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Blizzard president Mike Ybarra leaves as Xbox axes 1,900 jobs

Current Blizzard president Mike Ybarra is stepping down, will leave role while Microsoft lays off 1,900 people across its entire Xbox gaming segment.

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Overwatch 2 Season 9 will have ALL heroes with their own passive healing abilities

Blizzard is making more big changes to Overwatch 2, with Season 9 introducing passive healing abilities to ALL heroes... including tanks and DPS.

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Overwatch 2 Season 8 details arrive: new hero Mauga, Battle of the Beasts mode, and more

Overwatch 2 Season 8 drops tomorrow, with Mauga joining the hero party as well as a new Battle of the Beasts game mode, new Weapons Skins, and more.

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Activision games won't come to Xbox Game Pass until 2024, Phil Spencer confirms

Xbox gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirms there's no 'secret' or surprise celebratory salvo of Activision-Blizzard games planned to launch on Game Pass.

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Blizzard was Activision's top Q2 earner with record-breaking $1 billion revenues

Diablo IV is a sales beast that surged Blizzard revenues so high that it became Activision's top-earning segment via a record-breaking $1 billion earnings.

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Analysis: Mobile gaming has transformed Activision-Blizzard's business

Analysis of Activision-Blizzard's segment revenues shows just how much mobile has radically affected the publisher's multi-platform games business.

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Microsoft tried, and failed, to persuade Activision to put games on Game Pass

New reports show that Microsoft has tried and ultimately failed to convince Activision's management to put its games on Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.

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FTC economist witness unprepared to illustrate size and scope of Activision's megaton games

FTC's principal witness, economist Dr. Robin Lee, missed a valuable opportunity to highlight the sheer magnitude of Activision-Blizzard's megaton games.

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Microsoft pledges to be 'determined' and 'creative' to get ATVI merger clearance

Microsoft President Brad Smith comments on the ongoing Activision merger regulatory concerns, says company is determined to address regulator concerns.

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Activision almost bought Time Warner: 'We'd turn their IP into games'

Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirms that the company was ready to buy Time Warner if the AT&T deal fell through, and the capital was ready to go.

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Pulling out of UK would significantly harm Activision

Activision's recent 2022 annual report indicates it would be significantly harmed if it decided to pull out of the UK as a result of CMA merger ruling.

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Activision's heated response to CMA merger block: 'UK is closed for business'

Activision-Blizzard has a strongly-worded response to the UK regulators at the CMA that blocked the company's planned $68.7 billion merger with Microsoft.

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UK regulator now sounds less worried about Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal

The CMA is no longer sounding the alarm regarding the Call of Duty franchise, but still has concerns over competition in the cloud gaming market.

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NetEase rejects deal with Activision, Blizzard games getting pulled in China

Chinese games giant NetEase has rejected Activision-Blizzard's offer and games like Diablo III, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch will be taken offline.

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Sony has not accepted 10-year Call of Duty deal, Microsoft indicates

Microsoft executive Brad Smith indicates that Sony has yet to respond to a big deal that would offer Sony 10 years of guaranteed access to Call of Duty.

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Activision CEO gives personal phone number to all 10,000 employees

If you work for Activision and have a concern about your health care and coronavirus, call CEO Bobby Kotick directly.

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Blizzard building cross-platform engine to power future Blizzard games

Blizzard is hiring an Associate Software Engineer to work in their 'new engine'

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Activision Blizzard tease new IP, core franchises come first

Activision Blizzard is still working on multiple new IPs, but its established core franchises come first.

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Activision cut jobs to focus on monetization as well as dev

Monetization plays a big part in Activision-Blizzard's new game dev ramp-up.

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NetEase to publish Blizzard games in China thru 2023

NetEase will continue bringing key Blizzard franchises to China for the next four years.

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Overwatch League expands to Atlanta and Dallas in 2019

Blizzard announces home games for Atlanta Reign, Dallas Fuel, and LA Valiant for its Overwatch League in 2019.

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Overwatch gets into the festive spirit with its new update

Blizzard gets into the festive season with holiday themed skins, emotes, and more for Overwatch.

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Overwatch update adds Ashe, balances everything else

Blizzard adds the latest hero 'Ashe' to Overwatch, rebalances a bunch of other heroes.

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Blizzard adds 6 more teams to the Overwatch League

Ahead of its 2019 championship, the Overwatch League adds 6 new teams bringing the roster to 20 teams.

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World of Warcraft expansions, now only a $15 subscription

Blizzard have decided to compile all of the World of Warcraft expansions into one simple $15 fee.

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Mercy skin in Overwatch raises $12 million for breast cancer

Blizzard reveals Mercy skin for Overwatch, supports Breast Cancer Research Foundation, raises $12.7 million.

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COD: Black Ops 4 rumor: supports 60 players in Battle Royale

60 players in Battle Royale mod coming with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

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Overwatch update lets you endorse kick ass teammates

Blizzard's new update for Overwatch adds a new Endorsements system, and more.

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Blizzard talks Overwatch 2, original game is their focus now

Overwatch 2 could happen, but Blizzard are fully focused on the original Overwatch for now.

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Overwatch's new patch balances the game, nerfs Hanzo

Overwatch's new update is live, balancing out the characters in a big way.

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Overwatch: Brigitte Lindholm joins the fight on March 20

The next Overwatch hero is about to joins the fight, Brigitte Lindholm will be released on March 20.

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Activision is probably making a battle royale game

It's only a matter of time before gaming's top juggernaut enters the battle royale arena.

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Call of Duty movie in the works, limited to 24FPS

Call of Duty's future movie plans continue forging on, could be directed by Sicario 2 directed.

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Activision proves it's the king of monetization

Activision once again proves why it's the top publisher in the games industry.

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Don't expect Diablo 4 any time soon

Diablo won't walk the earth again for a long time.

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Blizzard keeps Battle.net naming scheme

Blizzard has a change of heart about scrapping Battle.net after all.

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Blizzard's new IP pipeline is 'better than ever'

Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime teases major new IPs, affirming the pipeline is in a better position now than in company's history.

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Blizzard killing support for WinXP, Vista this October

Soon Windows XP and Windows Vista PC gamers won't be able to play Blizzard games like WoW, StarCraft II, HotS and more.

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Destiny 2 on PC to outsell consoles by 200%, says firm

Destiny 2's digital PC version is predicted to outsell digital console flavors twofold.

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Diablo III Rise of the Necromancer is $15, drops in June

Blizzard finally drops a release date for its new Necromancer-themed expansion.

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Blizzard working on new mobile games

Blizzard plans to use its key IPs to push farther into the mobile gaming sector.

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Overwatch might end up on the Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch could soon receive a huge FPS with Overwatch from Blizzard.

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Overwatch's upcoming PC patch will improve tick rate

Blizzard's upcoming patch for Overwatch will improve the tick rate on the PC.

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Overwatch is now home to over 15 million players

Activision Blizzard announce Overwatch has over 15 million players.

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World of Warcraft's new patch has better graphics, and big changes

Blizzard's upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft includes better graphics, changes to gameplay mechanics and more.

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Estranged Diablo 3 developer Jay Wilson leaves games industry

Estranged ex-Diablo 3 game director Jay Wilson is exiting the games industry after 10 years of working at Blizzard.

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Blizzard announces World of Warcraft: Legion for August 30

Still playing World of Warcraft? Blizzard announces World of Warcraft: Legion for August 30.

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Blizzard will soon offer no subscriptions for World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft without the monthly subscriptions is on its way, with the new "WoW Tokens"