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Activision-Blizzard claims it fired still more employees but disputes scope of misconduct
Activision-Blizzard is being bought out by Microsoft, but that doesn't mean its problems have been solved.
Bowing to pressure from investors and its own staff,...
Microsoft is acquiring Activision-Blizzard, Bobby Kotick is still CEO
Welp, apparently the Activision-Blizzard hot potato is hopping to a new owner: Microsoft just announced that it's acquiring the beleaguered gaming corporation.
"With three billion...
Activision-Blizzard addresses Call of Duty mess, striking devs report ‘radio silence’
Raven Software, developer of several Call of Duty titles including COD: Warzone, is still on strike due to a sudden bout of firing of...
The MOP Up: Vendetta Online adds 27 custom missions
Vendetta Online warped into the new year with a slew of events, more functionality for capships, and 27 additional custom-made missions.
Reader Jason keyed us...
The Daily Grind: What do you think the end looks like for the ongoing Blizzard saga?
Folks, it gives me absolutely no happiness to say this, but it's increasingly difficult to see an outcome in the ongoing Activision-Blizzard scandal where...
Former Activision-Blizzard staffer likens the company to the Titanic
Remember a few years ago when one of our quotes of the year was "our mentors are leaving in droves" - one Blizzard worker's...
LEGO pauses launch of Overwatch 2 toy set over ongoing Activision-Blizzard scandal
Activision-Blizzard might've thought it could start over after the holidays and put some distance between it and the massive discrimination and harassment scandal it...
California DFEH appeals court denial to intervene in Activision-Blizzard’s EEOC settlement
California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is not about to call it quits on fighting Activision-Blizzard's settlement with the US's Equal Employment Opportunity...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2022
For our first official Massively Overthinking of 2022, we're following tradition: We're talking all about our hopes and fears for the genre in the...
Raven Software strike extends to its third week as Activision-Blizzard claims management is listening
January 3rd marked the third week during which the staff for Raven Software (responsible for several Call of Duty titles including Call of Duty: Warzone) was...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2021
As the year that was 2021 comes to a close -- raise a glass, give a toast, and perhaps think of a few fond...
The Game Archaeologist: The Blizzard Real ID fiasco of 2010
As we come off a year when Blizzard Entertainment's seedy underbelly of scandals and coverups was exposed, I thought it might be worth risking...
Hearthstone’s Winter Veil event features free card packs, a free skin, and returning tavern brawls
The Winter Veil event has descended upon the tavern of Hearthstone, and it's bringing with it the kinds of gifts that digital CCG fans...
Diablo IV talks itemization, customization, and visual effects in latest dev blog
Soooo the last time we got a Diablo IV quarterly update, it was before the massive newsbomb that Diablo IV, along with Overwatch 2,...
Activision-Blizzard published its representation data, admitting it has ‘a lot of work to do’
Activision-Blizzard Chief Operating Officer Daniel Alegre sent 'round a press release this week attempting to send a strong signal to the studio's workforce that...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2022
OK folks, it's that time of the year again: the time when we cast our eyes ahead and try to pinpoint what's going to...
Court denies the California DFEH intervention in the Activision-Blizzard EEOC settlement
You know that things are not going great for a company when multiple state and federal agencies are all descending on you for various...
Activision-Blizzard execs attempt to ward off incipient workers union
With Activision-Blizzard workers organizing, striking, fundraising, and working toward unionization and ATVI stock falling 40% following what has now been five months of scandal...
Activision-Blizzard fields new accusations as workers strike, fundraise, and issue union cards
The thumbscrews around Activision-Blizzard and Bobby Kotick tightened that much more yesterday when a current employee of the company, identified only as Christine, held...
Hearthstone’s Fractured in Alterac Valley expansion officially releases
Care to relive the Alterac Valley battleground in CCG form? That's the experience that Hearthstone has brought with yesterday's release of the Fractured in...
