call of duty

  • Gaming Gets Its First Union At A Major U.S. Studio

    Gaming Gets Its First Union At A Major U.S. Studio

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    Despite months of negative talking points by Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard, quality assurance staff at its Raven Software studio voted to unionize Monday, becoming the first union at a big studio in the U.S. The successful vote comes with talk of labour organising picking up across the gaming industry as developers call for…

  • Now New York City Is Suing Activision Blizzard

    Now New York City Is Suing Activision Blizzard

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    Activision Blizzard is facing (what feels like) its 8,583,129th lawsuit, as first reported by Axios. This one’s from New York City, and alleges that longtime CEO Bobby Kotick raced to find a buyer for the mega-publisher he has been leading for 30 years to explicitly avoid consequences for turning a blind eye to claims of…

  • Activision Shareholders Approve Xbox Deal, But Wall Street Has Doubts

    Activision Shareholders Approve Xbox Deal, But Wall Street Has Doubts

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    Shareholders at Call of Duty and Overwatch 2 publisher Activision Blizzard voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a $US69 ($96) billion sale to tech giant Microsoft. The deal gives golden parachutes to top execs at Activision, including embattled CEO Bobby Kotick. But despite gaming’s biggest acquisition ever moving one step closer to completion, the company’s…