Hearthstone Added To PlayVS High School Esports Catalog
PlayVS announced an exclusive partnership with Activision-Blizzard that will see Hearthstone added to the organization’s starting lineup of games beginningContinue Reading
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Nintendo And Sony Feel The Burn As The Console Wars Heat Up
Companies like Nintendo and Sony have been scrambling to come up with a response to Microsoft’s mammoth acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.Continue Reading
The New York Times Purchases Wordle
On January 31st, The New York Times announced it had purchased Wordle for a price “in the low seven figures.”Continue Reading
Geoff Keighley Tweets That More Gaming Acquisitions Are Coming In 2022
It’s been a wild couple of months in the gaming industry, with mergers and acquisitions dominating the headlines. Activision-Blizzard nowContinue Reading
Activision-Blizzard Reportedly Farming Out Overwatch League Operations To A Third Party
According to sources that spoke with Sports Business Journal, Activision-Blizzard is expected to farm out its Overwatch League operations toContinue Reading
Sony Buys Bungie For $3.6B
Sony Interactive Entertainment recently announced it had purchased Bungie Inc. for $3.6 billion. According to Gamesindustry.biz, Bungie will act asContinue Reading
Is Overwatch 2 On The Horizon?
An anonymous content creator who attended the not-so-secret Blizzard meeting back in December recently leaked news that Overwatch 2 information,Continue Reading
Weekly News #187: Sony x Bungie, ValkyRae YouTube, LoL Mockumentary, Ford In-Car Gaming, Wordle, Scump Retirement, Nintendo Strikes, Saudi Arabia Esports, Harry Potter Fail, Ubisoft NFTs
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion, ValkyRae stickingContinue Reading
Esports Owners, Executives React To Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal
Activision-Blizzard has made quite a name for itself over the last decade, producing titles like Overwatch and Call of Duty.Continue Reading
Phil Spencer Asks Nintendo Not To Do Anything That Would Harm The Gaming Industry
We are still dealing with the fallout that came from Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. In a recent interview with TheContinue Reading
The Global Gaming Market Will Be Worth Almost $550B By 2028
A new report was recently released by Fortune Business Insights. In this study, it was revealed that the global gamingContinue Reading
Raven Software Ends Strike
A Better ABK, the employee advocacy group at Activision-Blizzard, recently announced it ended Raven QA’s strike of Activision-Blizzard that lastedContinue Reading
Savvy Gaming Group Purchases ESL Gaming From Modern Times Group For Over $1B
On January 24th, Modern Times Group announced that it had agreed to sell ESL Gaming to Savvy Gaming Group forContinue Reading
Blizzard Is Developing A New Survival Video Game
Blizzard Entertainment is apparently working on a new IP. The organization recently announced it is developing a survival video gameContinue Reading
Weekly News #185: New Blizzard Game, $1.5B Saudi ESL FACEIT Acquisition, Kotaku PC Gamer Rumors, Lame Guild HQ, Spyke $55M Seed, Netflix Ambitions
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Blizzard developing a new survival game, SonyContinue Reading
Statements Indicate Activision Games Will Still Be Made For PlayStation Consoles
Sony recently released a statement in response to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard for almost $70 billion. According to a spokespersonContinue Reading
Report: Bobby Kotick Wanted To Buy Kotaku And PC Gamer
According to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, Bobby Kotick was interested in buying video game publications, namelyContinue Reading
Sony Stocks Tumble Following Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition
On January 18th, the global gaming industry was shaken to its core after it was announced that Microsoft had acquiredContinue Reading
Froskurinn Speaks Out Against Sexism in the Games Industry
Sexism has become a hot topic in the gaming industry. Whether it’s the toxic environment of Bobby Kotick’s Activision-Blizzard orContinue Reading
Riot Employees Would Receive 25% Of Their Annual Salary If They Quit Right Now
Riot Games’ CEO Nicolo Laurent outlined the organization’s new five-year plan in a lengthy January 11th blog post. In thisContinue Reading
Weekly News #183: Microsoft Acquires Activision-Blizzard, Riot Employees Quit, ValkyRae Break, Xbox One Discontinued
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Microsoft turning the gaming world on its headContinue Reading
Microsoft Announces Acquisition Of Activision-Blizzard
Microsoft made history on January 18th when the company announced plans to acquire the major video game publisher Activision-Blizzard. ThisContinue Reading
Raven Software Strike Enters Its Fifth Week
Employees of Raven Software, a subsidiary of Activision, have been on strike for five weeks after Activision laid off aContinue Reading
Microsoft Halts Production Of The Xbox One
Microsoft recently announced it has stopped manufacturing Xbox Ones. This comes as the organization looks to ramp up the productionContinue Reading
Take-Two Purchasing Zynga For Almost $13B
Take-Two Interactive recently announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zynga in a cash and stock transaction. TheContinue Reading
Steam Unveils Best-Selling And Most-Played Games Of 2021
Now that we are well into 2022, major businesses are taking a look back at the successes they had inContinue Reading
Former Activision-Blizzard Developer Accused Of Making Transphobic Comments In Right-Wing Discord Server
Long-time Activision-Blizzard developer Geoff Frazier was fired from the company recently after it came to light that his far-right viewpointsContinue Reading
Big-Name Personalities Attack Activision For The State Of The Call Of Duty Esports Scene
Activision-Blizzard has had its fair share of problems over the last 12 months. Most recently, the organization is receiving backlashContinue Reading