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I'm guessing since the merger that this is a Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard thread... I'm not much of an XBox person but apparently this Larry Hryb guy was a big deal with the XBox's or something. He's apparently leaving after twenty years so I'm guessing it was related to said merger. He had...

A Judge has ordered that the two developers at a cheat seller called 'EngineOwning' that developed and released cheats for Call of Duty Warzone will pay Activision $3 million in damages. The Judges ruling also ordered them to stop developing, selling, and advertising the cheat software...

Feds might challenge the $69 billion merger of Activision and Microsoft. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/23/exclusive-feds-likely-to-challenge-microsofts-69-billion-activision-takeover-00070787

I'd like to see those peaks in a Blizzard for Entertainment. Preferably snowcapped... Okay I'll stop.

She looks to be doubly qualified for the job.

In an ongoing Brazilian Court Case where Microsoft is attempting to justify its acquisition of Blizzactivision isn't a monopoly, they shamefully were compelled to admit what everyone pretty much already knew, that the Sony Playstation 4 outsold the XBone about twice over...

Activision makes more then half of its sales from mobile phone gaming according to financial data from its last quarter, thus meaning mobile gaming is making them more money then PC and Console gaming sales combined. Part of the reason seems to be that while mobile revenue is steadily rising...

A bit of a funny. Apparently Activision successfully fended off a lawsuit because the Plaintiffs Counsel didn't play enough Call of Duty. The Activision lawyers demonstrated, through the gameplay, that several of these claims were apparently factually misrepresented and the Judge stated the...

Based Diablo Immortal Social Media Manager. Diablo Immortals' Weibou (A Chinese Social Media Application) Account Apparently Made a Reference to Winnie the Pooh and thus offended China's Glorious Dear Leader, Xi Jingping. THE GAME IS NOW BANNED IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM! (or its release is...

What a shocking development! Or is it? https://nichegamer.com/some-activision-blizzard-games-xbox-exclusive/

Phil Spencer says he had discussions with Sony over the future of their latest acquisition and its availability on the Sony Playstation consoles. https://nichegamer.com/microsoft-will-honor-existing-agreements-activision-acquisition/

The Saxons were foreign invading barbarians yes... But they'd been there for half a millennia at least by then.

Some other interesting things that came out about this... Apparently Facebook/META was interesting in purchasing Activision and so was some other as of yet unidentified buyer. https://www.gamesradar.com/activision-pursued-a-facebook-buyout-before-selling-to-microsoft-report-claims/

Well here's a list of the valuation of other big game companies.

And Sony is getting apparently getting hit financially. Twenty billion in value lost and the stock dropped 13% in Japanese markets. https://www.dualshockers.com/sonys-market-value-drops-20-billion-after-microsofts-activision-deal/

It's apparently the 25th Anniversary of the Diablo franchise whose first game was released in late December of 1996. https://www.gog.com/news/the_legendary_hack_n_slash_game_celebrates_its_25th_anniversary

CEO Bobby Kotick according to a Wall Street Journal article, says he would consider stepping down as CEO if he can't resolve the "cultural" problems at Activision.

Apparently the US EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) filed a seven page lawsuit against Blizzard-Activision and within hours Blizzard-Activision and the EEOC came to an agreement...

I don't think the hiring of Simu Liu himself is pandering to China. There's been media speculation his non-fawning comments regarding the ChiComs helped sink Shang Chi's marketing campaign in China actually. Though it's entirely plausible there is China PANDAering simply by having a Chinaman (I...

Diablo II: Resurrected re-re-releases Diablo II on something called the Blizzard Store. Also Shang Chi is going to be in it... Or just the trailer. I don't know.