Tag: blizzard
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Microsoft To Acquire Activision Blizzard For $68.7B
Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is being acquired by Microsoft in a deal worth $68.7 billion, the two companies announced this morning. According to Microsoft, it will pay $95.00 per share in an all cash transaction to acquire Activision Blizzar…
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‘After I Complained of Sexual Harassment, I Was Demoted’: Blizzard Employee Speaks Out
A current Blizzard employee accused the company of ignoring reports of sexual harassment and of retaliating against her in a press conference outside the video game publisher’s headquarters in Irvine on Wednesday morning.Christine, who asked that repo…
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Overwatch League Faces Fallout From Activision Blizzard’s Harassment Issues
In further fallout from the controversy over claims of sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard, Coca-Cola and State Farm are reportedly “revisiting” their sponsorship of the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, Activision Blizzard’s e-sports leag…
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Blizzard President Out After Employee Walkout
The president of Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, J. Allen Brack, is out, and will be replaced by two executives, who will co-lead the company, following an employee walkout over the company’s handling of sexual harassment issues. According to Bliz…
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Blizzard Employees Plan Walkout
Employees of Los Angeles-based Activision Blizzard as planning a walkout today, in protest of what they say is the company’s history of sexual harassment, and its poor handling of the situation. According to the employee group, it is holding a walkout …
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Blizzard Cancels BlizzCon for 2021
Irvine-based videogame developer Blizzard said today that it is once again cancelling Blizzcon, its annual conference, due to fluctuating guidelines around events in California during the pandemic. According to Blizzard, it now plans a “global event” i…