The Latest Breaking News from Bobby Kotick

Xbox's latest tactics display 'a basic misunderstanding of how the interactive entertainment world moves', says former PlayStation exec

The console war also unfolds on LinkedIn.

PC Gamer · Jun 18

Former Activision Blizzard CEO claims Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit against Microsoft-Activision merger was a ploy to strengthen Embracer

The other side accused him of hiding sexual misconduct by rushing the merger.

Destructoid · May 23

Microsoft to pay $250 million settlement over ‘rushed’ Activision purchase

A big chunk of change.

Destructoid · May 22

'Elon [Musk] truly would be the best owner of any game company,' claims former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick with a completely straight face

"I'm pretty good at videogames," said Musk.

PC Gamer · Nov 18, 2025

Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wanted to buy Minecraft until he found out Notch was leaving and Microsoft was offering a billion dollars more: 'I'll go airplane shopping with you, but you've gotta take that offer'

And now Microsoft owns both of them.

PC Gamer · Nov 18, 2025

I spoke to Blizzard Entertainment President Johanna Faries on her first year in the job, and how Blizzard games like Warcraft and Overwatch are reaching for greater heights

Johanna Faries charted a course from the NFL, to Call of Duty, now to Blizzard. With her first year behind her, I wanted to get a glimpse at Blizzard's future.

Windows Central · Mar 11, 2025

Former EA exec says the ailing mega-publisher missed a chance to snag Blizzard and other heavy hitters before Activision: 'EA saw all those first and passed on all of them'

I wonder how that would have gone.

PC Gamer · Feb 15, 2025

Bobby Kotick says he'd never have raised World of Warcraft's subscription by even a dollar because 'it's a prickly audience, you don't wanna do too much to agitate them'

But also calls it "the best subscription business of all time."

PC Gamer · Feb 13, 2025

Bobby Kotick reckons the Warcraft film was 'a terrible idea' for Blizzard, and in the end 'was one of the worst movies I've ever seen'

"It took a lot of resources and distracted them."

PC Gamer · Feb 12, 2025

The Wii version of N64 classic GoldenEye almost didn't have guns in it because the James Bond producer "did not really want anything that was violence"

Can you imagine Bond without his iconic pistol pose?

GamesRadar · Feb 12, 2025