photo: David McNew (Getty Images) the ABK Worker Alliance, made up of employees from publishing giant Activision Blizzard, today called on supporters to donate to a strike fund to support an ongoing work stoppage over the recently announced one Redundancies. It’s the newest step in an ongoing Protest of their management Answer to months of ...
image: action Today contract testers are the call of Duty Studio Raven Software has been advised that the studio will have layoffs due on January 28th next year call of Duty Community manager said on Twitter. Confirmed by a source familiar with what was going on in the company Kotaku that the quality assurance team ...
image: Nintendo Black Friday is terrible and we should all refuse to attend. But in other news, gosh, there’s a lot at amazing prices on Nintendo Switch right now. Publishers like Capcom, Ubisoft, and EA have joined Nintendo’s own first-party titles to lure you into the evils of capitalist convenience. As Kotaku Pointed out earlier ...
A visual allegory.Screenshot: CD project Poor old one Cyberpunk 2077. Is a phrase that I never thought I would ever think. But here we are, just a couple of weeks before the first year of sales (!), And I’m getting strange stitches. Gosh, it’s pretty popular on Steam today. Float in the top half of ...
I’m sorry for putting this guy’s face back on the front page.photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) Bobby Kotick is a top class weasel. And while he may finally face some of his actions as CEO of Activision Blizzard, it has taken a long time. Kotick has spent three decades at the helm of Activision, now ...
Reggie didn’t say, “My Xbox is ready”, unfortunately.Screenshot: Microsoft alumni network Right at the beginning, the former President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, addressed the elephant in the room: “I’m sure you’re wondering what the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America did at Microsoft Xbox event? “ “I don’t know ...
image: Activision Blizzard In the face of internal unrest, falling stock prices, and a growing public relations disaster, the men and women at the helm of Activision Blizzard are – the executives and board of directors– should all give up. Instead of this, You published a desperate press release in the middle of the night ...
Screenshot: Money ball Beleaguered Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick last week was the subject of staff shortages and shareholder claims after his resignation, allegedly said he will “consider leaving” if he cannot quickly address the harassment issues that made headlines around the world this year. the Wall Street Journal says Kotick met with executives at ...
image: action A California lawsuit earlier this year alleged sexual harassment, discrimination and an ubiquitous “frat boy culture” call of Duty Publisher Activision Blizzard. In at least one case, this culture included an employee signing all of their business emails as “1-800-ALLCOCK”. This detail comes from the latest episode of the Wall Street Journal podcast ...
photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard had a nightmarish 2021. with historical allegations of harassment that have caused enormous upheavals in the company, several high profile lawsuits, and the departure (or layoffs) of many key executives and developers. You would think that this mess would fall at the feet of the company’s CEO, Bobby ...
