Activision Blizzard Fires CFO For Cause

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Activision Blizzard announced today that they fired their Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann today for cause, meaning he did something to violate his employment contract. While some have speculated that Mr. Neumann is the fall guy for the company's recent missteps (Diablo: Immortal blowback), I suspect that its not related to that at all. The company's CFO doesn't make day [...]

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Diablo: Immortal

Diablo: Immortal is a mobile MMOARPG developed by Chinese studio NetEase. Diablo: Immortal provides a persistent game world accessible from anywhere right at your fingertips! [singlepic id=74917 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Activision Blizzard Playerbase: High Type: Action MMORPG Release Date: June 02, 2022 Pros: +The first F2P Diablo experience. +Varied Classes. +PC Client. +Authentic Chinese gameplay! Cons: -Extreme pay to [...]

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Activision Blizzard Reports Strong Q2 2018 Earnings

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Activision Blizzard reported their second quarter 2018 earnings report today and surprise surprise, Activision Blizzard is really good at making money. They reported revenues of $1.64 billion for the quarter, up from $1.63 billion for the last quarter last year. Take a look at the company's highlighted statistics from their quarterly investor slidedeck: Hearthstone continues to perform exceptionally well and [...]

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Activision Blizzard Reports $2B In Q1 Revenue, WoW and Overwatch Perform Strongly

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Activision Blizzard reporting $2 billion in revenue for Q1 2018 which was a record high for the company first quarter. The quarter's success was attributed to strong performance at 3 games in particular - World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. The company reached 374M monthly active users in the company across all of their games. Despite Blizzard's iconic lineup [...]

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Rumor: Blizzard Now Banning "One-Trick" Overwatch Players

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There have been troubling signs over the weekend that Blizzard has once again upped the ante in their fight against 'toxic' behavior in Overwatch. The trouble began when streamer Fuey500 was banned for (according to him) simply picking Torbjorn, a character that he picks regardless of team composition. Players who 'main' only a single character are often labeled as one-trick [...]

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Blizzard Announces Classic Vanilla Server Plans

In a shock announcement today during the Opening Ceremonies of Blizzcon, Blizzard revealed their plans for a Classic World of Warcraft server. Players have been clamoring for a classic, or "Vanilla" server for years now. Many got tired of waiting and took it upon themselves to party like its 2004 via private servers. Some of these fan servers attracted tens [...]

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