It would seem that Blizzard is in a shambles at the moment. The victim of their own demise, due to a few bad apples in the company, who, sadly, were people at the helm of some amazing games. Just goes to show, that you never know what happens behind the scenes. We play the games, praise the developers and studios, …
Technically a game can’t be delayed if it never had a release date, but if you were expecting to play Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2 in 2021 then buddy do I have some bad news for you.
Activision Blizzard has reported its new financial numbers for the July-September period, and in total the company has raked in $1.2 billion from microtransactions, which have been rebranded as “in-game net bookings.” That’s a gigantic 69% improvement from the same period as last year, as Activision Blizzard pulled in $709 million from in-game net bookings coin back then.
Ever since Bungie divorced themselves of Activision Blizzard, the game has continued to improve and may fans believe that the partnership was toxic to the health of the game. Former Bungie board director and composer for the first game Martin O'Donnell, would agree with you.
Don’t get too excited just yet. Considering that plenty of the game’s original assets have been lost over the years, it’ll be tough for Blizzard to remaster what they can’t find in the first place.
This comes mere weeks after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which many of you might have noticed, was rather political.
With numbers like that, I think it’s fair to say that no matter how loudly people shout, microtransactions aren’t going anywhere. Yesterday, during an earnings call for the third quarter of 2019, Activision Blizzard announced that microtransactions in their games are are bringing in all kinds of cash for the publisher. Thing is, while that’s still an amount of money …
Last month, despite making record revenue, Activision-Blizzard laid off 8 per cent of its global workforce, leaving nearly eight hundred people out of work. The large-scale restructuring is an attempt to appease shareholders by cutting expenses. In its Form 10-K report, however, the company has admitted that the layoffs might not pad executive and shareholder wallets as much as anticipated – and that shockingly, firing a bunch of people may have a negative impact on staff morale.
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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