Items tagged with Bobby Kotick
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Mar 11, 2024
As more Americans are getting their news from TikTok, some are looking to buy the highly popular social media platform, while the government looks to shut it down if not purchased by an American company or individual soon. New reports...
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Nathan Ord - Sun, May 01, 2022
Everyone adores Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, right? No matter what your opinion is of the man, he has been helming the ship that produced titles like Call of Duty, and many other blockbuster game hits, for some time now. However...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, Dec 04, 2021
Being told you will be out of work come the new year is a horrible way to start the holiday season, but it appears Activision-Blizzard has done just that to some of its quality assurance testers. Confirmed by a Call of Duty community...
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Joel Hruska - Fri, Jul 26, 2013
The CEO of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kotick announced this morning that he would lead an investor buyout of the company worth approximately $8.2 billion dollars. The move would free Blactivision (how has this moniker never caught on?) to...
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Joel Hruska - Tue, Mar 23, 2010
A report from videogame industry analyst Michael Pachter indicates that EA is investigating new revenue streams, particularly digital revenues that might entice players to buy into an extended game demo and follow up with a full game purchase once the title was available. That's the...
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Joel Hruska - Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Last weekend, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick gave details on what he believes represents the future of gaming—and managed to become the poster child for unhappy workplaces. We'll talk gaming first. Current-generation consoles like the PS3...
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Joel Hruska - Thu, Aug 06, 2009
Gamers who've been salivating at the chance to slaughter zerglings (or each other) like it's 1998 are going to have to wait a little longer. Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the first Starcraft 2 campaign—the Terran-centric...
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