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Activision Blizzard following new allegations.In a Medium post, the charity announced its decision to end the partnership.

Activision Blizzard employees, demanding that CEO Bobby Kotick resigns.As spotted by Kotaku, a petition by the ABK Workers Alliance – which is made up of Activision Blizzard employees – has gathered signatures from 1300 fellow workers.

Xbox head Phil Spencer has reportedly sent out a staff-wide email stating that Microsoft will be “evaluating all aspects” of its relationship with Activision Blizzard, in the wake of major sexual misconduct allegations.According to a report by Bloomberg, Spencer has sent an email stating that he is “evaluating all aspects” of Microsoft’s relationship with Activision Blizzard, and has clarified that the company is already “making ongoing proactive adjustments”.Spencer added that he is “disturbed

Activision Blizzard shares are on track for a 19-month low following allegations that CEO Bobby Kotick knew about sexual misconduct claims.A new report alleges that Kotick, who has been CEO of Activision Blizzard since its inauguration in 2008, knew about sexual misconduct claims at the company for years.These allegations have already affected Activision Blizzard’s share prices, with J.P.

Activision Blizzard leadership has reportedly told employees that the company’s “zero-tolerance policy” will not be applied to CEO Bobby Kotick because it has “no evidence” to prove recent claims made against him.In a company-wide meeting, Game Developer (thanks, VGC) reports that leadership within Activision Blizzard answered several pre-screened questions from employees.One of these questions asked if Activision Blizzard’s recently-announced zero tolerance policy would be applied to Bobby

Blizzard co-lead, Jennifer Oneal, reportedly only received an equal pay offer alongside fellow co-lead Mike Ybarra after handing in her resignation letter.The news comes amidst a flurry of negative and worrying reports about activities within Activision Blizzard.

Call of Duty: Vanguard patch has added Shipment to the multiplayer map roster, as well as fixed an issue preventing some PlayStation 5 owners from playing the game.The new map, Shipment, promises to be a small and hectic arena that features empty shipping containers. It has previously featured in other Call of Duty games, including as one of Call of Duty 4‘s launch maps 14 years ago.This time around, the placement of its containers have been changed around.

Activision Blizzard shareholders are asking for the resignation of CEO Bobby Kotick in a letter to the company’s board of directors.READ MORE: Sexual harassment claims, lawsuits, and several high profile departures – what’s going on with Activision Blizzard?The shareholders, who have a total of 4.8 million shares to their name, and are also calling for the board’s two longest serving directors, Brian Kelly and Robert Morgado, to retire by December 31.It comes after a report that said Kotick was

Activision Blizzard employees have staged a walkout, with the Activision Blizzard Workers Alliance calling for CEO Bobby Kotick to be replaced.As reported by Eurogamer, roughly 150 employees at Activision Blizzard have staged a physical in-person walkout, in the wake of a damning report that alleges CEO Bobby Kotick has known of sexual misconduct claims since 2018.According to Valentine Powell – a senior UI engineer at Blizzard Entertainment – “over 150 people” attended the protest in person,

Content warning: This story contains description of alleged sexual assault.A new report alleges that not only has Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick been aware of sexual misconduct claims within the company since 2018, he reportedly told his assistant that he would “have her killed” in a voicemail left in 2006.A report by the Wall Street Journal alleges that in 2018, Kotick was informed via email that a female employee had been raped in 2016 and, in 2017, pressured by a male supervisor to

Call Of Duty pro players have criticised the series’ latest entry, Vanguard, for its addition of weapon bloom, where bullets ‘spray’ away from exactly where players aim.Call Of Duty: Vanguard launched on November 5 and introduced a brand-new campaign, multiplayer, and a big roster of Operators.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s launch sales are down 40 per cent in the UK compared to the opening week of its predecessor, Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.The news, originally spotted by Gamesindustry.biz, comes courtesy of the GSD top ten for the week ending November 6 2021. It found that physical retail sales were down by 26 per cent.

Blizzard has announced Eternity’s End, the final major content update for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.According to Senior Games Designer, Steve Danuser, “The Shadowlands Story pulls together threads that started in Warcraft 3 and wove their way through many of our expansions.”“We approached it like a drama in three acts,” he continued.

Activision Blizzard has been overtaken by Roblox as the most valuable gaming company in the US, despite the recent release of Call of Duty: Vanguard.As spotted by Gamespot, shares of Roblox increased by 40 per cent on Tuesday, following the release of its earnings’ report. The company is now valuated by the stock market at $62billion (£46billion), overtaking previous industry leader, Activision Blizzard, which stands at $52billion (£38billion).

Activision Blizzard have been given improved pay and paid time off for their work at the company.This includes an increase of the minimum hourly rate for temporary employees at the to $17 per hour (or around £12). Other details of the changes for contract workers were outlined by Jessica Gonzales on Twitter, an Activision Blizzard employee.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard tournament with a £5100 ($7000) prize pool was disrupted when it was discovered that one of the competitors was using hacks.As spotted by Dexerto, results for a Call Of Duty: Vanguard search and destroy tournament were thrown out after it turned out that Shiv – a newcomer to the scene – had been using hacks to defeat competition.On November 7, Shiv’s team in the CDL (Call Of Duty League) surprised viewers when they defeated esports organisation Optic’s team in the

YouTube streamer, Dr Disrespect, has declared he is already considering quitting Call of Duty: Vanguard, days into the game’s release.Despite being a dedicated Call of Duty fan over the years, Dr Disrespect, aka Herschel Beahm, has said “he didn’t enjoy a single second” of Vanguard on launch day, as first spotted by Dexerto. Over the weekend, he teamed up with fellow streamers, TimTheTatman and ZLaner, initially enjoying the game.

