image: activity Two Activision Blizzard shareholders have filed a lawsuit call of Duty Publisher for the production supposedly insufficient Disclosures in its recent filings with the SEC about its transaction Sold to Microsoft for $68.7 billion. The investors continued to claim that large payouts for CEO Bobby Kotick and others that would result from the ...
image: Microsoft Game Pass is currently one of the The best deals on games. For $15 a month, you get access to a rotating roster of hundreds of games, from small indies like unpacking to big blockbusters like Halo: Infinite. You can play them on Xbox or PC, or stream them anywhere else. Valve CEO ...
So the DICE Awards, the video game industry’s Oscar equivalent held last night. A number of games took home trophies, including those from Hazelight Studios It takes two, which won its second Game of the Year award – but that wasn’t the biggest news of the night. No, people were waiting to find out what ...
photo: Brian But (Getty Images) On November 16, 2021, a report was released claiming that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was well aware of the harassment at his company. It has also been alleged that he himself abused women both inside and outside of work. Now, new documents reveal Xbox CEO Phil Spencer called Kotick three ...
photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) The Wall Street Journal is reporting thatfollowing the company’s recent sale to Microsoft, efforts to pursue Activision Blizzard—and its embattled CEO Bobby Kotick—have escalated at both the state and federal level. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, whose initial investigation kicked off this entire thing last yearhave now ...
DJ Khaled (left) to Bobby Kotick (right), probably: “Another one.”photo: Bryan Bedder (Getty Images) Yes, you read that right. CNBC recently uncovered that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick established not one but two secret companies through which he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to political campaigns. The two companies, 807080A LLC and Norgate LLC, ...
image: IGDA The International Game Developers Association has been an outspoken critic of the culture at companies like Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard that has led to so many lawsuits, departures and firings over the last few years. Yet a report today by GI.Biz says that the group has failed to act on its own internal ...
Screenshot: Activision Activision Blizzard, a publisher under a government investigation revolving around sexual harassment at the company, allegedly stopped a Call of Duty personality from leading her own team within a tournament held by her own organization. The reason? She’s claiming that the publisher was uncomfortable with her “oversexual tweets.” Kalei Renay is a member ...
image: Activision Blizzard Raven’s QA workers winning the right to unionize was a short-lived victory; in the days since returning from their strike Activision has announced plans to split everyone up, and then reveal a larger strategy that’s aimed at crushing this movement before it’s allowed to take hold. Anyone still operating under the delusion ...
screenshot: Origame Digital / Kotaku Hi igamesnews, I’ve never been one for goodbyes, but here we are. In the six months since I’ve started here, I’ve frequently professed my love for “B” games, the ambitious, gritty, and easily broken titles that stick in your memory for years. Games like this make you wonder what form ...
