Tag: Blizzard

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been added to the list of agencies investigating Activision Blizzard. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the SEC is requesting information to discern whether Activision and its executives prope…

Activision Blizzard announced the hiring of two new senior executives today, naming Julie Hodges as Chief People Officer and and Sandeep Dube as Chief Commercial Officer. Said by CEO Bobby Kotick, "these two outstanding leaders from companies with…

The Communications Workers of America union has filed unfair labor charges against Activision Blizzard, alleging the company has used coercive rules and tactics in an attempt to prevent employees from organizing to demand a more equitable workplace, su…

Blizzard has announced a series of discounts on Battle.net games, including 30% off the Shadowlands base edition through September 12th. Other Battle.net bundles are on sale through September 6th, such as 20% off the Celebration Collection.BlizzardNow …

Following the announcement that the Overwatch hero McCree would be renamed, Blizzard is taking further action to remove references to former developers from their games. In an article by The Washington Post, employees have let it be known that similar …

The Overwatch team has announced they will rename the hero currently known as McCree. The namesake of the hero, Jesse McCree, was let go from Blizzard two weeks ago.Diablo 4 game director Luis Barriga, Blizzard lead level designer Jesse McCree, and Wor…

Following reports that the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing was expanding its lawsuit, which included allegations of shredding human resource documents pertinent to the investigation, Activision Blizzard released a statement to Enga…

An amended complaint in the State of California’s lawsuit against Activision Blizzard was filed yesterday, expanding the scope of their investigation into widespread harassment and discrimination.Continue reading »