When hotelier Leona Helmsley left her dog Trouble $12 million in 2007 – leaving two of her grandchildren empty-handed – the newly rich Maltese Terrier made international headlines and also caused some trouble. Trouble received an estimated 30 death and kidnapping threats, while a judge eventually reduced the dog’s inheritance to $2 million. Nearly two ...
Keith “Roaring Kitty” Gill returned to Twitter last month and sent GameStop’s stock price on its biggest rollercoaster ride in years, all with a mere series of random meme montages. Now he’s posted what could be a glimpse of his portfolio, including 5 million shares of GME, and the stock is skyrocketing again, which theoretically ...
It has been several months since Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard was finalized. Although the latter’s catalog of titles began arriving on Game Pass with Diablo 4 in March, there was never any certainty when Call of Duty would arrive at any given point. Wall Street Journal said that this ...
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 ...
screenshot: Saint Louis Chess Club / Kotaku Hans Niemann, who kindled the internet favourite Anal ball meme last month after defeating world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a breathtaking frenzy, he is now accused of cheating in over 100 online matches, according to a new unprecedented 72-page report from Chess.com. The world’s most popular website ...
screenshot: CBS Viacom/Kotaku In a past life, Frances Townsend defended the legal basis for the torture method known as waterboarding George W. Bush’s War on Terror. In a more recent one, she has helped direct Activision Blizzard’s initially unmusical response a major sexual harassment lawsuit from the state of California. Now she resigns as that ...
screenshot: Square Enix Do you know what no one could have ever predicted? That a market based on imaginary ownership of infinitely duplicable JPEG images may not be the end of the game and sustainable in the long term. When The Wall Street Journal reports, the NFT market is “flattening out” and is down 92 ...
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: Microsoft In an extraordinary turn of events, Microsoft is closing in on a deal to buy Activision Blizzard. that Wall Street Journal reported today. Not only would this be one of the biggest upheavals in the gaming industry in years, it could also finally make a difference the end for its terrible CEO Bobby ...
Man With Gun Representing Shooty Game Developer. Screenshot: action call of Duty Studio Treyarch has just released the latest in a long line of gritty apologies from Activision-owned studios regarding the ongoing investigation company-wide sexism, harassment, discrimination and bullying. In one Tweet published today, just over a month after Wall Street Journal reported on Studio ...
