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Activision QA Unionize, Largest in Industry

Despite the Strawbs 1973 hit being that very thing, a hit, I’m always surprised at the pushback against Unions. Particularly in US companies, the act of forming a union is quite difficult to do without questionable practices by the C-suite. As reported…

Spider-Man 2 (PS2) – Review

I know we’re past the point of talking about the Spider-Men from the MCU phases and how it was special to have Takuya Yamashiro show up for that scene at the end of No Way Home. Nonetheless, I think it is worth going…

True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2) – Review

The only other game to be this stunt-casted is also sitting next to me. Both DRIV3R and True Crime: Streets of LA got roughly the same results when released in 2003 and ’04, respectively. Rockstar was on a high with the release of III and Vice City in…

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is on Steam

It’s been over two years since Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time was originally released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It would then take about six months before we saw it release to many more platforms including current-generation consoles, the…

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Activision-Blizzard

Warning: The following article may contain some content readers may find upsetting. Throughout this piece, there will be mention of accusations of sexual harassment, corporate protection of harassers, and suicide. Reader’s discretion is advised. If you’ve gone this far into the past…

Acti-Blizz Wanted To Buy PC Gamer & Kotaku

The fallout from the announcement that the company that owns the Fallout franchise now will be buying Activision-Blizzard|King is still reeling throughout the gaming sphere. Some like the idea with the talk of Kotick getting the boot by the time the acquisition is complete, others are…

Activision-Blizzard Settles Federal Case

I will attempt to spare the entire history of Activision-Blizzard in their recent legal troubles with not only state officials in California and more recently, federal cases. The latter seems to be pilling up. As of Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…

Overwatch 2 Exec Leaves Blizzard

I won’t run down the entire recent history of Activision-Blizzard’s woes today. I did a majority of that yesterday when CEO Bobby Kotick and several other executives were subpoenaed in a federal investigation. However, I will repeat that it has not been…

Activision-Blizzard Under Investigation, Kotick Subpoenaed

For the better part of two months now, we’ve been covering the Activision-Blizzard case the best we can. Though we may have missed a story here and there over the last two weeks. In essence, it started back in July when the…

Acti-Blizz Leads Depart Company

Further fallout comes as the storm that has been echoing for weeks now over Activision-Blizzard shakes the industry once again. The publishing and development giant sent out a statement to larger sources such as Polygon, Eurogamer, Ars Technica, Kotaku, and PC Gamer, stating that three men are…