzard settles its 2021 California Civil Rights department lawsuit for $50M

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Who here wanted one final reminder before the end of the year that we live in a cursed capitalist hellscape where justice can be...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024

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It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...
I don't like you.

End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2023

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Some years, it's hard to really cut a distinction between the biggest stories of a year and the biggest surprises. There can be a...
This is someone else's problem.

MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, Twitch Korea, and the FTC’s latest MS/ABK merger appeal

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. The FTC vs. Microsoft and ABK - Surely you didn't think that "signing the...
Popcorn appropriately.

Project Boston was Activision-Blizzard’s attempt to create a ‘Steam of mobile’ games store

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The point of the Epic v. Google antitrust lawsuit is ostensibly about whether Google is holding a monopoly that prevents competitors like Epic from...

Skull and Bones is now targeting February 2024 for its launch following eleventy billion delays

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Insider Gaming is reporting that Ubisoft has finally narrowed down Skull and Bones' launch date to February 16th, 2024. And believe it or not,...
Must we?

MMO Business Roundup: Gaming addiction, GTA6, Ubisoft layoffs, Epic v. Google, and more

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. There's been a lot this week, so we'll keep 'em brief! Addiction: A woman...

BlizzCon 2023: WoW, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and more at the Opening Ceremony

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All the big news is at the end! We're gearing up for the start of BlizzCon - and its freebie virtual stream - as the...

Here’s how to watch BlizzCon 2023 for free – plus everything to expect from WoW, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and more

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After several years away - and one goofy BlizzConline in 2021 - BlizzCon is finally back and in person as of today, though of...

Skull and Bones has been delayed for at least the seventh time

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Stop me if you've heard this one: Skull and Bones has been delayed again! At the top of the year, the company queued up...
Prepare for bear.

Massively Overthinking: What’s next for Blizzard under Microsoft?

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So the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard is basically a done deal. Oh, sure, the FTC is still fumbling around with hapless appeals, but look,...

Court docs show Activision-Blizzard helped a gun manufacturer market to ‘young consumers’ in Call of Duty title

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Just when you thought that Activision-Blizzard news might finally slow down now that Microsoft's officially acquired it, no less than the Wall Street Journal...

Diablo IV has launched on Steam to ‘mixed’ reviews alongside its Season of Blood update

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Diablo IV has kicked off the centerpiece of its autumn today with the launch of Season of Blood and the launch of the game...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 441: A Blizzard trick or treat

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Justin and Bree discuss MMO Halloween events, Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard acquisition, WoW Classic's LFD, Embers Adrift, and Ship of Heroes, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on the potential for WoW on console and Gamepass.
WHOOPS

Microsoft reaffirms its neutrality agreement with CWA union following Activision-Blizzard buyout

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With everything swirling around the events of Microsoft's $69B buyout of Activision-Blizzard, it might have been easy to forget that during the proceedings, Microsoft...
Bork, bork, allow independent nations to retain their sovereign territory, bork!

World of Warcraft’s charity pets for Ukraine raise more than $1.5 million

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It's really easy to have a pretty negative opinion of Activision Blizzard these days, since the company regularly makes sure of that. But its...

Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout is official, Kotick to stay through end of 2023

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After nearly two years of drama, UK regulators have finally approved Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, and Microsoft announced the buyout is official this morning. The...

Activision-Blizzard’s latest internal town hall meeting was bizarrely helmed by a celebrity host

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We appreciate that making a company meeting interesting is a challenge, but we also have to curl an eyebrow upwards at the choice made...

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