Blizzard Entertainment staff are revolting over pay after an internal study meant to ensure fair pay didn’t produce the desired results for workers. Last week, an anonymous salary spreadsheet began making the rounds among employees, and they found that pay increases were not nearly what they were expecting. This comes as parent company Activision-Blizzard’s CEO […]
Blizzard Employees Are In Wage Revolt As They Anonymously Share Their Pay
Blizzard Entertainment staff are revolting over pay, after an internal study meant to ensure fair pay didn’t produce the desired results for workers. Employees began sharing an anonymous salary spreadsheet on Friday, encouraging people to share their salary and recent pay increases. Bloomberg reports that most of the pay increases given after Blizzard’s study were […]
Blizzard Employees Anonymously Sharing Their Pay In Wage Revolt
Blizzard Entertainment staff are revolting over pay, after an internal study meant to ensure fair pay didn’t produce the desired results for workers. Employees began sharing an anonymous salary spreadsheet on Friday, encouraging people to share their salary and recent pay increases. Bloomberg reports that most of the pay increases given after Blizzard’s study were […]
Blizzard Entertainment Cancels BlizzCon 2020
Blizzard Entertainment announced that the 2020 edition of BlizzCon, the company’s annual fan gathering celebrating its staple of games (World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, etc.), has been canceled in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. BlizzCon typically takes place in November and is held in Anaheim, California. The announcement was made in a blog […]
Activision Blizzard Tabs Sportradar For Betting Integrity Program
Activision Blizzard has enlisted Sportradar to oversee a betting integrity program for Overwatch League and Call of Duty League. In a deal announced later this morning, Sportradar will start monitoring betting activity related to the two esports properties, and it will work with players on education and developing an app to anonymously report integrity issues. […]
Activision Blizzard CEO Gave His Phone Number Out To All 10,000 Employees During WFH Mandate
Covid-19 is challenging virtually every industry to refine how it operates, and CEO Bobby Kotick of Activision Blizzard is taken a novel approach in providing all 10,000 employees with a direct line to reach him in this time of uncertainty. That might sound extreme, but it was confirmed recently during an appearance on CNBC, where […]
Overwatch: Echo als Neuzugang enthüllt – Overwatch
Nachdem Blizzard in den vergangenen Tagen die Gerüchteküche mit Teasern anheizte, kündigte der Entwickler heute offiziell den neuesten Helden für Overwatch an: Echo. Angeteast seit 2018 Die ersten Hinweise auf Echo gab es tatsächlich schon vor zwei Jahren im Kurzfilm “Reunion”. Die Vorzeichen verdichteten sich, vor allem nachdem Echo auch im Ankündigungstrailer zu Overwatch 2 […]
Acitvision Blizzard names Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and COO
Activision Blizzard has named Google executive Daniel Alegre as president and chief operating officer, effective April 7. He will report to CEO Bobby Kotick and replace Coddy Johnson, a 12-year veteran at the big game publisher. Johnson will serve as special advisor to the CEO. The appointment is significant, as Kotick has been in his […]