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As ABK Workers move to unionize, executive sends thinly-veiled union busting email

Slowly but surely, the employees at Activision-Blizzard are banding together to form a union, however one executive sent a company-wide email that reads more like an attempt to union bust than anything.Posted by Jessica Gonzalez, Senior Test Analyst, on her last day...

Activision-Blizzard employees walkout after layoffs at Raven Software

Employees under Activision-Blizzard are walking out again after the company fired a dozen QA testers working at Raven Software, a support studio that worked on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Warzone. According to a tweet by Austin O’Brien...

Bungie celebrates 30 years with an in-game event in Destiny 2

It’s time to part like it’s 1991 (that’s how you say it right?), because Bungie is celebrating their 30th anniversary in Destiny 2!   Join Guardians from all across the globe in a big celebration featuring icons of Bungie past, like the infamous Halo: Combat...

PlayStation reportedly working on ‘Game Pass’ alternative

It seems the success of Xbox’s own subscription service Game Pass has reached their competitors as a scoop from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reveals a plan for a PlayStation alternative due next spring. According to Jason, the project has been dubbed ‘Spartacus’ and...

Nintendo releases internal statement on Activision-Blizzard

It’s three for three with Activision-Blizzard this week as the company’s CEO Bobby Kotick has seemingly caught the ire of all three major console publishers, with Nintendo of America CEO Doug Bowser releasing an internal statement regarding the Wall Street Journal...

Xbox’s Phil Spencer weighs in on Activision-Blizzard

The water boils hotter for Activision-Blizzard as the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer weighs in on the massive report from the WSJ detailing CEO Bobby Koticks involvement of his company’s “frat boy culture”. Previously, many leaders and notable figures in the industry...

Activision-Blizzard fallout continues as industry reels from WSJ report on CEO

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal released a startling article on CEO Bobby Koticks involvement of Activision-Blizzards ‘frat boy culture’ and his own misconduct. Today however, the industry reels from the shocking evidence brought forward. On the public side of...

Wallstreet Journal reveals Bobby Kotick’s involvement in companies sexual-harassment culture

The Wallstreet Journal has just published a damning report on Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's involvement covering up the sexual-harassment dwelling in the company and his role perpetuating it. The article starts when an unnamed female employee of Sledgehammer...

Xbox officially turns 20, here’s all the cool stuff they announced.

It seems only like yesterday we were fragging each other with Rocket Launchers on Hang ‘em High, or capturing red teams' flag in Blood Gulch. But today, Xbox officially turns 20 years old, and to celebrate they are looking back at their history, and looking towards...

Xbox announces new updates to Xbox App on PC

Rejoice PC players, for Xbox is bringing new updates to the PC experience on the Xbox app! Some of these updates are currently in testing for Xbox insiders, but will be coming soon to all players soon. The first improvement is being able to choose install locations,...

Blizzard co-lead Jen Oneal steps down from head of studio

In an unexpected turn of events, current (now former) co-leader of Blizzard Jen Oneal will be stepping down immediately from her position and will be leaving Activision-Blizzard as a whole by the end of this year in a statement she made. As a quick refresher, back in...

Halo MCC announces new 20th Anniversary updates with new cosmetics

Halo is almost 20 years old, and to celebrate the franchises long history Halo: The Master Chief Collection is bringing new cosmetics that remind us of its humble beginnings back when the game first was announced. Here is everything that is being added in the latest...

Xbox and SEGA team up for future project

Yesterday, seemingly out of the blue, SEGA announced a joint partnership with Xbox to produce “large scale” games using Microsofts Azure Cloud platform. The small press release states that SEGA’s alliance with Xbox will form a “key part” for their mid-to-long term...

First impression of Xbox Cloud play on an Xbox One

Yesterday Xbox finally launched the beta for their cloud gaming initiative for Xbox Insiders. In the time since, I have been testing the service with a variety of games that I thought would be an adequate challenge for the cloud; games that would require fast response...

Activision-Blizzard attempt to pause sexual harassment lawsuit rejected by judge

In the most recent update to the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit, wherein they are accused of perpetuating a “frat boy” culture, the company made an attempt to pause the case but was rejected by a local judge according to Eurogamer. This follows the last development where...

Halo Infinite campaign trailer finally released

It’s been nearly a year since we’ve last gotten a look at Halo Infinite’s campaign, but 343 Industries has finally released a brand-new trailer and given us look at what we can expect to see this December.  Since its first reveal so many years ago, Halo...

Double Pug Switch Xbox Review

On the bus ride home from school, I would sometimes pull up my phone and pass the time with some of the games I had downloaded. I had a few choices I’d cycle through back then, Infinity Blade, Angry Birds, and Fruit Ninja. Classics to some of us who grew up when...

Rumor: New Killer Instinct in development

After years of silence, it seems the fans and community behind the popular fighting game Killer Instinct, may finally see a new entry in the series. In a recent podcast on XboxEra, Shpeshal_Nick claimed to have insider information regarding the next entry within the...

343 Industries reveal Halo Infinite Competitive settings

It’s time to get your sweat on Spartans as 343i have revealed their settings and goals for ranked/competitive Halo infinite. 343i have given us a couple ways to watch/read the reveal, with an article on Halo Waypoint, or through a video on YouTube commentated by...

Activision Blizzard lawsuit: EEOC accuses DFEH of ethics violation

In a wild turn of events, the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has accused California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in violations of ethics following the Californian agencies request to intervene between the EEOC...
Xbox announces new updates to Xbox App on PC

Xbox announces new updates to Xbox App on PC

Rejoice PC players, for Xbox is bringing new updates to the PC experience on the Xbox app! Some of these updates are currently in testing for Xbox insiders, but will be coming soon to all players soon. The first improvement is being able to choose install locations,...

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