Industry Microsoft Sony calls Microsoft offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for three extra years "inadequate" More shots fired By Rob Thubron, September 8, 2022, 8:42 AM 53 comments
Gaming Industry Call of Duty, Diablo, and Overwatch head to Game Pass as Activision deal faces tighter UK scrutiny Regulators are worried about not just consoles, but also subscription services By Daniel Sims, September 1, 2022, 5:44 PM 8 comments
Gaming Microsoft Microsoft tells Brazil antitrust regulator PS4 outsold Xbox One two to one No mention of current-generation numbers, though By Cal Jeffrey, August 16, 2022, 2:22 PM
Gaming Microsoft Microsoft defends Activision Blizzard deal after Sony expresses fears over Call of Duty Microsoft thinks Sony is afraid of Game Pass, says Call of Duty has plenty competition By Daniel Sims, August 10, 2022, 6:08 PM 22 comments
Gaming Industry Activision Blizzard makes more money from mobile games than PC and consoles combined King makes more money than either Activision or Blizzard By Isaiah Mayersen, August 6, 2022, 11:41 AM 23 comments
Gaming Diablo Immortal player spent $100K to build a character too powerful to match up against others A whale of a time By Shawn Knight, August 3, 2022, 1:07 PM 41 comments
Gaming Activision will fill next year's CoD gap with paid content Activision also reports falling Call of Duty player numbers By Daniel Sims, August 2, 2022, 12:37 PM
Gaming Industry Sony doesn't think it could make a Call of Duty rival It's not about the quality, but rather brand recognition By Daniel Sims, August 1, 2022, 12:37 PM 23 comments
Industry Gaming Microsoft-Activision acquisition faces another hurdle thanks to UK regulatory probe Regulators will decide to approve the buyout or further the investigation by September 1 By Cal Jeffrey, July 6, 2022, 2:02 PM
Gaming Mobile Diablo Immortal earns almost $50 million in its first month, still has lowest user score in Metacritic history Blizzard is earning $1 million per day from the game By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2022, 8:11 AM 38 comments
Gaming Mobile Diablo Immortal, which has the lowest user score in Metacritic history, earned over $24 million in 2 weeks And was downloaded over eight million times By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2022, 5:19 AM 21 comments
Industry Gaming Activision investigates itself and unsurprisingly finds no evidence of systemic harassment Move along folks. Nothing to see here By Cal Jeffrey, June 16, 2022, 3:27 PM 16 comments
Gaming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II gets worldwide reveal, PC version returns to Steam after five years A new Warzone 2.0 experience will be joining the main installment later this year By Humza Aamir, June 9, 2022, 9:53 AM 11 comments
Gaming Diablo Immortal accounts and leveling services are already for sale The game's gray market is already here By Daniel Sims, June 6, 2022, 4:57 PM 7 comments
Gaming Want to completely max out your Diablo Immortal character? It could cost $110,000 Activision Blizzard knows how to do aggressive monetization By Rob Thubron, June 6, 2022, 6:58 AM 23 comments
Gaming Blizzard yanked 'Diablo Immortal' from regions with strict loot box regulations So far this only equates to Belgium and the Netherlands By Cal Jeffrey, May 31, 2022, 5:58 PM 20 comments
Gaming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II gets October 28 launch date Additional details teased for June By Shawn Knight, May 24, 2022, 2:51 PM
Tech Culture Warren Buffett wouldn't pay $25 for all the Bitcoin in the world, but he does like Activision Blizzard Berkshire Hathaway now owns 9.5% of Activision Blizzard By Rob Thubron, May 1, 2022, 8:15 AM 32 comments
Microsoft Industry Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard threatened by FTC as shareholders approve deal Wall Street doesn't believe the merger will complete By Rob Thubron, April 29, 2022, 5:15 AM 20 comments
Gaming Activision Blizzard lost 63 million monthly active users over the last year Weak demand for Call of Duty By Shawn Knight, April 25, 2022, 1:29 PM 14 comments
Gaming Diablo Immortal is coming to PC after all, open beta starts on June 2 And no, it's not an out-of-season April Fools joke By Tudor Cibean, April 25, 2022, 12:56 PM
Industry Activision Blizzard investor lawsuit dismissed by judge over lack of facts The plaintiffs can file another complaint within 30 days By Rob Thubron, April 22, 2022, 5:17 AM
Gaming Industry Activision agrees to cooperate with insider trading investigation More controversy surrounds the publisher By Daniel Sims, April 19, 2022, 5:52 PM
Gaming World of Warcraft's latest expansion lets you ride and play as a dragon Talent trees are also making a return By Cohen Coberly, April 19, 2022, 1:58 PM
Gaming The Web Activision Blizzard sends out survey to gauge NFT interest Blizzard president Mike Ybarra says "No one is doing NFTs" By Rob Thubron, April 18, 2022, 6:15 AM