Inside the history of Activision Blizzard, the video game maker Microsoft bought for $69 billion
Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, becoming the world's third-largest gaming company. Read about the ...
Call of Duty's development budget ballooned by $250 million between 2015 and 2020 to an eye-watering $700 million
Despite the universal agreement that game development costs are rising, we rarely see exactly how much more costly they've become, especially for AAA releases. This week, however, thanks to court ...
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Former Call of Duty Executive Joins Activision Blizzard as President
Moreover, Faries is Blizzard’s first new President since Microsoft completed its historic $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard — the parent company — in October 2023. Matt Booty, Xbox ...
Activision asks judge to dismiss suit from Uvalde families, Polygon says
Microsoft (MSFT)-owned Activision filed a request asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from families of victims killed or injured ...
Call of Duty Games Cost More to Make than You Expect — Budgets Revealed
The cost to make a AAA game for modern consoles has been a major talking point over the last several years while the industry has faced record layoffs and studi ...
Activision asks judge to strike Uvalde parents’ Call of Duty lawsuit, citing protections for ‘creative expression’
Activision Blizzard’s lawyers state in the response that the lawsuit “is the latest attempt to revive an old playbook, ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War cost $700M to make
Three Call of Duty games published between 2015 and 2020 cost almost $2 billion total in development costs, according to a ...
Activision spent $700 million in development costs alone for Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
The development budgets of three Call of Duty games released in recent years have been revealed, showing investments of ...
Black Ops Cold War is now the second most expensive game ever
The development costs of Black Ops 3, Modern Warfare (2019), and Black Ops Cold War were part of a court filing seen by Game ...
The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
Last year, we picked 11 horrible gaming disappointments. But this year, in 2024, we had to expand the list to 15. And we cut ...
A post-mortem of Xbox or: how $3 trillion can’t buy you love – Reader’s Feature
A reader believes Microsoft’s days as a console manufacturer are effectively over and has a theory for where he thinks they ...
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Google cuts 10% of managerial positions amid rising AI competition: Reports
Microsoft laid off more than 1,000 employees across divisions, including Azure cloud and gaming, following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The gaming unit alone faced 1,900 job cuts.