CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Stock Shenanigans Being Investigated By Justice Department, SECTwo separate investigations are probing whether three already-wealthy men made millions on 'insider trading'ByLuke PlunkettPublishedMarch 8, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsParents Sue Call Of Duty Maker, Alleging Sexual Harassment Led To Daughter’s Suicide [Update]A new lawsuit alleges Activision Blizzard hindered investigation into employee’s deathByEthan GachPublishedMarch 7, 2022
OpinionCommentaryOpinionCommentaryCall Of Duty Execs Accused Of Using Microsoft Deal To Line Their Own PocketsNew lawsuits argue Activision Blizzard's filings with the SEC withheld important informationByEthan GachPublishedFebruary 26, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsGaming Awards Show Host Gets On Stage, Says ‘F*ck Bobby Kotick’The Activision Blizzard CEO got no love from Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller during the DICE AwardsByLevi WinslowPublishedFebruary 25, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsReport: There Will Be No Mainline Call Of Duty Game Released In 2023It will be the first time since 2004 that there won't be a major Call of Duty game released for the holidaysByLuke PlunkettPublishedFebruary 22, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsMicrosoft Started Activision Acquisition Talks Three Days After Bombshell Harassment ReportNew SEC docs from Activision reveals complete timeline for how the $68 billion deal between the companies happenedByZack ZwiezenPublishedFebruary 19, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsBobby Kotick's Police Records Subpoenaed As Harassment Investigations Ramp Up [Update]Los Angeles Police have been asked to hand over any records of 19 current and former Activision employeesByLuke PlunkettPublishedFebruary 17, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsReport: Bobby Kotick Has Two Companies Quietly Making Big Republican Donations [Update]Activision Blizzard's CEO used LLCs to quietly donate to politicians like Mitch McConnell, a CNBC report claimsByIan WalkerPublishedFebruary 17, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsAs Billions Fly, Ubisoft Analyst Just Wondering Why Nobody Wants To Buy ItStakeholders in Assassin's Creed publisher seem more open to being acquired than in the pastByEthan GachPublishedFebruary 17, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsReport: Warzone Devs: 'We F**ked Stuff Up. We Broke It.'In a meeting with content creators, Call of Duty devs admitted the battle royale was in bad shapeByZack ZwiezenPublishedFebruary 11, 2022
CultureFeatureCultureFeatureJim Sterling: From 'Pathetic Edgelord' To YouTube's 'Princess Of Pansexual Pandemonium'James Stephanie Sterling speaks on The Jimquisition and their caustic, decade-long journey covering the video game…ByIsaiah ColbertPublishedFebruary 9, 2022
CultureOdds and EndsCultureOdds and EndsRemembering Why The Jackass Video Game Was TerribleIn 2007, some folks tried to make a PS2 Jackass game and the end result is a weird collection of mini-gamesByZack ZwiezenPublishedFebruary 5, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision Blizzard Allegedly Wouldn’t Let Call Of Duty Twitch Streamer Run A Team Due To ‘Oversexual’ PostsMeanwhile, a Warzone studio swapped its profile pic to an ass tattooByAri NotisPublishedFebruary 4, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsActivision VP Posts Anti-Union Message In Company Slack'A union doesn’t do anything to help us produce world-class games'ByLuke PlunkettPublishedJanuary 31, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsSony Buys Bungie, Makers of Destiny 2 For $3.6BThe PS5 manufacturer says games will remain multiplatformByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 31, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsCall Of Duty Maker Reveals Plan To Squash Union EffortActivision Blizzard calls for studio-wide vote after refusing to voluntarily recognize Raven QA unionByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 25, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsRaven's New 'Organizational Change' Conveniently Breaks Up Union MembersThe move comes just as workers return from a seven-week strikeByLuke PlunkettPublishedJanuary 24, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsXbox Creator Nearly Got Fired After Saying Gaming Is Like MasturbatingIn 2001 Seamus Blackley, part of the original Xbox team at Microsoft, found himself in some hot waterByZack ZwiezenPublishedJanuary 22, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsCall Of Duty QA Testers Form Activision Blizzard’s First UnionQA at Raven Software are asking for voluntary recognition by the embattled publisherByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 21, 2022
CultureNewsCultureNewsXbox Boss Shrugs Off Union Question As Activision Blizzard Employees Push For Better Working ConditionsPhil Spencer says he’s not very familiar with unions despite strike at Call of Duty makerByEthan GachPublishedJanuary 20, 2022