Tech Culture Gaming Don't post pro-Hong Kong statements in Blizzard's Hearthstone Twitch chat, or you might get banned Comments during re-casts are apparently okay though By Cal Jeffrey , October 21, 2019, 11:43 AM
Gaming Tech Culture Followup: Blizzard finally bans Hearthstone team for displaying Hong Kong protest sign American University is banned from tournaments until spring of next year By Cal Jeffrey , October 16, 2019, 4:03 PM 41 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Blizzard employees stage walkout over Hearthstone pro-player ban Workers found that punitive action 'appalling but not surprising' By Cal Jeffrey , October 10, 2019, 11:21 AM
Industry Gaming Activision Blizzard is reportedly giving its employees gift cards in exchange for anonymized pregnancy tracking data It's not clear why the company wants the data, though By Cohen Coberly , April 10, 2019, 6:45 PM 9 comments
Gaming Industry Blizzard lost 209 workers in Activision Blizzard's massive wave of lay-offs Most of the terminated employees were IT workers By Cohen Coberly , March 8, 2019, 4:15 PM 7 comments
Gaming Industry Activision Blizzard worried that downsizing will disrupt operations Low company morale and the inability to attract and keep talent are cited concerns By Cal Jeffrey , March 4, 2019, 4:49 PM 7 comments
Gaming Industry Activision Blizzard is laying off 775 people, or about 8% of its workforce Despite seeing record profits in 2018 By Cohen Coberly , February 13, 2019, 5:11 AM 8 comments
Gaming Industry Activision-Blizzard reportedly planning hundreds of layoffs Activision joins Electronic Arts and Take Two Interactive in earnings struggle By Eric Hamilton , February 10, 2019, 10:49 AM
Gaming Industry Activision Blizzard has lost yet another CFO Activision Blizzard is having a bad week By Cohen Coberly , January 5, 2019, 11:29 AM
Industry Netflix poaches its new CFO from Activision Hope he doesn't suggest adding microtransactions By Rob Thubron , January 2, 2019, 5:25 AM
Gaming Industry Activision and EA are making billions upon billions from games-as-a-service Don't expect loot boxes and pricey DLCs to become cheaper any time soon By Isaiah Mayersen , October 21, 2018, 11:50 AM 20 comments
Gaming Industry Over half of Activision Blizzard's $7.16 billion yearly revenue came from microtransactions People must love in-game purchases By Rob Thubron , February 12, 2018, 6:12 AM 12 comments
Mobile Gaming Candy Crush Saga maker King is working on a Call of Duty mobile game By Shawn Knight , April 7, 2017, 12:30 PM
Gaming The 14-year-old Warcraft III gets updated to support Windows 10 By Tim Schiesser , March 16, 2016, 6:00 PM
Gaming Industry Call of Duty publisher Activision and EA won't have booths at this year's E3 By Rob Thubron , March 2, 2016, 9:30 AM
Gaming Industry Activision Blizzard completes $5.9 billion acquisition of Candy Crush developer King By Shawn Knight , February 23, 2016, 3:15 PM 12 comments
Gaming A multiplayer-only version Call of Duty: Black Ops III is available on Steam for a limited period By Rob Thubron , February 17, 2016, 10:30 AM
Gaming Activision confirms a "new, innovative" Call of Duty from Infinity Ward will arrive in 2016 By Rob Thubron , February 15, 2016, 7:00 AM 23 comments
Gaming Tech Culture First 'Warcraft' movie trailer hits the web, watch it here By Shawn Knight , November 6, 2015, 7:15 PM 14 comments
Industry Gaming Activision Blizzard launches film and TV studio, first projects based on Skylanders and Call of Duty By Shawn Knight , November 6, 2015, 4:45 PM
Industry Gaming Activision Blizzard buys Candy Crush maker for $5.9 billion By Tim Schiesser , November 2, 2015, 11:49 PM
Gaming Activision Blizzard recruits ESPN and MLG vets to lead new eSports initiative By Shawn Knight , October 22, 2015, 6:30 PM
Industry Activision Blizzard buys itself from Vivendi for $8.2 billion By Tim Schiesser , July 26, 2013, 10:30 AM 8 comments
Gaming Call of Duty: Black Ops II sales top $1 billion in 15 days By Shawn Knight , December 5, 2012, 9:30 AM 9 comments
Gaming Activision Blizzard opens Diablo III real-money auction house By Shawn Knight , June 13, 2012, 5:00 PM 25 comments