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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Purchase Isn’t Great, But Isn’t An Illegal Monopoly Either

Nintendo

5 months ago

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Purchase Isn’t Great, But Isn’t An Illegal Monopoly Either

Mike Fahey

11

Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft’s $96 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision

Nintendo

5 months ago

Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft’s $96 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision

Brian Ashcraft

1

The Real Reasons Activision Blizzard Was Sold, Without Bobby Kotick’s PR Spin

5 months ago

The Real Reasons Activision Blizzard Was Sold, Without Bobby Kotick’s PR Spin

Ian Walker

12

This Was Inevitable

5 months ago

This Was Inevitable

Luke Plunkett

5

Report: Microsoft Closing In On $96 Billion Deal To Buy Activision

6 months ago

Report: Microsoft Closing In On $96 Billion Deal To Buy Activision

12

Microsoft Is Bringing Activision Blizzard Games To Game Pass

6 months ago

Microsoft Is Bringing Activision Blizzard Games To Game Pass

6

Head Of Microsoft Says He’s ‘Grateful’ For Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick’s ‘Commitment to Real Change’

6 months ago

Head Of Microsoft Says He’s ‘Grateful’ For Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick’s ‘Commitment to Real Change’

Ethan Gach

8

Report: Bobby Kotick Is Still Trying To Hide The Scale Of Activision’s Problems

6 months ago

Report: Bobby Kotick Is Still Trying To Hide The Scale Of Activision’s Problems

4

Despite Pandemic, Gaming CEOs Made An Obscene Amount Of Money In 2020

6 months ago

Despite Pandemic, Gaming CEOs Made An Obscene Amount Of Money In 2020

We Can All Finally Learn How To Make Big Macs On Nintendo DS

Nintendo

6 months ago

We Can All Finally Learn How To Make Big Macs On Nintendo DS

Ian Walker

Uh-Oh, March Is Even More Packed With Games Than February

Nintendo

6 months ago

Uh-Oh, March Is Even More Packed With Games Than February

3

Lego Delays Overwatch 2 Set Over Activision Blizzard Allegations

6 months ago

Lego Delays Overwatch 2 Set Over Activision Blizzard Allegations

Ethan Gach

1

Rockstar, Take-Two Remember Midnight Club Exists

Mobile

6 months ago

Rockstar, Take-Two Remember Midnight Club Exists

Zack Zwiezen

3

Xbox Boss Not Interested In ‘Virtue Shaming’ Activision

Xbox

6 months ago

Xbox Boss Not Interested In ‘Virtue Shaming’ Activision

Ethan Gach

6

GTA Publisher To Buy Farmville Maker Zynga For $17.7 Billion

Nintendo

6 months ago

GTA Publisher To Buy Farmville Maker Zynga For $17.7 Billion

Ethan Gach

2

The Nintendo Switch Outsold Every Other Console Combined In Japan Last Year

Nintendo

6 months ago

The Nintendo Switch Outsold Every Other Console Combined In Japan Last Year

Zack Zwiezen

Activision Sues Call Of Duty: Warzone Cheat Maker For Selling To ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Players

6 months ago

Activision Sues Call Of Duty: Warzone Cheat Maker For Selling To ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Players

Ethan Gach

14,000 Chinese Game Companies Have Gone Out Of Business Due To Regulation Freeze

6 months ago

14,000 Chinese Game Companies Have Gone Out Of Business Due To Regulation Freeze

Brian Ashcraft

3

The Japanese Internet Reacts To Square Enix’s Crypto Plans

Computing

6 months ago

The Japanese Internet Reacts To Square Enix’s Crypto Plans

Brian Ashcraft

4

The Week In Games: A New Year, But Not Many New Games

Nintendo

6 months ago

The Week In Games: A New Year, But Not Many New Games

Zack Zwiezen

The Year In Video Game Companies Buying Other Video Game Companies

6 months ago

The Year In Video Game Companies Buying Other Video Game Companies

Longtime Blizzard Employee Spouted Hateful Garbage On Discord Server

6 months ago

Longtime Blizzard Employee Spouted Hateful Garbage On Discord Server

3

Gog Sale Includes Some Of The Top Games Of 2021

6 months ago

Gog Sale Includes Some Of The Top Games Of 2021

Lisa Marie Segarra

1

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Players Mourn Blocky Grapes

6 months ago

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Players Mourn Blocky Grapes

Brian Ashcraft

Call of Duty Studio Vaguely Promises To Do Better A Month After Sexual Harassment Report

6 months ago

Call of Duty Studio Vaguely Promises To Do Better A Month After Sexual Harassment Report

