Next Call of Duty Game Coming Straight to Game Pass
Xbox’s desperation is showing. Last week, Microsoft’s senior public relations manager, Brian Hilderbrand, said the reason Xbox was closing some Bethesda studios and merging others was because Game Pass – the Xbox subscription service – was losing money on video game sales by allowing gamers to play them for much cheaper, and they need to […]
Email Reveals Activision’s DEI Mania
Someone at Activision wants the whole world to know how excruciating it must be to work there. The video game publisher of Call of Duty, some Crash Bandicoot games, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 send out emails to their employees, keeping them abreast of all their woke initiatives, policies, and various other obnoxious burdens they foist […]
Microsoft Insider Reveals Truth Behind Bethesda Closings
Many were baffled when Microsoft shut down some Bethesda studios and combined others, which will result in plenty of layoffs. Now, someone with knowledge of the situation is letting people know what really happened. Brian Hilderbrand, the senior public relations manager at Microsoft, wrote a detailed post explaining the situation, and he points the finger […]
Call of Duty Removes Popular Esports Figure Nickmercs Skin
The culture wars surrounding pride month have reached the gaming world. Nickmercs is a content creator for – and co-owner of – FaZe Clan, a popular esports company. According to his profile on the FaZe Clan website, he has 4 million YouTube subscribers, 6.2 million Twitch followers, 2.5 million Instagram followers, 2 million Twitter followers, […]
Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion
Microsoft has added publisher and developer Activision Blizzard to its arsenal of titles, including the majorly popular Call of Duty franchise, for a cost of $68.7 billion. The announcement on Xbox Wire states, “As a team, we are on a mission to extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We all […]
Activision Blizzard Delay Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 Indefinitely
Activision Blizzard have delayed two of their biggest, and arguably their most anticipated, titles in Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 during Tuesday’s earnings report. The studio announced the delay in a slide titled “Update on Our Pipeline,” proclaiming that it still plans to “deliver a substantial amount of content” next year (the wide-open slate of […]