Call Of Duty Vanguard Fails To Outperform Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War
Activision-Blizzard recently released its financial results for the last quarter of 2021 as well as the entire fiscal year. ThisContinue Reading
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Sony Spending $1.2 Billion On Employee Retention Plan For Bungie Workers
During its recent Q3 2021 earnings report, Sony confirmed that it would be spending one-third ($1.2 billion) of the moneyContinue Reading
Saudia Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Invests Over $1B Into Capcom And Nexon
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, recently announced it purchased a combined holding of $1 billion inContinue Reading
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
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
Former European Leaders At Activision Blizzard Have Founded A New Publisher
Several former Activision Blizzard leaders from the now defunct Versailles operation have come together to form New Tales, a publishingContinue 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
Frost Giant Studios Raises $25M To Make An Unreal Engine 5 Real-Time Strategy Game
Frost Giant Studios announced it has raised $25 million to help create a brand new real-time strategy game in UnrealContinue 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
Netflix Announces Two New Mobile Games
Netflix is still in its early stages of gaming development, but the company is already looking to expand its rosterContinue Reading
Will Overwatch Come To Phones Via Xbox Cloud Gaming?
The Activision Blizzard sale has left us with more questions than answers. We’ve known for awhile that Activision has beenContinue 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
Blizzard Unveils World Of Warcraft Esports Plans For 2022
Blizzard revealed its plans for 2022 World of Warcraft esports in a tweet from January 13th, featuring several tournaments withContinue 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
Christian Chmiel Named COO Of Berling International Gaming
Berling International Gaming (BIG) recently appointed Christian “Blizzard” Chmiel to the role of Chief Operating Officer. In this position, ChmielContinue 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