The hits just keep on coming for Activision Blizzard. And it's not the good kind. Following the massive workplace harassment investigation and controversy that spanned for a year or so, Activision Blizzard is facing hot water yet again. This time, it's being sued by the family of an employee who died by suicide.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has one more uncovered skeleton in his closet. The CEO has been secretly donating money to GOP political campaigns using secret companies. A CNBC report said that one of these companies is Norgate LLC and has contributed US$500,000 in two separate instalments to the Senate Leader

A group of Raven Software Quality Assurance employees have become the first Activision Blizzard workers to form a union. It's called the Game Workers Alliance, and it's working with Communications Workers of America. According to a press release, the QA workers said the union marks the first of its kind at Activisio

Moments after the news of Xbox buying Activision Blizzard broke, Sony's shares have taken a dip. Sony's shares fell by over 7% following the news, wiping US$20 billion off Sony's market value within the day. This marks the company's lowest close since late October 2021. The recent Xbox acquisition was worth US$68

2022 is starting out with a seismic shift in the games industry. Microsoft has announced that they have agreed to purchase Activision Blizzard. According to the announcement, this means that Microsoft will now own Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, I

The Activision Blizzard saga still continues. The company has recently gotten rid of nearly 40 employees due to workplace misconduct since last summer. Back in July 2021, the company was sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for its failure to handle sexual discrimination and harassment ag

Activision Blizzard may not be catching the break it needs given recent controversies. So here's another one. Twitter user Jessica Gonzalez, a senior test analyst at Blizzard, recently posted complaints about Blizzard being discriminating and negligent toward its breastfeeding workers. Women who wish to breastfeed t

There you have it, folks. The full trinity of the games industry has now voiced out against the toxic reports and issues at Activision Blizzard. It started with Sony and then, Xbox, shortly after. Now, Nintendo has finally joined the fray. According to a report by Fanbyte, Doug Bowser expressed concern over the o

Talk about reading the room. First, it was Sony Interactive president and CEO Jim Ryan criticizing Activision Blizzard in an internal email. Now, it's Xbox boss Phil Spencer sending a similar email to Microsoft staff (via Bloomberg). Spencer said that the Xbox leadership team is "disturbed and deeply troubled by the

Things aren't looking any pretty for Call of Duty makers Activision Blizzard, as its CEO Bobby Kotick is in hot water as usual. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal has detailed unflattering news about the CEO, citing that he knew about the Activision Blizzard sexual harassment issues and didn't do much about

Activision Blizzard still cannot catch a break. The company has recently made 20 employees and more "exit" from its doors for the past few months due to ongoing investigations into workplace harassment. These 20 employees have also faced disciplinary action, following a ramping up of internal processing in response

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has successfully sued Activision Blizzard after filing a complaint against the games company yesterday. The lawsuit states that Activision Blizzard is responsible for their employees facing sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and related retaliation. The

More high profile departures are happening amidst the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Diablo IV game director Luis Barriga, lead designer Jesse McCree, and World of Warcraft designer Jonathan LeCraft were recently left go from the company this week via sources from Kotaku. The news was delivered to development teams bu

With all the news of Activision Blizzard being sued by the State of California for its hostile working environment, sexual harassment, and discrimination, alongside other pieces of news, fans are reconsidering their role in supporting the company and its games. These include the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft, a

It's only a matter of time until the former founder and leads of Blizzard talk about the recent kerfuffles the current company is in; specifically the Activision Blizzard lawsuit alleging widespread discrimination and sexual harassment. First up is Mike Morhaime, former president and CEO who said the following on a

Activision Blizzard is under fire as of late due to a recent sexual harassment & discrimination lawsuit targeted at its toxic "fratboy" work culture. The company released statements that call the suit "distorted" and "false", with one from Blizzard president J Allen Brack calling the alleged behaviour in the lawsui

Activision Blizzard, the company behind the Overwatch and Diablo series, is now under fire by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. This is because it's been instilling a "frat boy" workplace culture, leading to years of harassment and abuse targeting women in the workforce. According to a Bloomb

ONE Esports, a subsidiary of Group ONE Holdings (ONE), has announced new 2021 strategic partnerships. They have entered into partnerships with video game software developer and distributor Activision Blizzard, as well as online food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda Thailand. Carlos Alimurung, CEO of ONE Esports

Sad news for shooter fans: Activision Blizzard is going to rework its esports division and it's not for the better. According to a Sports Business Journal interview, Activision Blizzard Esports will be restructuring its organization, which means laying off about 50 people in the company. The group's top executive To

Saudi Arabia, not content with buying a 1/3rd stake in SNK for future King of Fighters games, has utilized its Public Investment Fund to invest over US$3.3 billion in the world's biggest video game companies. They are Electronic Arts (EA), Take-Two Interactive, and Activision Blizzard. This move was orchestrated by