Mike Fahey

Call Of Duty Fans Exasperated As Games See Big Problems For Days

6 months ago

Call Of Duty Fans Exasperated As Games See Big Problems For Days

Ethan Gach

The Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2021

6 months ago

The Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2021

Zack Zwiezen

6

So Many Ubisoft Employees Have Quit That They’re Calling It ‘The Great Exodus’

6 months ago

So Many Ubisoft Employees Have Quit That They’re Calling It ‘The Great Exodus’

Luke Plunkett

3

The Year In Gaming Apologies

Nintendo

7 months ago

The Year In Gaming Apologies

Ethan Gach

2

Indie Studio Forms First Video Game Union In The US

7 months ago

Indie Studio Forms First Video Game Union In The US

Ethan Gach

Final Fantasy VII Remake Is $115 On PC And People Are Freaking Out

7 months ago

Final Fantasy VII Remake Is $115 On PC And People Are Freaking Out

Ethan Gach

8

Longtime Super Robot Wars Producer Has Left Bandai Namco

7 months ago

Longtime Super Robot Wars Producer Has Left Bandai Namco

Brian Ashcraft

Activision Exec To Organising Workers: Pwease Don’t Unionize ????????

7 months ago

Activision Exec To Organising Workers: Pwease Don’t Unionize ????????

Ian Walker

2

Geoff Keighley Opens Game Awards With Disappointing Vagueness

7 months ago

Geoff Keighley Opens Game Awards With Disappointing Vagueness

Ethan Gach

2

Inside The Revolt That Led To Activision Blizzard Workers’ Historic Unionization Push

7 months ago

Inside The Revolt That Led To Activision Blizzard Workers’ Historic Unionization Push

Activision Blizzard Devs Announce Work Stoppage And Strike Fund

7 months ago

Activision Blizzard Devs Announce Work Stoppage And Strike Fund

Ethan Gach

1

Sexually Harassed Activision Blizzard Employee Holds Press Conference To Demand Apologies, Money

7 months ago

Sexually Harassed Activision Blizzard Employee Holds Press Conference To Demand Apologies, Money

Call Of Duty: Warzone Devs Stage Walkout Over Layoffs

7 months ago

Call Of Duty: Warzone Devs Stage Walkout Over Layoffs

Ethan Gach

1

Call of Duty QA Testers Face Layoffs After Reportedly Being Promised Raises By Activision

7 months ago

Call of Duty QA Testers Face Layoffs After Reportedly Being Promised Raises By Activision

8

The Game Awards Won’t Take Sides On Activision Fallout To Focus On Reveals

Nintendo

7 months ago

The Game Awards Won’t Take Sides On Activision Fallout To Focus On Reveals

Ethan Gach

6

Take-Two Is Being A Dick

7 months ago

Take-Two Is Being A Dick

Ethan Gach

4

Government Officials Pressuring Activision Blizzard Are Now Threatening The Company’s Profits

Nintendo

7 months ago

Government Officials Pressuring Activision Blizzard Are Now Threatening The Company’s Profits

5

Right-Wing Group Wants Bobby Kotick Removed From Coca-Cola’s Board

7 months ago

Right-Wing Group Wants Bobby Kotick Removed From Coca-Cola’s Board

Luke Plunkett

10

Less Than 5 Per cent Of Managers At Nintendo HQ Are Women

Nintendo

7 months ago

Less Than 5 Per cent Of Managers At Nintendo HQ Are Women

Ethan Gach

1

Bobby Kotick Has Always Been A Slimy Arsehole

7 months ago

Bobby Kotick Has Always Been A Slimy Arsehole

Ian Walker

12

Arcades In Japan Keep Closing, Which Sucks

7 months ago

Arcades In Japan Keep Closing, Which Sucks

Brian Ashcraft

1

Former Nintendo Exec Reggie Fils-Aimé Hosts Xbox Event For Microsoft

Nintendo

7 months ago

Former Nintendo Exec Reggie Fils-Aimé Hosts Xbox Event For Microsoft

Brian Ashcraft

2

Activision’s Damage Control Reaches Sad New Low

7 months ago

Activision’s Damage Control Reaches Sad New Low

Luke Plunkett

4

Report: Nintendo Of America President Says Activision’s Harassment Stories Are ‘Distressing And Disturbing’

Nintendo

7 months ago

Report: Nintendo Of America President Says Activision’s Harassment Stories Are ‘Distressing And Disturbing’

Luke Plunkett

3

Report: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will ‘Consider’ Quitting If He Can’t ‘Fix’ Company’s Culture

