Activision Blizzard has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2021, announcing record performance by King (Candy Crush), offset by lower than expected performance in the Activision segment (Call of Duty). Exhibiting the…
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Mobile Warcraft Game Planned for 2022
The Activision Blizzard fourth-quarter 2021 report revealed that a mobile Warcraft game is in the works for 2022. It’s unclear if this game will be released in 2022, or simply open for beta testing, but we’ll be looking forward to some new mobile conte…
Lunar New Year Sale – 30% Off Select Battle.net Games and Items
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, select Battle.net items are on sale including 30% off the Burning Crusade Dark Portal Pass, Digital Deluxe Edition, and Classic Character Transfers.Other notable deals include 33% off the Diablo Battle Chest, 20% off th…
Activision Blizzard to Release Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Results on February 3rd – No Earnings Call
Activision Blizzard has announced that the fourth quarter 2021 results will be announced after market close on February 3rd, 2022. However, due to the pending transaction with Microsoft, there will not be a conference call with shareholders or online p…
Boosting Communities Now Prohibited in World of Warcraft
Blizzard has published a blue post about boosting communities now being prohibited in World of Warcraft.Edit: Added Blizzard clarifications.This change does not prohibit the practice of boosting, guilds can still sell carries, it only prohibits the org…
Quality Assurance Union Not Recognized by Activision Blizzard – Employees to Proceed with NLRB Vote
Activision Blizzard has elected not to voluntarily recognize the Game Workers Alliance union organized by Raven Software Quality Assurance team members. Citing an inability to find a mutually acceptable solution with the Communications Workers of Ameri…
Blizzard Reveals New Unannounced Survival Game
Blizzard has just revealed they are hiring developers for a new unannounced survival game. In the past week, Blizzard was acquired by Microsoft and Mike Ybarra shared a message which said "We have some exciting things to announce, and I’ll be shar…
Quality Assurance Workers of Raven Software Ask Activision Blizzard to Recognize the Game Workers Alliance Union
A group of 34 Quality Assurance workers from Raven Software have asked Activision Blizzard to formally recognize their formation of the Game Workers Alliance union, following five weeks of striking in response to twelve temporary workers being told the…