While we got a peek at a few Xbox Game Studios projects during last week’s Developer Direct event, neither Bethesda nor Activision Blizzard made appearances. Fans of several…
Read more Blizzard lines up WoW, Overwatch, Hearthstone and Diablo showcasesBlizzard developers working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble have formed a new union, the latest in a series of labor wins at the Microsoft-owned studio. The over 100-person…
Read more Blizzard teams working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble unionizeCall of Duty: Next is the annual event that brings creators and developers together to celebrate one of the most iconic franchises in gaming. This year, Call of…
Read more Call of Duty Next 2025 Recap – The Latest News on Multiplayer, Zombies, Call of Duty: Warzone, and More – Xbox WireActivision Blizzard and Microsoft’s Call of Duty franchise could take its blockbuster success to the big screen. According to Puck’s Matt Belloni, Paramount is currently negotiating for film rights to…
Read more ‘Call of Duty’ May Enlist for a Movie AdaptationImage: BioWare Today, October 28, reviews went live for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I reviewed it here at Kotaku, and despite being jaded toward the series for the…
Read more Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Divisive, Call Of Duty’s Launcher Sucks, And More Of The Week’s Top TakesImage: Square Enix, 505 Games, Capcom, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios / Sega, Blizzard, Sega, Blizzard, Kojima Productions, Screenshot: Capcom It’s the start of a new month, which means…
Read more How To Get Ready For Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred, Nab Games For Cheap, And More Helpful HintsVideo game actors are going on strike for the first time since 2017 after months of negotiations with Activision, Epic Games, and other big publishers and studios over…
Read more Video Game Actors Go On Strike For AI ProtectionsA Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign that looks like Mission: Impossible by way of an Adam Curtis documentary, a Gears of War prequel that shows fans E-Day…
Read more This Was The Best Xbox Showcase In Years (And The Hardest To Root For)After shutting down multiple Bethesda studios, Xbox and Bethesda leadership held a town hall meeting with staff to discuss the closures, explaining that the company’s studios had been…
Read more After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn’t Have The Resources To Run ThemActivision studio Toys for Bob has announced that it’s leaving the corporate rat race and is spinning off as an independent developer. This comes just weeks after Activision…
Read more Activision studio Toys for Bob is going independent after sweeping Xbox layoffsVideo game publisher Activision Blizzard has been embroiled in controversy within the last few years, from allegations that a culture of sexual harassment was allowed to thrive to…
Read more Legendary Industry Veterans Get Candid On Ageism In GamingLast week, Microsoft laid off 1900 video game workers across its various studios. This included cuts at recently acquired Activision Blizzard. And one employee, before being laid off,…
Read more Blizzard Dev Uses Company Perk To Get A Decade Of WoW Time Before Being Laid OffImage: Pocket Pair / Kotaku Over the weekend, I downloaded Palworld on my PC. I was excited. After all the weird trailers and screenshots showing Pokémon-like creatures using…
Read more Call of Duty, Palworld, And More Of The Week’s Best Gaming TakesWith the pre-release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown started, Ubisoft has chosen this week to rebrand its Ubisoft+ subscription services, and introduce a PC version of…
Read more Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your GamesScreenshot: Larian Studios You’d expect a new Bethesda game would be the biggest RPG of the year, but nope. Instead, it was Baldur’s Gate 3, which officially launched…
Read more The Best Video Game Surprises Of 2023Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard has been the subject of scrutiny for several years now, due to its widely criticized “Boys’ Club” corporate culture of sleazy…
Read more Activision Sure Knows How To Bury A Story On A Friday NightImage: Activision Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III’s single-player campaign was panned by critics when it released early on November 2. Reviewers hit it with low scores and…
Read more Report: Devs Worked Nights And Weekends To Rush Modern Warfare III OutScreenshot: Microsoft / Activision If you fired up your Xbox today, you might’ve seen something you didn’t expect: A darn full-screen advertisement for the latest Call of Duty…
Read more Xbox Startup Screen Is Now Full-Page Modern Warfare III AdBy Kim Mackrael Microsoft’s acquisition of videogame company Activision Blizzard won approval from U.K. competition authorities, clearing a path for the companies to close the $75 billion deal…
Read more Microsoft’s Activision Deal Gets Green Light From UK RegulatorWhen speculation rife that Microsoft expects to finalize its purchase of Activision Blizzard this week, and COD: Modern Warfare III out in a month, it seems people have…
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