7 months ago

Report: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will ‘Consider’ Quitting If He Can’t ‘Fix’ Company’s Culture

Luke Plunkett

7

Report: Activision Took Years To Fire Someone Who Signed Emails ‘1-800-ALLCOCK’

7 months ago

Report: Activision Took Years To Fire Someone Who Signed Emails ‘1-800-ALLCOCK’

Ethan Gach

2

Girls Who Code Ends Relationship With Activision Blizzard Following Latest Revelations

8 months ago

Girls Who Code Ends Relationship With Activision Blizzard Following Latest Revelations

Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit

8 months ago

Over 1200 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Demanding CEO Bobby Kotick Quit

Luke Plunkett

6

Xbox Boss ‘Disturbed’ By What’s Going On At Activision Blizzard, Reconsidering Relationship

Esports

8 months ago

Xbox Boss ‘Disturbed’ By What’s Going On At Activision Blizzard, Reconsidering Relationship

Ethan Gach

4

Let’s Meet The Board Members Supporting Besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick

8 months ago

Let’s Meet The Board Members Supporting Besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick

Luke Plunkett

5

PlayStation Boss Calls Out Activision Following Dire Kotick Revelations

8 months ago

PlayStation Boss Calls Out Activision Following Dire Kotick Revelations

7

Atari’s New Collectible Game Cartridges Off To A Rocky Start

8 months ago

Atari’s New Collectible Game Cartridges Off To A Rocky Start

Mike Fahey

2

Bobby Kotick Actually Wrote Fran Townsend’s Deranged, Company-Wide Email

8 months ago

Bobby Kotick Actually Wrote Fran Townsend’s Deranged, Company-Wide Email

Luke Plunkett

13

Calls For Bobby Kotick’s Resignation Intensify As Employees Stage Walkout

8 months ago

Calls For Bobby Kotick’s Resignation Intensify As Employees Stage Walkout

Ian Walker

3

Blizzard’s First Woman Co-Head Resigned Due To Being ‘Tokenized, Marginalised, And Discriminated Against’

8 months ago

Blizzard’s First Woman Co-Head Resigned Due To Being ‘Tokenized, Marginalised, And Discriminated Against’

9

Report: Activision’s Bobby Kotick Didn’t Just Know, He Also Was Shitty To Women

Esports

8 months ago

Report: Activision’s Bobby Kotick Didn’t Just Know, He Also Was Shitty To Women

Ethan Gach

Steam Deck Delayed, Valve Apologizes

Computing

8 months ago

Steam Deck Delayed, Valve Apologizes

3

Activision Blizzard Devs Win Better Pay And PTO For Contractors

8 months ago

Activision Blizzard Devs Win Better Pay And PTO For Contractors

Ethan Gach

1

Square Enix Sounds Keen On NFTs And Blockchain Games

8 months ago

Square Enix Sounds Keen On NFTs And Blockchain Games

Brian Ashcraft

Frustrated Ubisoft Workers Are Asking For Your Help So The Company Doesn’t Ignore Them

8 months ago

Frustrated Ubisoft Workers Are Asking For Your Help So The Company Doesn’t Ignore Them

Ethan Gach

1

A Second Nintendo Store Is Opening In Japan

8 months ago

A Second Nintendo Store Is Opening In Japan

Brian Ashcraft

Konami’s New Soccer Game Continues To Be An Utter Fiasco

8 months ago

Konami’s New Soccer Game Continues To Be An Utter Fiasco

Brian Ashcraft

1

Blizzard Games Aren’t Doing So Great Lately

Esports

8 months ago

Blizzard Games Aren’t Doing So Great Lately

17

Blizzard Is Already Losing Its First Female Studio Co-Head

8 months ago

Blizzard Is Already Losing Its First Female Studio Co-Head

7

Blizzard Forms World Of Warcraft Community Council To Solicit Player Feedback

8 months ago

Blizzard Forms World Of Warcraft Community Council To Solicit Player Feedback

Ethan Gach

12

World’s Most Popular Game Is Getting ‘Triple-A,’ Open-World Spin-Off

8 months ago

World’s Most Popular Game Is Getting ‘Triple-A,’ Open-World Spin-Off

Fortnite Is Shutting Down Its Service In China

Esports

8 months ago

Fortnite Is Shutting Down Its Service In China

Brian Ashcraft

2

Sources: Nintendo Shutters California Office

Nintendo

8 months ago

Sources: Nintendo Shutters California Office

Ethan Gach

1

All I Want For Christmas Is A PSP

Nintendo

8 months ago

All I Want For Christmas Is A PSP

Ethan Gach

3

Ubisoft Is Getting Into The Blockchain Grift

8 months ago

Ubisoft Is Getting Into The Blockchain Grift

8

Bobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration In Letter To Staff

