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Call Of Duty: Warzone replacing Verdansk with new Caldera map for Vanguard

In conjunction with the release of Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Activision is getting rid of Warzone’s Verdansk map. Verdansk has undergone several changes ever since Call Of Duty: Warzone launched in March 2020, but now Activision intends to get rid of the map completely as it prepares for the release of Call Of Duty: Vanguard. […]

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Says He’ll Receive Minimum Wage Pay Until “Transformational Gender-Related Goals” Are Met

In an open letter released today, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says he’ll be receiving the California minimum wage for salaried employees until the company’s Board of Directors has achieved “transformational gender-related goals.”  Kotick laid out those goals in the letter released today, as first reported by Video Games Chronicle, and he claims that his […]

Activision Blizzard Renames Overwatch’s McCree To Cole Cassidy

Activision Blizzard has renamed Overwatch hero Jesse McCree to Cole Cassidy.  Amidst California’s ongoing lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, which is occurring over reported toxic workplace culture, it was revealed that Overwatch character Jesse McCree was named after a Blizzard veteran of the same name who left the company in August. The real-life McCree was one […]

Call Of Duty 2022 is called Modern Warfare 2 claims latest rumour

Leaks already point to the next Call Of Duty being a Modern Warfare sequel and now it sounds like it’ll just be called Modern Warfare 2. With Sledgehammer Games working on this year’s Call Of Duty: Vanguard, the Call Of Duty development cycle dictates that Infinity Ward is handling next year’s entry. Which seems even […]

Activision Blizzard Recent EEOC Lawsuit Settles For Less Than Quarter Of CEO's Earnings

Last week, a new report surrounding the Activision Blizzard lawsuit(s) came to light when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an investigation into some of the publisher’s leading figures, including CEO Bobby Kotick. In response to Kotick’s workplace initiatives press release (also last week), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has become the most recent […]

Activision Blizzard hit with federal investigation, Bobby Kotick subpoenaed

Activision Blizzard now faces a federal investigation, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, into how the company has handled employee allegations of workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual misconduct. The company’s workplace environment has faced public scrutiny since California authorities filed suit to prosecute similar claims back in July. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […]

McCree from Overwatch will get name change after Blizzard Cosby Suite fallout

Overwatch is to change the name of one of its characters as it’s based on a developer who left following the ongoing discrimination lawsuit. What lasting effective the revelations about Activision Blizzard’s working conditions, including allegations of systematic discrimination and harassment of women and minorities, is going to have on the company, and industry at […]