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Studio behind Spyro remakes and Crash Bandicoot 4 is reportedly working with Xbox on a new game
Toys for Bob — which developed 2018’s Spyro Reignited Trilogy and was behind Crash Bandicoot 4, along with the Nintendo Switch port for the N. Sane Trilogy — reached a deal with Xbox for a new game, according to Windows Central.
Activision's union, with 600 members, is now the biggest one in video games
600 Activision quality assurance workers voted to unionize.
Activision studio Toys for Bob is going independent after sweeping Xbox layoffs
Activision studio Toys for Bob has announced its becoming an independent entity. This is happening after sweeping layoffs impacted 86 employees.
Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will land on March 21
Activision has finally announced the Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile release date. The free-to-play battle royale will hit iOS and Android on March 21.
Call of Duty's latest anti-cheat tactic is simply shutting down the game
Activision's latest strategy to frustrate Modern Warfare and Warzone cheaters is to simply shut down the Call of Duty app.
Bobby Kotick's reign at Activision Blizzard ends December 29, 2023
Bobby Kotick will officially step down as CEO of Activision Blizzard on December 29, 2023.
Activision Blizzard will pay $54 million to settle California's gender discrimination lawsuit
California's Civil Rights Department (CRD) has announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Activision Blizzard for a case it filed in 2021, accusing the company of systemic gender discrimination and fostering a culture that encouraged rampant misogyny and sexual harassment.
Microsoft's Activision merger set to get its final UK approval
Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard looked close to being dead not long ago, but it just took a big step toward clearing its last major obstacle.
'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III' will use AI to clamp down on toxic voice chats
Activision will use Modulate's ToxMod system to moderate hate speech.
Tomb Raider's Lara Croft joins Call of Duty's war effort
The Call of Duty franchise continues its Fortnite-ification by announcing the latest playable character will be ‘Tomb Raider’ star Lara Croft. The fictional grave robber will appear in ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ and ‘Modern Warfare II’, joining recent real-life playable characters like Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg and Kevin Durant, among many others.
Microsoft will sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft in attempt to win UK approval
Microsoft is significantly restructuring its Activision Blizzard merger proposal by selling cloud gaming rights for Activision Blizzard games to rival Ubisoft.
'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III' will include the series' biggest zombies map ever
Activision has revealed more details about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. The game will have the biggest CoD Zombies map to date, including "an open-world PvE extraction survival experience." The sequel will also debut with modernized versions of every original 'Modern Warfare 2' (2009) multiplayer map.
Call of Duty players can bring most of their 'Modern Warfare II' gear over to 'Modern Warfare III'
Activision is doing something different with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, this year's entry in the blockbuster military shooter series. Rather than starting from scratch and having to rebuild your collection of weapons and cosmetic items, Activision is letting players carry over nearly everything they unlock in Modern Warfare II.
The next Call of Duty game is 'Modern Warfare III'
At one point, it seemed like there wouldn't be a full Call of Duty game this year. However, Activision has confirmed Modern Warfare II is coming your way on November 10th.
Call of Duty is publicly shaming cheaters in the kill feed
Now, when a Call of Duty cheater gets booted from a game, 'Modern Warfare II' and 'Warzone' are naming and shaming them in the kill feed.
Dog of Duty makes a triumphant return in ‘Modern Warfare II’
Activision is bringing dogs (and one Dogg) back to Call of Duty. A decade after the debut of Riley, the faithful canine companion in Call of Duty: Ghosts, you can now take Merlin, the good boy pictured above, with you for quality companionship and savage finishing moves in season five (BlackCell) of CoD: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0.
Call of Duty is using clones of real players to mess with cheaters
Activision's latest method of messing with Call of Duty cheaters is hallucinations. These are clones of real players that only detected and suspected hackers can see and interact with.
The original 'Call of Duty: Warzone' battle royale will shut down in September
The original battle royale game Call of Duty:Warzone will shut down definitively on September 21st, Activision has announced.
China court documents incorrectly showed Activision was being sued by former partner NetEase
Blizzard Entertainment is being sued by former Chinese publishing partner NetEase after servers shutdown in January when the two failed to reach a continuation agreement. NetEase is seeking ¥300 million Yuan (roughly $43.5 million) in damages, which the company says will be put toward issuing refunds for discontinued games and recouping investments from unsold merchandise inventory.
Like it or not, a Call of Duty board game is coming in 2024
Pre-orders for 'Call of Duty: The Board Game' will open on Kickstarter this fall.
