Microsoft completes its Activision Blizzard acquisition after a 20-month battle with regulators in the UK and the US; Bobby Kotick will remain CEO through 2023
Combining with Microsoft will enable us to deliver more fun, more joy … BBC : Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard Tom Warren / The Verge : Read Xbox chief Phil...
Epic Games lays off 16% of its workforce, or ~830 employees, divests from music storefront Bandcamp, and intends to spin off “kid-tech” company SuperAwesome
Earlier today Tim Sweeney sent the following email to Epic employees: Tim Sweezy / HotHardware : Epic Games Confirms Massive Layoffs After Fortnite And Metaverse Spending Spree Jamie Crawley / CoinDes...
Sega of America workers win their union vote 91 to 26, becoming the first video game industry union at a major company that spans multiple departments
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Activision Blizzard will let individual studios make the final call on a vaccine mandate for returning to the office, after some employees protested its lifting
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A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status
Mission Statement Game Workers Alliance is a movement formed and maintained … Kari Paul / The Guardian : Activision Blizzard employees form first of its kind Game Workers Alliance Union Theo Salaun / ...
As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more
it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, Backward Compatibili...