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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

Jen Shah is hitting back at claims she was involved in a case of retail theft at her co-star Meredith Marks‘ store.

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.

Things got intense on the latest “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” when U.S. federal agents and the NYPD arrived on the set, searching for Jen Shah.

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.

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.