photo: Beata Zawrzel (Getty Images) Microsoft argued this with Brazilian regulators last week call of Duty was not a compulsory game on the platform. In the latest installment of the Activision Blizzard takeover drama unfolding in Brazil, Microsoft accused the PlayStation maker of trying to stunt the “growth” of Game Pass. As originally sighted The ...
picture: blizzard It’s been a week since diablo 4 Beta test startedand players are already leaky recordings of the game on the internet. What’s funny is that the screenshots have the tester’s identification number stamped all over them, meaning Blizzard probably already knows who these people are. Diablo IV | Developer Gameplay Showcase The leaks ...
Uh, say what now?picture: Infinity Ward A lawsuit against Activision Blizzard was dismissed last month because the plaintiffs did not play enough, according to a judge in the Southern California District Court where the lawsuit was filed Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to bring an informed case against the slandered publisher. Once in Activision Blizzard’s ...
photo: Christian Peterson (Getty Images) The CEO of Driving me crazy Manufacturer Electronic Arts is expected to rake in $19.8 million in total compensation for his company’s strong performance in 2021. That’s about half of what it was for 2020 after EA’s board cracked down on exorbitant bonuses in the face of shareholder backlash, but ...
Microsoft aired this graphic during its annual Xbox press conference.screenshot: Microsoft / Kotaku Six months into the year, Xbox’s release calendar is looking lean. Fresh off the heels of an absolute hit in 2021Microsoft hasn’t released a single first-party tentpole in 2022. But that will all change, Microsoft assured viewers during today its big splashy ...
photo: Christian Peterson (Getty Images) The video game market is consolidating like never before, and Electronic Arts is faltering like everyone else. That battlefield and FIFA The manufacturer has recently sought a merger with NBCUniversal and has reportedly also been in talks about possible acquisitions with Disney, Apple and other companies a new report from ...
picture: Blizzard/Kotaku Blizzard is facing a planned class action lawsuit over card packs sold to minors Hearthstoneit’s popular World of WarcraftThemed trading card game. A parent in Arizona claims his child bought hundreds of dollars worth of cards, not realizing how rare it is to get good cards out of packs. And the purchases were ...
picture: Nintendo The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, a never-ending cash mine tasked with diversifying the country’s economy (and glossing over its human rights record), earned a 5.01% stake in Nintendo. The news was announced in a filing filed with the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Bloomberg reports. It follows similar investments were made in ...
picture: By software Current NPD numbers reveal that FromSoftware’s latest grueling action-RPG, elden ringtopples literal titans as it outsells Call of Duty: Vanguardchallenges Cyberpunk 2077and how Paul Tassi Highlights from ForbesHe has sold up to “half of the lifetime turnover of the whole Dark Souls Trilogy” while leaving its FromSoft siblings bloodborne and Axe in ...
picture: Activision Blizzard Today, Activision Blizzard fulfilled its daily oopsie quota by blogging about what the publisher’s subsidiaries are like apparently used a special tool to help develop more “diverse” characters. Apparently it believes it can achieve this without, I don’t know, actually talking to or hiring marginalized developers. Why rely on annoying, fallible people ...
