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Microsoft forms new team within Blizzard to work on “AA” games based on Blizzard franchises
While there was a lot of discussion of what effect the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger might have on the games industry in the long term,…
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NetEase, Blizzard, and Microsoft renew license agreement to bring WoW, Diablo, and other games back to China this summer
In November of 2022, Blizzard announced the suspension of game services in mainland China beginning January 23, 2023 licensing agreements with NetEase expired. Since then affected…
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When is Blizzard’s Untitled Survival Game releasing? Never, thanks to Microsoft and 1,900 layoffs.
Microsoft has shown us once again that the true Survival Game at the heart of corporate culture is literal as it lays off 1,900 people, employed…
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How to migrate your authenticator to the Battle.net mobile app
Originally, Blizzard authenticators were small handheld devices that showed you a code that allowed you to log into Battle.net — but times have changed, and the…
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FTC sues to block Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Rumors have been swirling about the FTC trying to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but now it’s official: the Federal Trade Commission will…
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Blizzard plans to suspend most game operations in China starting on January 23
Earlier this evening, Blizzard announced the suspension of most of its game services in China due to the expiration of its current licensing agreement with NetEase.…
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The QA workers of Raven Software, a division of Activision Blizzard, are unionizing
The QA employees of Raven Software, one of many studios owned by Activision Blizzard and the makers of Call of Duty: Warzone, have voted to unionize,…
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How do you think Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard will affect the games we love?
I am still, one day later, absolutely gobsmacked by the news that Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for slightly less than $70 billion USD. That is…
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Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard
Microsoft is in the process of purchasing Activision Blizzard for roughly 68.7 billion dollars, and they have added all of the company’s many franchises to its…
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After workers take first steps towards unionization, Activision Blizzard appears to be going down the standard anti-union checklist
Yesterday, the ABK Workers Alliance announced a strike over the firing of Raven QA workers, but the bigger news in that was that Activision Blizzard workers…
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