After months of illegal union-busting tactics, and whining about a few employees unionizing affects the entire studio Bob Kotick has recognized the Raven Software union and entered negotiations with the CWA. I will share...
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment launched the Fury of the Sunwell raid in the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic expansion. Head over to Quel’Danas for new quests, daily quests, new dungeon, new raid, PvP Season 4 and more....
Read MoreMany of the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight developers were open for interviews across the web to answer questions about the upcoming expansion’s Dracthyr Evoker race/class, its dragonriding feature, the dragon aspects...
Read MoreOn April 19, Blizzard Entertainment revealed the World of Warcraft Classic expansion — Wrath of the Lich King Classic. I was invited to participate in a group interview with Kris Zierhut (principal systems designer) and...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, April 19 — Blizzard Entertainment announced the new expansion World of Warcraft: Dragonflight which introduces the new Hero Class/Race combo: The Dracthyr, four new customizable dragon mounts exclusive to the...
Read MoreA Federal Court approved the Activision Blizzard settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reached last year. In this agreement, Activision Blizzard will create a $18 million fund to compensate...
Read MoreA Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) FORM DEFM14A proxy statement filed by ATVI revealed that on March 3 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a second request for information and materials concerning the Microsoft and...
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment announced the Overwatch 2 PvP Beta will start on April 26. You can now opt-in to participate — but you must own a copy of Overwatch 1 to participate. There will me multiple beta tests. After the...
Read MoreBlizzConline 2022 was cancelled back on October 2021. However, they clearly stated the event had been reimagined. “–even though we aren’t holding BlizzConline in February, we’ll still be making announcements and...
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment announced Overwatch 2 PvP Beta will start on late April. Aarok Keller details a new era for Overwatch 2 and announced Alpha will start this week internally under NDA, followed by closed Beta late April,...
Read MoreA few days ago, Activision Blizzard announced the February 3 Investors Call had been cancelled. There might not be investors calls until the Microsoft acquisition concludes mid-2023. However, that didn’t stop ATVI from...
Read MoreA few days after Microsoft announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the CWA requested the SEC to investigate the acquisition. The FTC* has now jumped into action to review the acquisition to determine if there is unfair...
Read MoreIn a jaw-dropping move, Microsoft moved in to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion. This has good and bad repercussions. Bob Kotick will remain as CEO of Activision Blizzard. That is flat out unacceptable.Not only is...
Read MoreA recent Blizzard Entertainment job opening brazenly suggests there is an Overwatch mobile game in development before a BlizzConline announcement. Is there room here to think otherwise? Like a Overwatch League app? Well…...
Read MoreActivision Blizzard stock plummeted shortly after they announced Jen Oneal stepped down as co-leader merely 3 months after her ascension plus the delay of Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4. Before the California DFEH lawsuit, the...
Read MoreBobby Kotick issued a letter to shareholders regarding the progress on workplace changes triggered by the California DFEH lawsuit back in July 2021, and the EEOC lawsuit in September. Correction: It seems some of the four...
Read MoreActivision Blizzard issued a press release today to announce agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Kotick has not yet acknowledged the 4 demands and the letter sent by ABetterABK. However, an...
Read MoreSOC Investment Group research director Rich Clayton told the GameIndustry.biz that Activision Blizzard execs need to be held accountable for toxic working culture. Rich Clayton says “Kotick’s letter made pretty clear...
Read MoreThese past two months have been a rollercoster of bad news, lawsuits and scandals for Activision Blizzard, and magically they spring a press release to sooth the air. Not two days ago, the SEC announced a federal investigation...
Read MoreActivision Blizzard hired a Disney and Delta employees to become Chief People Officer and Chief Commercial Officer. This is to clean up the corporate appearance stained by the California DFEH lawsuit; but in all honesty, this...
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