8 months ago

Bobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration In Letter To Staff

Brian Ashcraft

18

For $32,000 You Can Buy Tecmo Koei Gold Coins

8 months ago

For $32,000 You Can Buy Tecmo Koei Gold Coins

Brian Ashcraft

Report: Vicarious Visions Changing Its Name After Blizzard Merger

8 months ago

Report: Vicarious Visions Changing Its Name After Blizzard Merger

Luke Plunkett

8

GOTY Contender Death’s Door Heads To PlayStation And Switch Next Month

Nintendo

8 months ago

GOTY Contender Death’s Door Heads To PlayStation And Switch Next Month

Mike Fahey

Former World of Warcraft Devs Start Studio Where Only Female Staffer Is A Dog

8 months ago

Former World of Warcraft Devs Start Studio Where Only Female Staffer Is A Dog

23

Overwatch’s McCree Is Now Cole Cassidy

Esports

8 months ago

Overwatch’s McCree Is Now Cole Cassidy

Ian Walker

10

Epic Games Faces Backlash After Ending Popular Time-Off Policy

Computing

8 months ago

Epic Games Faces Backlash After Ending Popular Time-Off Policy

Ethan Gach

1

Nintendo Delays Advance Wars Switch Remakes Until 2022

Nintendo

8 months ago

Nintendo Delays Advance Wars Switch Remakes Until 2022

Ethan Gach

1

Despite Filing Harassment Reports, Employees Say Ubisoft Isn’t Doing Much

8 months ago

Despite Filing Harassment Reports, Employees Say Ubisoft Isn’t Doing Much

Ethan Gach

CDPR Delays Next-Gen Upgrades For Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3

9 months ago

CDPR Delays Next-Gen Upgrades For Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3

5

Activision Blizzard Has Fired ‘More Than 20’ Employees Over Harassment Lawsuit

9 months ago

Activision Blizzard Has Fired ‘More Than 20’ Employees Over Harassment Lawsuit

Luke Plunkett

6

German Game Ban Just Screwed Over Switch Players On Several Other Continents

Nintendo

9 months ago

German Game Ban Just Screwed Over Switch Players On Several Other Continents

4

Activision Blizzard May Have Found A Way To Wriggle Out Of California Lawsuit

9 months ago

Activision Blizzard May Have Found A Way To Wriggle Out Of California Lawsuit

3

Activision Says Call Of Duty: Warzone, Vanguard Are Getting New, Souped-Up Anti-Cheat

PC

9 months ago

Activision Says Call Of Duty: Warzone, Vanguard Are Getting New, Souped-Up Anti-Cheat

Ian Walker

Report: EA In A Messy Fight Over FIFA Licence, Money

9 months ago

Report: EA In A Messy Fight Over FIFA Licence, Money

Ethan Gach

2

Union Pissed About Meager Activision Blizzard Settlement, Demands Fairness Hearing

9 months ago

Union Pissed About Meager Activision Blizzard Settlement, Demands Fairness Hearing

2

Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Clusterfuck Gets More Clustered, Fucked

9 months ago

Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Clusterfuck Gets More Clustered, Fucked

3

California Steps In To Prevent Activision Blizzard Destroying Sexual Harassment Evidence

9 months ago

California Steps In To Prevent Activision Blizzard Destroying Sexual Harassment Evidence

5

EA Might Rename Its FIFA Games

9 months ago

EA Might Rename Its FIFA Games

Brian Ashcraft

Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed

9 months ago

Everything That Has Happened Since The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Was Filed

Zack Zwiezen

5

New Mobile Game Trailer Seems Similar To Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers

9 months ago

New Mobile Game Trailer Seems Similar To Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers

Brian Ashcraft

3

9 months ago

Bandai Namco Changed Its Logo And Fans Think It Kinda Sucks

Brian Ashcraft

6

Destiny 2 Maker Ditches Corporate Anti-Worker Policy

9 months ago

Destiny 2 Maker Ditches Corporate Anti-Worker Policy

Ethan Gach

4

Labour Union Suggests $25 Million Activision Blizzard Settlement Akin To Pennies

9 months ago

Labour Union Suggests $25 Million Activision Blizzard Settlement Akin To Pennies

1

Netflix Acquires Oxenfree Dev As Its First Game Studio

9 months ago

Netflix Acquires Oxenfree Dev As Its First Game Studio