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Activision-Blizzard is suddenly laying off more QA, won’t be at The Game Awards
Yes, Activision-Blizzard is in the news again: Raven Software, one of the studios behind games like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and...
Treasurers of states invested in Activision-Blizzard join the call for leadership changes
In mid-November, we reported on a group of shareholders joining the calls for change at Activision-Blizzard leadership, led by the Strategic Organizing Center Investment...
One of Activision-Blizzard’s key workers alliance organizers just left the company – and the gaming industry
We regret to inform you that Bobby Kotick is still the CEO of Activision-Blizzard at the time of this writing. What has changed, on...
World of Warcraft brings back the Thanksgiving-themed Pilgrim’s Bounty event
If you're a World of Warcraft player trying to count your blessings, perhaps that will be a bit easier to do in-game with the...
Sony Interactive Entertainment is hit with a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination
This past Monday, a female former IT analyst for Sony Interactive Entertainment filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that she was the victim...
Activision-Blizzard’s board launched an extraneous ‘workplace responsibility’ committee overnight
Happy Tuesday morning! I have an exercise to get your side-eyes and eye-rolls all warmed up, in the form of a letter dispatched by...
Former Destiny composer urges destruction of illegal music following court order
Longtime readers, at least of the sort who click on lawsuit articles, might recall that six years ago former Destiny composer Martin O’Donnell sued...
Bobby Kotick considers leaving Activision-Blizzard if he can’t quickly fix its ongoing frat boy culture
Last week, reporting from the Wall Street Journal blew the lid off of fresh allegations leveraged at Activision-Blizzard, including attempts by CEO Bobby Kotick...
World of Warcraft lead game designer teases 9.2’s new zone, raid, and tier sets
World of Warcraft looks like it's going to keep plugging along and talk up the upcoming arrival of Update 9.2: Eternity's End in spite...
Diablo II Resurrected plans PTR, offline difficulty scaling, better keyboard mapping, and more
Did you know Diablo II Resurrected was still having queue issues? I hadn't realized that wasn't all entirely cleaned up by now, but apparently...
Activision-Blizzard workers and industry giants join chorus calling for Bobby Kotick’s resignation
People across the gaming industry are adding to the calls for Activision-Blizzard's Bobby Kotick to resign - or be removed.
As we've been covering, earlier...
Some Activision-Blizzard shareholders join calls for Bobby Kotick’s ouster
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published an explosive piece that compounded the ongoing Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits and scandal. The Journal detailed...
Amid fresh Activision-Blizzard scandal, WoW Classic launches its Season of Mastery
Are you ready to ding like you've never dinged before?
WoW Classic hopes so, as the legacy version of the MMO took a temporary break...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick hit with new accusations, Jen Oneal speaks up, employees walk out
Oh my sweet summer child, you thought Activision-Blizzard might make it a whole week without another story in its ongoing sexual discrimination and harassment...
The MOP Up: Valve’s Steam Deck gets delayed to 2022
Bad news for those among you who were hoping to play some MMOs on Valve's Steam Deck this holiday season: The company announced that...
World of Warcraft has unveiled its 9.2 update: It’s called Eternity’s End
Blizzard abruptly announced yesterday that it would be unveiling the next content update for World of Warcraft Retail's Shadowlands expansion arc today at 1...
Activision-Blizzard labor organizers score win for contractors as the Actiblizz lawsuits continue
Last week, following the brutal Activision-Blizzard investor call that saw the delay of multiple Blizzard titles and a stock plummet, the A Better ABK...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s investment call was all bad news for World of Warcraft
Tuesday's investor call for Activision-Blizzard was not what I would generally call good news for the company across the board, but the reality is...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2021: Blizzard MAUs hold steady at 26M as Diablo II Resurrected drives revenues
Welcome back to our quarterly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials, the release day of which has become one of the schadenfreude highlights of each...
Diablo III’s upcoming season offers Soul Shards system and item changes
Wait, didn't jamming a shard of one of the Prime Evils of Hell into yourself get proven to be a bad thing? Regardless, the...
