Inverse

A New Push to Unionize Activision Blizzard Has Already Begun

The games industry is unstable at the best of times, and the trend toward corporate consolidation has only made it harder to get and keep a job. Even for workers who avoid the staggeringly frequent ...

Former Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 devs' D&D-style RPG has "Blizzard's DNA," but it's a "completely new paradigm" in gaming

In our Discord AMA with Secret Door, the creator of Sunderfolk, we asked how the team's time at Blizzard shaped their chaotic ...

Microsoft To Lay Off 1900 Employees, Roughly 8% of Their Entire Gaming Division

It has been confirmed via an internal memo from Microsoft Gaming’s CEO Phil Spencer to The Verge that Xbox is laying off 1900 ...
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I spoke to Blizzard Entertainment President Johanna Faries on her first year in the job, and how Blizzard games like Warcraft and Overwatch are reaching for greater heights

I've spent a staggering amount of time in the land of Azeroth, Blizzard's pioneering MMORPG that changed gaming forever. For a time, it felt like the game was truly unstoppable and without equal, but ...
Digital Trends

Microsoft gives Activision Blizzard cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft

Microsoft announced its intention to grant Ubisoft, the publisher behind series like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, the cloud streaming rights for Activision Blizzard titles if Microsoft’s acquisition ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft/Activision Blizzard antitrust hearings reveal gaming data trove | The DeanBeat

Whether the Federal Trade Commission wins its antitrust case or not, its attempt to stop Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has revealed a trove of new data for everyone. The ...

Minecraft was nearly sold to Activision Blizzard for $1.5 billion before Microsoft secured Mojang, says former CEO Bobby Kotick: "I almost bought it"

A lthough Microsoft bought both Mojang and its sandbox game Minecraft back in 2014 for a whopping $2.5 billion, the company wasn't the only one to consider the purchase – Activision Blizzard also got ...
Windows Central

Microsoft Gaming's Blizzard Entertainment games are coming back to China thanks to a new deal with NetEase, while also 'exploring ways to bring more new titles to Xbox'

Blizzard Entertainment games were published in China with help from Chinese gaming company NetEase until 2022. The deal ended after relations between the companies reportedly soured, with NetEase ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft cancels Blizzard survival game, lays off 1,900

The survival game that Blizzard announced it was working on in January 2022 has reportedly been canceled. The cut comes as Microsoft is slashing jobs a little over four months after closing its $69 ...
WBUR

Blizzard president discusses gaming giant's future after Microsoft acquisition

After years of uncertainty and controversy, gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment brought back its annual fan convention this weekend in Anaheim, California for the first time since 2019. “Four years is ...
Variety

Activision Blizzard Sued by Esports Pros Seeking at Least $680 Million, Alleging Monopoly Over ‘Call of Duty’ Leagues and Tournaments

Two professional esports players are demanding at least $680 million in aggregate monetary damages in a lawsuit against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard, alleging the game company holds an “unlawful ...
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Blizzard’s China Comeback with World of Warcraft Signals New Gaming Era

Blizzard’s quest to reintroduce WoW in China has been a challenging journey. Following the lapse of their initial agreement with NetEase in early 2023, Blizzard explored collaborations with other ...