Bobby Kotick

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If Anyone Makes Money Off The Old Republic, It’ll Be Lucas, Says Activision Boss

2:30PM December 1, 2011 | Owen Good

Having done a lot of business with Lucasarts — Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Star Wars: STFU — Activision boss Bobby Kotick knows who comes out ahead in that relationship. It ain’t the publisher, he said, when asked his thoughts on Star Wars: The Old Republic. More »


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Harmonix Discusses The Future Of Rock Band, And The Relationship With Activision

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9:45AM October 27, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Honestly, this interview — by Alex Navarro, ex-Harmonix employee — is one of the best I’ve ever read and absolutely deserves to be read in full. In this wide ranging interview with his former employers they discuss the past and future of Harmonix and Rock Band, and broach the subject of the relationship with Activision and Bobby Kotick. More »


In Real Life

In Moneyball, Activision’s Bobby Kotick Plays A Familiar Role

2:30PM September 27, 2011 | Owen Good

To call Bobby Kotick’s appearance in Moneyball a cameo is a bit of a misnomer. The Activision boss has two significant scenes and plenty of lines in the sports flick as Stephen Schott, the co-owner of the Oakland Athletics. It’s not to say he plays much of a character, but he doesn’t have to. He simply has to be what he is in real life. More »


In Real Life

Hooray! Now We Know Why Bobby Kotick Is In That Brad Pitt Movie

3:00AM August 7, 2011 | Owen Good

Bobby Kotick’s cameo in Moneyball, even after it was confirmed by Activision, remained quite the WTF mystery of June. Why was he appearing as the Oakland A’s owner in a sports flick? Did he know Brad Pitt? Did he know the director? Was this some hint at a Call of Duty movie? More »


In Real Life

Activision Boss Says DJ Hero Helped Kill Guitar Hero

3:30PM July 21, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

I like video games. I like turntables. I like DJ Shadow, I like the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, the Scratch Perverts. Yet I’ve thought DJ Hero was a stupid idea from the moment the series was first announced. More »


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Bobby Kotick Didn’t Buy MySpace, Friendster Now Social Gaming Site

7:20AM June 30, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Activision boss Bobby Kotick didn’t buy MySpace. Someone else will for a measly $US35 million (considerably less than the $US580 million IGN owner News Corp. paid in 2005). Furthermore, also-dying social network Friendster is now a social gaming hub.


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Yes! That Really Is The Head Of Activision Acting Opposite Brad Pitt In A Movie

5:20AM June 17, 2011 | Brian Crecente

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What The Hell Is Bobby Kotick Doing In This Brad Pitt Movie?

3:45PM June 16, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

This is a trailer for an upcoming Brad Pitt movie called Moneyball. It’s about baseball. And at 0:58, you can see that the owner of the Oakland A’s baseball team is being played by none other than Activision boss Bobby Kotick. More »


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Activision’s Bobby Kotick Wants To Buy… MySpace

11:39AM June 10, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

According to “three people familiar with the matter”, Reuters is reporting that a group of investors including none other than Activision boss Bobby “What, Me Worry?” Kotick is in talks to buy dying social networking site MySpace. More »


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Activision Boss Refused Sneak Peak Of Competitor’s Battlefield 3

4:22AM June 10, 2011 | Joel Johnson

According to CVG, Activision CEO wandered by the E3 booth of Battlefield 3, the regicidal threat to his company’s own Call of Duty franchise, for a friendly look at the competition. He was denied.

EDIT: CVG has updated its story. Activision has denied this event occurred. CVG’s source remains adamant it did.