Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Four U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan expressing concern about Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In the letter, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) express worry […]
Enlarge / Maps this detailed can take up a lot of hard drive space. For years, players have complained that ballooning game download sizes are clogging up hard drives and Internet bandwidth. In a recent interview with streamer TeeP, Call of Duty: Warzone Live Operations Lead Josh Bridge admitted that the game’s massive file size […]
Enlarge / Despite the prominent “Xbox” in this image, Microsoft suggests some of these popular Activision titles could persist on PlayStation “into the future.” Microsoft now says that it has “committed to Sony” that “Call of Duty and other popular Activision titles” will be “available on PlayStation beyond the existing agreement and into the future […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) You might have heard the news: Microsoft has announced plans to acquire gaming behemoth Activision Blizzard King and its subsidiary development studios. The deal is valued at $68.7 billion—or roughly 17 acquisitions of the Star Wars series—and that kind of money doesn’t get spent without an expectation of major moves (and […]
Enlarge / Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, as seen in a 2012 promotional photo. (credit: Flickr / bobbykotick ) Nintendo has become the last of the three major console makers to express concern to employees following the latest reports of widespread harassment and mismanagement at Activision Blizzard. In an email to all Nintendo employees sent […]
Enlarge / Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. (credit: Flickr / Bobby Kotick) Embattled Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told colleagues that he would consider stepping down and departing the organization if the company’s deep-running sexual harassment and other cultural problems are not resolved. This is according to a Wall Street Journal report citing “people familiar […]
Enlarge / Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. (credit: Flickr / bobby-kotick) A group of Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout and demanded the resignation of CEO Bobby Kotick Tuesday, in response to a bombshell Wall Street Journal report alleging Kotick failed to act decisively or inform his board of directors of widespread abuse allegations within […]
Enlarge / Jen Oneal will be leaving her co-leadership position atop Blizzard after less than three months. (credit: Activision Blizzard ) It’s been less than three months since former Vicarious Visions head Jen Oneal stepped up to co-lead Blizzard alongside Mike Ybarra, following the departure of longtime veteran J. Allen Brack . On Tuesday, though, […]
Enlarge Call of Duty ‘s comprehensive new anti-cheat system includes a potential olive branch for security-conscious players: it can’t access your PC’s private files, or so Activision claims. Announced Wednesday via the Call of Duty blog , the developers’ new suite of cheat deterrent tools (called the Ricochet Anti-Cheat initiative) includes the kernel-level driver for […]
Enlarge / Activision’s Los Angeles offices. (credit: Getty Images) A major activist investor group is putting public pressure on Activision Blizzard, saying that recent statements from the company regarding allegations of widespread harassment and discrimination “do not go nearly far enough to address the deep and widespread issues with equity, inclusion, and human capital management […]