Activision Blizzard has been hit with another lawsuit with the Microsoft merger looming on the horizon. The New York City Employees’ Retirement System and pension funds filed the lawsuit (technically a 220 complaint) in Delaware last week to gain access to the company’s books and internal documents as one of ABK’s shareholders, as news site Axios reports. The city claims [...]
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AdventureQuest 3D developer Artix Entertainment is currently in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal that has potential lawsuit written all over it. Former Community Manager Taini Flaremist has accused a fellow developer of using private conversations to take advantage of her emotional vulnerability and making inappropriate and sexual comments towards her, as she recounted on Twitter. She also claimed [...]
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Last week’s COVID-19 outbreak at PAX East 2022 has unfortunately already claimed one victim. Dawn “Deestar” Wood, a PAX Enforcer, reportedly returned home sick after the convention and died a few days after on April 30th. Wood’s sister has setup a Gofundme campaign for the bereaved family. “We know that many others had also come home sick (myself included) and [...]
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Activision Blizzard has been under constant public and government scrutiny since the sexual harassment scandal made headlines last year. Even so, the company’s management seems to continually be doing things to further smear their reputation if the recent complaint to the National Labor Relations Board is any indication. The complaint was filed by the Communication Workers Alliance claiming that Activision [...]
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After buying out Perfect World Entertainment and its subsidiaries earlier this year, Embracer Group is now in the process of acquiring three new development studios, namely: Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal, all of which are subsidiaries of Square Enix Europe. The total purchase price for all three studios is $300 million to be paid up front in [...]
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Bungie has hit a bump in their fight against cheaters as the Seattle District Court dismisses the studio’s copyright infringement lawsuit against a Bungie 2 cheat seller. According to TorrentFreak, Judge Thomas Zilly dismissed Bungie’s case against AimJunkies saying that the developer failed to provide sufficient facts that the cheat seller copied elements of their work. The accompanying trademark infringement [...]
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Big video game holding firms continue to divvy up video game companies amongst themselves Media and Games Invest (MGI) acquires yet another studio. MGI, which also happens to be Gamigo’s parent company, has bought Spanish mobile game developer and publisher AxesInMotion to the tune of €55 million, or roughly $58 million, with up to €110 million in potential payouts until [...]
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Just when things seem to be looking up for Activision Blizzard after shareholders approved the Microsoft deal, the company has taken another punch to the gut. One that they probably didn’t see coming. No, this isn’t about previous sexual harassment complaints or their repeated attempts to block unionization within the company. It’s about the hundreds of employees that they laid [...]
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We’ve got two big Activision Blizzard news items for you today leading with this week’s shareholder vote on the proposed Microsoft buyout. Activision Blizzard King (ABK) shareholders voted on Microsoft’s proposed acquisition earlier this week with the majority voting in favor of the deal. As previously noted, Microsoft will be purchasing the entirety of ABK’s shares at $95 a pop [...]
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Gamigo has given its Glyph launcher a new look four years after it took over Trion which originally launched the publishing platform back in 2014. The launcher now sports a sleeker minimalist look and new features, including an individual game page for each of the publisher’s games, including one for Fractured Online, Gamigo’s newest addition to their portfolio. Users will [...]
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