Industry Gaming Activision's decision to pull out of China stemmed from a comment that was lost in translation Netease CEO did not intentionally threaten to sic Chinese regulators on Activision if it didn't get its way By Cal Jeffrey , March 29, 2023, 4:29 PM
Security Gaming Activision suffered a data breach in December, exposing confidential data and future gaming plans The company confirmed the breach but denied data exfiltration By Alfonso Maruccia , February 22, 2023, 9:38 AM
Industry Microsoft Internal Microsoft documents and analysis indicate Game Pass cannibalizes sales Turns out letting GP subscribers play games for free is not as beneficial to game sales as Microsoft originally said By Cal Jeffrey , February 13, 2023, 5:57 PM 8 comments
Industry Microsoft Microsoft and Activision will miss their contractual merger deadline The FTC has scheduled a hearing for August 2, well after the deal is supposed to close By Cal Jeffrey , January 12, 2023, 4:32 PM
Gaming Blizzard employees say "mismanagement" is leading to Diablo IV delays and crunch time Blizzard says, game is right on schedule and overtime is completely voluntary By Cal Jeffrey , December 9, 2022, 2:34 PM 18 comments
Industry Microsoft Microsoft reportedly offered Sony a 10-year deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation Another concession, but will regulators buy into it? By Cal Jeffrey , November 21, 2022, 6:08 PM 14 comments
Gaming Activision publishes Modern Warfare II open beta system requirements If your system can run CoD: Vanguard, you should be good By Daniel Sims , September 22, 2022, 5:59 PM
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
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
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 Call of Duty: Vanguard multiplayer will be free to play for the next two weeks Play for free through April 13 By Shawn Knight , March 29, 2022, 10:25 AM
Gaming CoD Warzone dev echoes community sentiment, admits install sizes are "f*****g crazy" Currently, there's no way to offer map rotation between Caldera and Verdansk because doing so will create huge downloads By Humza Aamir , March 29, 2022, 7:13 AM 15 comments
Gaming Microsoft Activision Blizzard slapped with another sexual harassment lawsuit The plaintiff is asking for an undisclosed amount By Cal Jeffrey , March 25, 2022, 5:05 PM 10 comments
Gaming Mobile Call of Duty: Warzone is coming to mobile platforms Details about the game are still scarce By Joao Silva , March 11, 2022, 2:06 PM
Gaming Activision has delayed next year's Call of Duty game Treyarch is being given some extra time for its next CoD title By Humza Aamir , February 23, 2022, 7:03 AM 9 comments
Software Gaming Infinity Ward targets late 2022 release for Modern Warfare and Warzone sequels Follow-ups to the hit FPS games are being built using a completely new game engine By Jimmy Pezzone , February 12, 2022, 11:28 AM
Gaming Microtransactions made up 61% of Activision Blizzard's 2021 income It was a record-breaking year despite the scandals and poor game sales By Cal Jeffrey , February 7, 2022, 9:54 PM 18 comments
Gaming Industry FTC is looking into Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision deal Regulators are worried about the rapid consolidation of the video game industry By Adrian Potoroaca , February 1, 2022, 8:41 AM 20 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Raven Software employees plan walkout in response to QA layoffs Protestors demand full-time job offers By Daniel Sims , December 6, 2021, 4:52 PM 10 comments
Gaming Industry Activision and Raven Software lay off Call of Duty QA testers Many of the company's testers were promised pay raises but received pink slips instead By Jimmy Pezzone , December 4, 2021, 10:35 AM 25 comments
Industry Gaming 6 US treasurers demand answers from Activision Blizzard regarding harassment allegations The company is facing 'investment risk exposures' By Cohen Coberly , December 1, 2021, 7:11 PM
Industry Activision CEO Bobby Kotick allegedly failed to inform the company board about rape allegations More bad news for Activision By Cohen Coberly , November 16, 2021, 7:29 PM 27 comments
Gaming Call of Duty cheaters face being permabanned from every current and future game in the series Does the punishment fit the crime? By Rob Thubron , November 16, 2021, 8:55 AM 35 comments
Industry Tech Culture At least 20 employees 'exited' Activision Blizzard over sexual harassment lawsuit 'If you've committed some sort of misconduct ... we're going to take action.'---Chief Compliance Officer By Cal Jeffrey , October 20, 2021, 4:02 PM 7 comments