The first Activision Blizzard game to join Xbox Game Pass will be Diablo IVand it is expected to land on March 28. This decision means Diablo IV will be playable on Xbox and PC at no additional cost for Game Pass members – of whom there are 34 million, Xbox announced today. This is just … Read more
Post-Microsoft acquisition layoffs at Activision Blizzard have already caught the attention of the FTC. We now know more about the subsidiary studios which will suffer the consequences. First of all reported speak Chronicle of San Francisco (via Eurogamer), California WARN notices list 86 planned layoffs coming to Skylanders manufacturer Toys for Bob and 76 haircuts … Read more
A week after Microsoft laid off nearly 2,000 employees in its gaming division, the Federal Trade Commission is accusing Microsoft of contradicting its commitment to allow Activision Blizzard to operate independently after the acquisition. The FTC filed a complaint Wednesday before a federal appeals court, arguing that last week's workforce reduction, which affected Activision Blizzard … Read more
Microsoft released another report on explosive profits for the second quarter of fiscal 2024, with revenues of $62 billion (up 18% from last year) and profits of $21.9 billion (an increase of 33%). But actually, the most exciting thing about this quarter is that we can finally see how the Acquisition of Activision Blizzard for … Read more
you didn't have to look very far to find the new president of . Former Call of Duty GM Johanna Faries replaces who resigned from his role in the middle . Blizzard was reportedly particularly hard hit as Microsoft laid off around 1,900 people. Faries, a former National Football League executive, joined Activision as in … Read more