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Bobby Kotick’s Criminal Record Subpoenaed By investigation

Bobby Kotick’s Criminal Record Subpoenaed By investigation

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 ...

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Activision’s Bobby Kotick Has Two Secret Companies

Activision’s Bobby Kotick Has Two Secret Companies

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, ...

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VR Is Leading To Increase In Insurance Claims And Injuries

VR Is Leading To Increase In Insurance Claims And Injuries

photo: SERGIO FLORES (Getty Images) Please, be careful the next time you slip on a virtual reality headset and go jumping into the latest MMO craze or Beat Saber. Otherwise, you might end up hurting yourself, someone else, or breaking something. If so, you won’t be alone. According to an insurance company in the UK, ...

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Kotaku’s Winter Anime Preview For Ranking of Kings

Kotaku’s Winter Anime Preview For Ranking of Kings

Wake up honey, new episode of Best Boy: The Anime just dropped.photo: WIT Studio (iStock by Getty Images) There’s a bunch of anime packed into the winter season but not a lot of time to watch them all. That’s where the otaku of igamesnews have your back. Welcome to igamesnews‘s Anime Revolution, presented by Acura. ...

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Pachinko parlors remain closed in Japan due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Pachinko parlors remain closed in Japan due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Pachinko has become a visible landmark in Japan’s urban landscape. But will that change?photo: Prism by Dukas/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Japan’s pachinko industry, a bulwark of the country’s entertainment industry, has been hit hard during the pandemic. According to Pachinko news site Green Belt, Almost 640 pachinko parlors were closed in 2021. As of ...

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Microsoft x Activision Blizzard FAQs do not answer questions

Microsoft x Activision Blizzard FAQs do not answer questions

photo: SOPA images (Getty Images) As part of Microsoft’s proposed $70 billion purchaseSome sort of official FAQ was sent out to all Activision Blizzard employees. Unfortunately, not many questions are actually answered, with the answers looking more like giant black holes in the shape of things could be answers. Someday. Could be. The FAQ – ...

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Why Bobby Kotick sold Activision to Microsoft WITHOUT his PR spin

Why Bobby Kotick sold Activision to Microsoft WITHOUT his PR spin

photo: mike diaper (Getty Images) As you’ve probably heard, Microsoft wants to buy Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. But why Activision CEO Bobby Kotick suddenly decided to relinquish control of the company, and where that leaves the ailing executive after the ink has dried, depends on who you ask. For example, Kotick himself ...

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Microsoft’s  billion purchase of Activision was inevitable

Microsoft’s $70 billion purchase of Activision was inevitable

photo: FREDERICK J. BROWN (Getty Images) Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard was significant news today, both for the scope of the deal and its shock value. But we shouldn’t be too surprised. That was inevitable. A handful of companies have always wanted to own everything, and nothing will stop them. The proposed sale – for ...