Picture: Microsoft On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission cited Microsoft’s recent price adjustment for Xbox Game Pass as Evidence of the damage caused by the merger with Activision Blizzard had on consumers. The agency filed a new letter in its ongoing appeal of last year’s deal and called the changes “exactly the kind of consumer ...
This year has been full of bad news from the video game industry. Layoffs every week. Thousands of jobs will be cut. Studios close. It’s terrible stuff. That’s why I’m here to share some good news with you. Toys For Bob, the studio behind it Crash Bandicoot 4 and the remastered Spyro Collection, leaves Activision ...
On January 25th Microsoft announced a workforce reduction of almost 9 percent In the company’s gaming department, a total of almost 2,000 employees have lost their jobs at Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and Xbox. Some of these people worked on it call of Dutyone of the largest and most profitable franchises in the industry, showing that ...
We knew it would be long-time Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will step down at the end of this year the following Microsoft’s historic acquisition of his company– but we didn’t know he would officially leave on the last day working day 2023, technically two days before the end of the year. This tidbit was ...
photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard has been the focus of criticism for several years due to its widely criticized “boys’ club” corporate culture sleazy games. And now, late Friday evening, just before the holiday season really begins, The Wall Street Journal reports that the embattled gaming company will pay $50 million to settle ...
Game downloads are huge these days, and there’s no sign of them diminishing. These gigabyte numbers are only increasing, so your storage, whether it’s hard drives, solid state drives or microSD cards, has to match it. Tomorrow and Wednesday (July 11 & 12) could be a good time to upgrade the capacity of your favorite ...
The three men currently under investigation: media tycoon David Geffen, Fox co-founder Barry Diller and Alexander von Furstenbergphoto: Matt Winkelmeyer, Bruce Glikas, and Donato Sardella (Getty Images) the Wall Street Journal reported that three men– Fox co-founder Barry Diller, Hates Reggie Miller Socialite Alexander von Furstenberg and music magnate David Geffen – are currently the ...
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 ...
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 ...
