Microsoft lays off 1,900 people between its Activision Blizzard, Xbox divisions, and Blizzard’s previously announced survival game has now been cancelled.
Bobby Kotick will be leaving Activision Blizzard King and stepping down from his role as chief executive officer by the end of December.
Activision is already pulling some Call of Duty Modern Warfare III multiplayer maps due to bad spawn points.
PlayStation “is under pressure to react” with its own big acquisition following Microsoft closing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, says analyst.
Bobby Kotick will no longer be the CEO of Activision Blizzard by the end of 2023, staying on until then to assist Microsoft in its acquisition of ABK.
Microsoft now officially owns Activision Blizzard King as the UK’s regulatory body the CMA has approved the deal, check out the details here.
Former US chat show host and Gavin and Stacey actor, James Cordon, was hired by Activision to host an employee meeting with Bobby Kotick yesterday.
Activision has Call Of Duty games planned all the way through to 2027, according to president Rob Kostich in an interview, check out the details here.
The FTC will continue to challenge Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard through its own internal court, check out the details here.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally agreed to the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard.