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With everything that Activision Blizzard has gone through over the past two years, it’s a wonder that Bobby Kotick has still managed to hold on to his position as the company’s CEO, even amidst accusations of attempted murder. Microsoft’s impending and highly controversial acquisition of the company, however, might just be what knocks him off his lofty and apparently untouchable [...]
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Earlier this week, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick appeared on CNBC for a very rare
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been looking over Microsoft’s shoulder over antitrust concerns since the tech giant announced its plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. It’s investigation into the matter has now come to an end with the unsurprising conclusion that the merger will be detrimental to competition and subsequently to UK gamers. “The CMA provisionally found that [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported record quarterly bookings of $3.57B for Q4 2022. Revenue came in at 2.33B. The difference between these 2 figures can be explained by accounting standards. When a customer purchases a 1 year subscription to World of Warcraft, the entire purchase price would count as 'bookings' but revenue is only recognized in pieces as each month passes. Q4 [...]
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Not all unionizing efforts are destined for a happy ending, especially when a big bad bully is doing everything it can to stop it. Over the past few months, Activision Blizzard has been actively trying to derail the formation of worker unions in several of its studios, including Raven Software, Blizzard, Albany, and Proletariat. Unfortunately, the company has succeeded in [...]
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The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft has taken its first steps forward with yesterday’s first pre-trial hearing. As we previously reported, the FTC is looking to block the multi-billion dollar merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on grounds that it will stifle competition and will give the former the means to pull popular games from other video game [...]
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Another ABK-owned studio is currently in the process of forming a union, and this time it’s the whole studio and not just the QA department. Proletariat joins the QA workers of Raven Software and Blizzard Albany in unionizing under the Communication Workers Alliance banner. The studio is best known for its fantasy battle royale game Spellbreak and was acquired by [...]
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The US Federal Trade Commission and the UK Competition Markets Authority apparently aren’t the only ones looking to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. A group of 10 gamers has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit to stop the merger over the same gaming monopoly concerns as the government regulatory agencies. The antitrust lawsuit argues that the $68.7 billion merger violates [...]
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Activision Blizzard President and COO Daniel Alegre is stepping down from his position after just two years with the company. According to a recent SEC filing, Alegre, who took up the COO mantle when he moved from Google in March 2020, will be ending his tenure with the controversial company on March 31, 2023 for another opportunity. That “other opportunity” [...]
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Last week, Microsoft revealed that it was willing to enter into a 10-year licensing agreement with Sony to allow the latter continued access to the Call of Duty franchise on the PlayStation should the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger push through. Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer followed up that announcement with a tweet that Microsoft has made similar arrangements with Nintendo to [...]
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