The deal took nearly 22 months to close, reflecting concerns from rivals and government regulators that Microsoft could use ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. Over the past three years, as I worked on a book about the history of the video-game company Blizzard Entertainment, a ...

Schreier took on the task of writing about Blizzard just before Microsoft announced its intent to buy Activision Blizzard. Since the deal closed, sweeping layoffs have rocked the entire company.

Our large investment to acquire Activision Blizzard further strengthens our resolve to remove this friction on behalf of creators and gamers alike. We want to enable world-class content to reach every ...

Staff at US gaming giant Activision Blizzard have staged a walk-out over accusations of sexism and harassment. The company behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft was sued last week by the state ...

Microsoft acquired the game when it purchased Activision-Blizzard, which was finalized ... World of Warcraft is one of the game industry's biggest success stories. Launched almost 20 years ago ...

Video game giant Activision Blizzard will start laying off employees at its Irvine and Santa Monica locations next month as parent company Microsoft Corp. looks to cut costs in its gaming division.

A year afer Microsoft acquired the gaming company’s parent, Activision Blizzard, for $68.7 billion, the layoffs started in California. (File photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Video game maker ...

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Both titles will arrive on November 5. Hopefully the response to those games will convince Activision Blizzard and its new owner, Microsoft, to finally move forward on StarCraft 3.

Activision’s efforts to combat Call of Duty’s toxicity problem in voice chat has, reportedly, paid off just in time for Black Ops 6’s release in October 2024. Activision published a brief ...

Microsoft Gaming is laying off 650 employees, or around 3% of the company's workforce, in its second major layoff in 2024. In an email from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phile Spencer to employees, it was ...