Activision hires ex-Microsoft CFO Dennis Durkin
Dennis Durkin may not be a name you recognize, but for 12 years he's worked in the belly of the beast that is Microsoft as corporate VP, COO and CFO of the company's Interactive Entertainment...
View ArticleCoD goes to China with 'Call of Duty Online,' from Activision and Tencent
Activision, partnering with Chinese game company Tencent, is launching a free-to-play Call of Duty shooter in the Chinese market, the companies revealed this morning. "Call of Duty Online" is the...
View ArticleDiablo 3 surpasses 10 million sold [Update: Expansion incoming, date unknown]
During today's Activision earnings call, CEO Bobby Kotick revealed that Blizzard's Diablo 3 has managed to sell over 10 million copies so far. "Year-to-date, Diablo 3 is the top-selling game overall...
View ArticleKotick on why firing West, Zampella was easy, turning down a CoD film
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick settled a lawsuit with former employees Jason West and Vince Zampella, both now of Respawn Entertainment, in May. Kotick fired West and Zampella in 2010, after learning...
View ArticleActivision's Kotick is now among the highest-paid CEOs in the US [Update]
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is now among the highest-paid CEOs in the United States, Bloomberg reported. According to a document filed to the SEC, Activision increased Kotick's compensation to $64.9...
View ArticleBobby Kotick is one of the highest-paid CEOs in the U.S.
Activision Blizzard head honcho Bobby Kotick was one of the highest-paid CEOs in America last year, Bloomberg reports. Earning $64.9 million -- $55.9 million in of it in stock which he'll vest over...
View ArticleThe Daily Grind: Should World of Warcraft go free-to-play?
There's only one Western subscription MMO that can stand to lose 1.3 million subs in three months and shrug it off: World of Warcraft. But shrug it off doesn't appear to what Activision-Blizzard is...
View ArticleSad pandas: More sub losses expected in WoW
If you thought World of Warcraft losing 14% of its users -- over one million -- during the first quarter of the year was bad, just wait; according to Activision-Blizzard, subscription numbers are...
View ArticleKotick: Tencent a 'passive investor' in Activision Blizzard buyback
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick stated in an early-morning conference call that Tencent's participation in the buyback from Vivendi is merely a sign of the company's "enthusiasm." Within last...
View ArticleProject Titan: A brief history of a game that doesn't exist
For the last several years, the MMO community has been abuzz with rumors regarding Blizzard Entertainment's Project Titan. Long reported to be a brand-new MMO based on an entirely original...
View ArticleActivision to appeal halted Vivendi deal on October 10
Activision Blizzard is set to appeal the Delaware Supreme Court's decision to halt its $8.2 billion share purchase from controlling corporation Vivendi, Reuters reports. Activision aims to buy itself...
View ArticleCourt sides with Acti-Blizz, Vivendi split moves forward
The Delaware Supreme Court has sided with Activision-Blizzard in a lawsuit that was seeking to stop the planned split from corporate parent Vivendi. The suit was filed by shareholders who believe that...
View ArticleActivision to buy $8.2 billion of its own shares from Vivendi on Oct. 15
Activision is free to buy back its own shares from current parent company Vivendi, now that the Delaware Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that prevented the deal from going down. The transaction...
View ArticleActivision completes purchase of itself from Vivendi
Activision's buyback of $8.2 billion of its own shares from Vivendi has been completed, the publisher announced today. It was just yesterday that the Delaware Supreme Court overturned a September...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard now free from Vivendi
Back in July, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick led a charge to buy the company back from parent company Vivendi. After a few bumps in the road, the share buyback is complete and Activision...
View ArticleWorld of Warcraft sheds another 100,000 subscriptions
Everyone is pretty certain that the next World of Warcraft expansion is going to be announced very soon. Tomorrow, probably. So it serves as an interesting counterpoint to note that the game has lost...
View ArticleDestiny to be 'best-selling new IP in history' according to Activision [update]
Activision is dreaming big for Bungie's Destiny, dubbing it the "next billion dollar franchise." Activision CEO Bobby Kotick echoed the projection, telling investors during today's earnings call that...
View ArticleDestiny beta is incoming for summer; Activision predicts big successes
Is Destiny really going to be the next big thing in gaming? Activision CEO Bobby Kotick certainly thinks so. In the recent fourth quarter earnings call for the company, Kotick went on the record...
View ArticleActivision spending $500 million on Destiny
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is quoted recently as saying that the company is "making a $500 million bet" on Destiny, as reported by Reuters. The quote has caught fire for dwarfing the alleged...
View ArticleKotick says Destiny is a '$500 million bet' [Update: Beta coming in July]
Is Destiny the most expensive game ever made? Time will tell, but Activision CEO Bobby Kotick intimated that total development and marketing costs for Bungie's sci-fantasy shooter epic may reach half...
View ArticleActivision CEO Bobby Kotick was nearly fired in 2013
Vivendi, Activision's controlling shareholder in 2013, wanted to fire CEO Bobby Kotick, as revealed in emails that are part of a lawsuit filed by Activision investors (via Bloomberg). During...
View ArticleActivision CEO Bobby Kotick was nearly fired by Vivendi
Anyone who's paid attention to the roller-coaster that is Activision's relationship with its former owner Vivendi, here's a new wrinkle for you. Activision CEO and perennial villain in a million fans'...
View ArticleActivision exceeds quarterly projections by $60 million in Q2
An Activision Blizzard quarterly report has revealed that the company behind games like World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, the Call of Duty franchise and Skylanders, has earned $970 million in revenue in...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard resolves class action lawsuits
When Activision Blizzard bought itself to be freed from Vivendi, there was no shortage of unhappy shareholders, leading to several class action lawsuits filed against the company and other attendant...
View ArticleActivision, Vivendi lawsuit settlement amounts to $275 million
Activision Blizzard reached a settlement this week over a shareholder's lawsuit in regards to the Call of Duty publisher's October 2013 buyout. As a result, Vivendi and others will pay $275 million to...
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