Chris Metzen at Blizzcon 2013photo: Activision blizzard After the revelations about the severity of long-term sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision-Blizzard, some former senior men who have since left the company take turns speaking very publicly how terrible it all is and how sorry they are , now that they can no longer be held ...
picture: Activision Blizzard / Kotaku Social media accounts related to Activision Blizzard and its various properties were shut down following the California lawsuit against the major video game company make public. Since it became known on Wednesday that the state of California is suing Activision Blizzard for allegedly widespread abuse of its female employees, official ...
photo: Mark Davis (Getty Images) Blizzard co-founder and longtime boss Mike Morhaime took to Twitter just after midnight on Friday for the widespread allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination at the game company he’s headed for so long. “To the Blizzard women who experienced any of these things, I am very sorry I let you ...
photo: Kotaku Can you call yourself real? No, I would argue, you aren’t. That pretty much instantly disqualifies you from being a real one, so I’m off to a bumpy start here. But today is my last day at Kotaku, so I consider it my solemn duty to wrap up my awards ceremony “RIP to ...
photo: Rich Polk (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard, the publishing giant behind all of call of Duty to Overwatch, is being sued by the California Department for Fair Employment and Housing over a “frat boy” workplace culture that allegedly resulted in years of harassment and abuse against women in its workforce. Content warning: suicide, harassment, rape ...
Battlerite developer Stunlock Studios is deepening its ties with Tencentpicture: Stunlock Studios Yesterday, Kotaku reported that Tencent wants to buy the British game maker Sumo Group for a staggering $ 1.3 billion. Today we report that the Chinese conglomerate has acquired a majority stake in Stunlock Studios. Sweden-based Stunlock Studios is best known for free-to-play ...
photo: Sumo digital The British company Sumo Group, whose various studios have worked on everything from Hitman to power to Disney infinity, was bought by Chinese giant Tencent for a whopping $ 1.3 billion. Reuters report. The purchase is merely the latest from Tencent, who have invested in or acquired other gambling companies in recent ...
picture: Robert Paul / Activision Blizzard / DoJ / Kotaku The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Overwatch League’s soft wage cap, which penalizes teams who overpay players, so a new report by Point sports. The investigation is led by the Civil Conduct Task Force, which is part of the department’s antitrust division. According ...
The fourth season of Castlevania recently landed on Netflix.picture:: Netflix Netflix, the streaming service responsible for episodic masterpieces like Sell sunset and Too hot to handle, is looking for a new report in The information. Citing “people familiar with the situation” The informationThe report states that Netflix has approached various executives with industry experience over ...
image:: Activision Blizzard / Kotaku Video games are expensive. They have been expensive for a long time and are getting more and more expensive. To a certain extent, it makes sense: game developers have to eat! But after a certain point it is being exaggerated. Loot boxes, gacha, and now NFTs are signs of this ...
