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Activision Appears To Advertise Anime-Themed Call of Duty DLC With Artwork Traced From Goblin Slayer And Japanese Artist Poppuqn

September 1, 2021

The hits just keep coming for Activision, as amidst a sexual harassment lawsuit and a storm of resulting personnel changes, the video game publisher has now been accused of plagiarizing both a frame from the op...

Activision Removes “OK” Hand Gesture from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, Provides No Explanation

Spencer Baculi

July 9, 2020

Video Games

Activision has quietly removed an emote from the latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, with both Modern Warfare and Warzone players discovering that the in-game gesture for ‘Okay’ has been removed w...

World of Warcraft Vanilla Team Lead Mark Kern Explains Why He Joined #BoycottBlizzard

John F. Trent

October 9, 2019

Video Games

World of Warcraft Vanilla Team Lead Mark Kern announced he's joining the #BoycottBlizzard movement. Kern explained his reasons for joining the movement after Blizzard condemned, banned, and rescinded the win...

Infinity Ward Dev Responds to Rumors Regarding Supply Drop Exclusive Weapons in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Spencer Baculi

October 1, 2019

Video Games

Amidst rumors that the supply drop system in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare would feature exclusive weapons and a deluge of emotes, sprays, and titles, a member of the Infinity Ward team responded to...

Report: Call of Duty Modern Warfare to Feature Loot Boxes As UK House of Commons Report Recommends Action Against Them

Drew Taylor

September 13, 2019

Video Games

Screenshots appear to show that Activision plans on introducing a loot box mechanic in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as the UK Government recommends taking action against loot boxes. Most every gamer will tel...

Democrat Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Calls For Game Developers To Unionize

Jorge Arenas

June 19, 2019

Video Games

Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently called on video game developers to unionize. Sanders took to Twitter and shared an article from Time Magazine titled "Video Games Creators Are Burned ...

Report: Blizzard Forbids “Okay” Symbol in Overwatch League Arena – Claims It’s a “White Power Symbol”

John F. Trent

April 5, 2019

Video Games

Blizzard has reportedly forbidden the "okay" hand symbol in the Overwatch League (OWL) Arena claiming it's a "white power symbol." Esports reporter Rod Breslau reported that "Blizzard told a fan in the Overw...

Report: Activision/Blizzard to Lay Off 800 Employees

Jorge Arenas

February 13, 2019

Video Games

Last week Bloomberg reported Activision/Blizzard planned to cut hundreds of jobs and now the company has confirmed those reports announcing they will lay off 800 employees with the plan to cut more in the comin...

After Split With Bungie, Activision Under Investigation For Fraud

Jorge Arenas

January 14, 2019

Video Games

After last week's surprising split between Activision and Bungie, Activision has come under investigation for securities fraud. In an alert to shareholders, The Pomerantz LLP, a law firm that describes itsel...

Bungie Announces Split from Activision – Acquires Rights to Destiny!

John F. Trent

January 10, 2019

Video Games

In a monster move in the video game world, Bungie announced they are splitting up from Activision. Not only did they announce their split from Activision, but they also acquired the rights to the Destiny franch...

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