The Fallout Of Activision Blizzard’s Massive Layoffs
Yesterday, at the exact moment Activision Blizzard chief executive officer Bobby Kotick hopped on a quarterly earnings…
Activision's CEO Made $28.6 Million Last Year, 306 Times The Median Activision Employee
Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick’s compensation for 2017 was $28,698,375, according to filings the video game…
Activision Wants To Start Their Own TV Channel For Esports
It’s official: Activision has indeed purchased Major League Gaming, as was rumored over the weekend. The most…
Activision's Boss Got an 800% Raise, and a Watchdog Doesn't Like It
Activision has a lot of money. Bobby Kotick has fat stacks, too. The publisher's CEO saw his total cash-and-prizes…
Please Quit Photoshopping Horns Onto Bobby Kotick. It's Bad for His Dating Life.
Today's New York Times profiles Bobby Kotick, the boss of Activision Blizzard and longtime bête noir of many a longtime…
Shoot People as Bobby Kotick Tomorrow In This Free Online Game To Celebrate Black Ops II
Tomorrow, you can play the new Call of Duty. Separately, you will also be able to play as Bobby Kotick, chief of CoD…
Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Has a Coca-Cola Board of Directors Position and a Smile
President and CEO of Activision Bobby Kotick joins the board of directors of The Coca-Cola Company today, applying his…
If Anyone Makes Money Off The Old Republic, It'll Be Lucas, Says Activision Boss
Having done a lot of business with Lucasarts—Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Star Wars: STFU—Activision boss Bobby Kotick…
In Moneyball, Activision's Bobby Kotick Plays a Familiar Role
To call Bobby Kotick's appearance in Moneyball a cameo is a bit of a misnomer. The Activision boss has two significant…
Hooray! Now We Know Why Bobby Kotick is in that Brad Pitt Movie
Bobby Kotick's cameo in Moneyball, even after it was confirmed by Activision, remained quite the WTF mystery of June.…
Activision Boss Says DJ Hero Helped Kill Guitar Hero
I like video games. I like turntables. I like DJ Shadow, I like the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, the Scratch Perverts.…
Who Would You Battle in the Ultimate Game Industry Boss Fight?
In today's battle-hardened edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner asks you to square off against a…
Bobby Kotick Didn't Buy Myspace & Friendster is Now a Social Gaming Site
Activision boss Bobby Kotick didn't buy Myspace. Someone else will for a measly $35 million (considerably less than the…
Yes! That Really is the Head of Activision Acting Opposite Brad Pitt In A Movie
We were all surprised to discover early this morning a smiling Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard president, apparently…
What the Fuck is Bobby Kotick Doing in This Brad Pitt Movie?
This is a trailer for an upcoming Brad Pitt movie called Moneyball. It's about baseball. And at 0:58, you can see…
Activision's Bobby Kotick Wants to Buy...MySpace
According to "three people familiar with the matter", Reuters is reporting that a group of investors including none…
Activision Boss Refused Sneak Peek of Competitor's Battlefield 3
According to CVG, Activision CEO wandered by the E3 booth of Battlefield 3, the regicidal threat to his company's own Ca…
Modern Warfare Makers Complain Of Secret Call of Duty Games And More Broken Promises
"Don't worry about it. It's impossible for you guys to get fired," Activision boss Bobby Kotick told Infinity Ward…
Why All The Call Of Duty Hate?
Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter WhoKnew? wants to know where all of the Call of Duty hate is coming from. Is it…
Activision Threatens 600 UK Jobs Over Loss of Tax Breaks
Activision's so incensed over the United Kingdom's rollback of promised tax breaks for video games development that the…