Activision Blizzard announced today that the co-leader of the publisher, Jen Oneal, would be stepping down from her post.Mike Ybarra, who joined the company with Oneal in August will step into the role of being the sole leader of the company. The pair joined following the departure of J.

Activision Blizzard is delaying both Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4, with no new release dates set for either title as of writing.The news was shared by Axios Gaming reporter Stephen Totilo and comes from an investor document, who posted it to their Twitter account, which can be seen below.

Warzone – which has been nerfed several times for being too hard to see – is once again causing trouble, with players alleging that previous nerfs have been reverted.As reported by Charlie Intel, the Warzone community is reporting that the Roze skin has returned to being incredibly difficult to spot in dark areas, with players suggesting that the skin’s prior nerfs have been reverted.One thread in the Warzone Reddit – which has gathered almost 500 upvotes – alleges that “the Roze “fix” is no

Activision has released the minimum and recommended PC specification for Call Of Duty: Vanguard so fans can see if their rigs are up to running it.The PC specification for Call Of Duty: Vanguard suggests that the game will not be challenging to get running on most systems. The minimum graphics card required to run the game is only an Nvidia GTX 960 or an AMD RX 470.

Ubisoft workers who have formed a group called A Better Ubisoft have called for swifter action from the game publisher, following Activision‘s recent promises to meet some of its workers’ demands.ABU tweeted its support for the workers at Activision in the wake of the company acknowledging some of their demands.

Sledgehammer Games has announced the changes coming to Call Of Duty: Vanguard’s multiplayer modes due to beta feedback.One of the first significant changes is an alteration to how the game feels, as the blog post outlines. Players will notice that weapon swapping and pick up animations will be faster than in the beta.

World Of Warcraft game designer, Chris Kaleiki, has announced that he has started his own studio called Notorious Studios.Earlier this week (October 25), Chris Kaleiki took to Twitter to share the news that he has created his own game studio Notorious Studios – established with other former developers of World Of Warcraft – focused on building the next role-playing game.“Deciding to leave Blizzard was one of the hardest decisions of my life, ” Kaleiki said on his Twitter thread.

Vicarious Visions is set to be fully merged into Blizzard, with parent company Activision Blizzard dropping the company’s name entirely.Sources told Polygon that employees at Vicarious Visions were informed on Wednesday (October 27) that the studio would lose its name.

Activision Blizzard, has voluntarily reduced his income until the company has met new self-imposed targets in response to a raft of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations.In an open letter to employees, Kotick says he has asked Activision Blizzard’s Board of Directors to reduce his pay to “the lowest amount California law will allow” until the company has “achieved […] transformational gender-related goals and other commitments”.Kotick says this means $62,500 (£45,500) for this year.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced today that BlizzCon 2022 has had a “pause on planning”, with the event originally set to take place in February of next year.The blog post makes no mention of the ongoing lawsuits taking place at Activision Blizzard, with the company recently attempting to have the lawsuit filed by the state of California halted,the Los Angeles County Court denied the request (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz).According to the post, the indefinite delaying of BlizzCon has been done

Blizzard has teased an overhaul of the weather effects in World of Warcraft, which are set to arrive in the MMO as part of a forthcoming update.A post on the official Warcraft Twitter feed yesterday (October 25) opens with the surprisingly soothing sound of heavy rainfall, and a brief snippet of footage showing the weather effect in Stormwind, one of the game’s central locations.While it may seem somewhat simple at a glance, the scene appears to be well chosen, with the cascading water of the

Sledgehammer Games has released a new trailer for Call Of Duty: Vanguard that features Jack White’s latest single Taking Me Back.The latest trailer for the WW2 set Call Of Duty: Vanguard is an unexpected music video. However, it also features a lot of new footage cut together to the song.

Activision Blizzard has filed a motion to temporarily halt proceedings in the lawsuit filed against it in July by the state of California.The publisher claims it wants a break to collect evidence in connection to an unexpected allegation against the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) – something that could prove advantageous for Activision Blizzard.While the allegation which was made last week does not have a direct tie to this particular lawsuit, it is to do with the

Activision Blizzard has reportedly fired 20 employees since company-wide sexual harassment and discrimination claims were made this summer.As reported in the Financial Times, the Call Of Duty and World Of Warcraft publisher sent a letter to staff yesterday (October 19) informing them of the dismissals, while adding that 20 individuals have also been reprimanded.According to the report, company has also said it will expand its ethics and compliance team, which is hiring 19 full-time roles and

Blizzard has renamed a quest-giving character in World of Warcraft after homophobic statements by the musician it was based on re-emerged.The character known initially as “Gorge the Corpsegrinder” was based on Cannibal Corpse vocalist George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher.

Overwatch 2 team have shared some of the details behind Brigitte’s upcoming rework.Several heroes of Activision Blizzard‘s upcoming Overwatch 2 have received videos showing their new abilities and changes. However, Brigitte hasn’t had the same treatment yet.

Activision Blizzard is currently entangled in multiple lawsuits over alleged worker mistreatment, including claims there is a “frat boy culture” as well as sexist workplace practices.

Blizzard Entertainment has released a developer diary that details the sound design of the upcoming Diablo IV.Kris Giampa, sound director for Diablo IV, has explained some of the decisions and goals of the soundscape within the game. However, this doesn’t include music, which they do not want to go in-depth on just yet.

Call Of Duty: Vanguard working in Call Of Duty: Warzone ahead of the former’s integration into Warzone after its release in November.The below video shared to Twitter by user JGOD clearly shows the StG 44 from Call of Duty: Vanguard being used in Warzone.