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Overwatch 2 fans can check out a brand new game mode, but only for the weekend. Fresh off the back of the latest Overwatch 2 update, Blizzard has announced plans to launch a limited time Quick Play mode. Available from 6pm GMT UK time on January 12 until the same time on January 14, Quick Play features faster respawn times, faster Payload movement and lots of additional upgrades to speed things up.Blizzard explains more: "This weekend only, Sombra is changing up the rules for Quick Play."Enjoy Quick Play: Hacked – Quicker…

Blizzard revealed in blog post that Diablo 3 Season 3, titled The Lords of Hell, will officially release next week on January 12 at 8 p.m. ET. Unfortunately, this season will be somewhat of a repeat, taking its roots from Season 25 which also had the Lords of Hell seasonal theme. Season 29 marked the last season that would receive completely new content. All about Soul Shards The big feature in Diablo 3 Season 30: The Lords of Hell is Soul Shards. Players can use these shards to infuse the demonic essences into…

Microsoft president Brad Smith wasn’t happy with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year, after the regulator blocked Microsoft’s giant Activision Blizzard deal. Now that Microsoft has restructured its deal and won approval in the UK, Smith has kinder words for the CMA, describing the regulator as “tough and fair” in an interview with the BBC’s Radio 4 Today program.Smith originally criticized the CMA and said confidence in the UK had been “severely shaken” after the regulator moved to block Microsoft’s…

Last updated: December 22nd, 2023 at 14:17 UTC+01:00 Samsung Electronics is teaming up with Activision Blizzard EMEA for a marketing campaign called “Embrace Your Game.” It will leverage Activision Blizzard's popular games to promote Samsung's gaming device portfolio, ranging from TVs and monitors to smartphones. The collaboration will fuel a multi-channel, multi-product marketing campaign in 44 countries. The Embrace Your Game Campaign also marks the launch of Samsung's Gamer Training Program, which helps players of…

Controversial Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is to leave his role next week. Kotick became CEO of Activision in 1991 after purchasing a 25 per cent share in the near-bankrupt company the previous year. Over the next 32 years, he headed up the company as it grew to become one of the biggest and most influential pillars in the world of video games, acquiring a number of other studios on the way. However, it was claimed Kotick knew about cases of sexual misconduct happening within the company and kept it secret, even…

It’s official: The Bobby Kotick era at Activision Blizzard will end on December 29. According to The Verge, Instead of appointing a new replacement, the top Activision Blizzard executives will now report to Microsoft’s game content and studios president Matt Booty. Several more higher-level Activision Blizzard employees will also leave the company in the new year with departures planned through March 2024. A lot of changes up top It looks like the ripple effects of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard will really…

Bobby Kotick, the longtime CEO of video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard, will resign from the company on Dec. 29. The move follows the company’s acquitision by Microsoft, which closed in October for $68 billion after a long fight with federal regulators. More to come… The post Embattled Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to Resign Dec. 29 appeared first on TheWrap. Bobby Kotick, the longtime CEO of video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard, will resign from the company on Dec. 29. The move follows…

We knew it was coming, but now we have a date: Bobby Kotick will officially step down as CEO of Activision Blizzard on December 29, 2023. Blizzard and King vice chairman Humam Sakhnini will also leave at the end of December, Activision Blizzard chief communications officer Lulu Meservey is out in January, and a handful of other executives will leave in March, according to an internal memo from Xbox head Phil Spencer published by The Verge.Activision Blizzard vice chairman Thomas Tippl, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and…

An internal memo from Microsoft confirmed that Bobby Kotick, the controversial CEO of Activision Blizzard, will leave the company on December 29. Bobby Kotick has been CEO of Activision Blizzard — the company behind popular game franchises like Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Crash Bandicoot, and Diablo — since 1991 and is one of the most derided executives in the video game industry. Workplace conditions at companies owned by Activision Blizzard were problematic during his reign, with this all coming to a head in a 2021…

As was originally reported close to two years ago, Activision Blizzard CEO and founder Bobby Kotick is officially leaving the company following Microsoft's buyout of the Call of Duty giant. When Microsoft closed the deal in October, it was reported that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer asked Kotick to stay on for the time being, and now he's officially leaving as many expected he would."Phil shares our values and recognizes our talents. He is passionate about our games and the people who make them. He…