Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Activision

Microsoft claims Activision was already planning ‘significant’ layoffs before its acquisition, ‘consistent with broader trends in the gaming industry’

Microsoft has stated that Activision was already planning layoffs before its merger.

TechRadar

Microsoft says its 1,900 layoffs "cannot be attributed fully to the merger" because Activision was already planning massive cuts of its own

If Microsoft didn't lay off those people, it says Activision would've instead

GamesRadar

Spyro and Crash Bandicoot developer lays off at least 86 developers amid mistaken reports of full studio closure

It was speculated that the studio would fully close down earlier this week

GamesRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

FTC claims that Microsoft layoffs contradict ‘representations it made’ during the fight to acquire Activision

The Federal Trade Commission claims that Microsoft's newly announced layoff plans contradict 'representations it made' during its fight to acquire Activision Blizzard.

TechRadar

Why is the $180bn games industry shedding thousands of staff?

Despite healthy sales, publishers such as Epic Games and Activision Blizzard are making hundreds of employees redundant – which may radically reshape the industry

The Guardian - UK

FTC hits Microsoft with federal complaint over game division layoffs

The Federal Trade Commission heads back into battle with Microsoft over its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

PC Gamer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has a free trial starting tomorrow, which is probably the best way to play Activision's underwhelming sequel

The trial lands the day after Season 2's launch.

PC Gamer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Former Infinity Ward dev says Activision told staff to 'take the money and get over it' after 'cold-blooded' canning of studio heads West and Zampella

"If anything, most of the team was feeling even more upset."

PC Gamer

Resident Evil 3, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Madden 24, and more come to Xbox Game Pass

Several games are being added to Xbox Game Pass for the first half of February, including Resident Evil 3, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Madden 24.

Windows Central

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Season 2 release time - the countdown to the new MW3 update is on

Here's when Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 2 unlock in your timezone

GamesRadar

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 2 — Release date, maps, modes, operator bundles and more

Sledgehammer Games and the teams behind Call of Duty MW3 and Warzone are dropping Season 2 on February 7. Here's what you can look forward to.

Windows Central

Modern Warfare 3 Season 2 release time, maps, and everything we know

Here's what we know about Modern Warfare 3 Season 2 so far, including new maps, Zombies updates, and more.

TechRadar

Modern Warfare 3 gets season 2 trailer showcasing three new 6v6 multiplayer maps

Activision has shared a deeper look at three of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's upcoming multiplayer maps.

TechRadar

How the war began – the making of Call of Duty

Interview | The story of Call of Duty begins with one of its fiercest rivals – here, Retro Gamer goes deep into the history of an FPS dynasty

GamesRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

GamesRadar

In a huge matchmaking breakdown, Call of Duty dev says it's trying to tone down the "sweatiest" lobbies, confirms secret tests where it disables SBMM

"We will continue to test and actively explore ways to mitigate this concern"

TechRadar

Call of Duty matchmaking consists of many factors with 'connection' being the most critical

Activision has offered fresh insight into how Call of Duty's matchmaking system works.

PC Gamer

Unprecedented 'inside look' at Call of Duty matchmaking debunks fan theories on SBMM and confirms our assumptions: 'Skill is not the dominant variable'

We finally know how Call of Duty's matchmaking works.

PC Gamer

Activision's Call of Duty general manager takes over as president of Blizzard

Johanna Faries will take the reins at Blizzard next week, following the surprise departure of Mike Ybarra and Microsoft's mass layoffs.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Windows Central

'Ping is king': Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer matchmaking is demystified in the latest intel drop

Call of Duty dev teams are pulling back the curtain in the latest intel drop to explain to players the match making process and dispel rumors of skill-based and engagement-based matchmaking.

GamesRadar

Blizzard's new president is an Activision executive who oversaw Call of Duty

Johanna Faries will lead Blizzard while acknowledging "different gameplay experiences" from Activision's games

Windows Central

Former Call of Duty executive Johanna Faries is the new president of Blizzard Entertainment

Johanna Faries, a former Call of Duty executive at Activision Blizzard, is the new president of Blizzard Entertainment.

PC Gamer

Stunned devs left scrambling for livelihoods in wake of yesterday's layoff bloodbath: 'In the end the contributions didn't matter'

Devs have found themselves adrift in the aftermath of swingeing layoffs across Activision-Blizzard and Xbox.

Tom’s Hardware

Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees amid industry-wide cuts

Mere months after acquiring Activision Blizzard in October 2023, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees

GamesRadar

Everything we know about Nintendo Switch 2

We're rounding up everything we know about Nintendo Switch 2, with all the latest updates and details surrounding Ninty's latest console.

International Business Times

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Staff After Activision Gaming Buyout

Microsoft is laying off 1,900 people, or eight percent of staff, from its gaming division as it consolidates the blockbuster buyout of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.

1 … 39 40 41 42

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Blizzard Entertainment

400 stories

INC

259 stories

Federal Trade Commission

186 stories

the US Court of Appeals

155 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.