I knew they would eventually come out with a sequel for Frostbite
Posted on 02/12/2019 7:47:04 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
Activision Blizzard has announced that it’s laying off 8 percent of its employees — roughly 770 people — as part of the company “de-prioritizing initiatives that are not meeting expectations.”
The news came on the heels of announcement of Activision Blizzard’s Q4 and 2018 earnings, where CEO Bobby Kotick gave the company’s “record results in 2018.” Kotick went on to comment that, “While our financial results for 2018 were the best in our history, we didn’t realize our full potential.”
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I don’t know enough about this situation to comment, but you can do a lot of harm to your organization by killing off your talent base.
Looks like other entities may benefit from this.
Evidently they seem to think so.
All we want is a re-mastered Diablo 2.
This is a sign that many game players just got jobs and no longer have time to play video games. Winning.
(Yes ladies and gentlemen I'll be here all week. Try the salad.)
if they fired everyone responsible for Diablo III that would be fine.
This isn’t the case, the developers weren’t touched with the layoffs. It’s all marketing, “Social media writers”, and PR people.
Wow. I gave up video games back in the 1980s. I’m surprised Activision is still in business.
I was wondering if this was a company that staged the snowfall at Amy Klobochar’s presidential announcement.
Call of Duty was a great game when Infinity Ward was running the show.
Big, big money involved. Can Videogamers, left, right, center or apolitical get organized enough to “punish” Activision Blizzard for being shameless, soulless capitalists, or for that matter, reward them for it?
I guess it’s just a Pitfall that Activision Blizzard will have to avoid.
In China, video game playing is a recognized profession.
I can tell you exactly what happened.
PUBG, Fortnite, and now Apex Legends are murdering Overwatch. Overwatch is a 2016 game, and it won’t make them money in 2019, and they have little else to run on now.
South Korea is insanely fanatic about Starcraft, as in the original game. Some of their professional players make money that rivals that of most American NFL and NBA players.
Ping.
Who made Black Ops 2? Still the best one.
50 here, gave them up in the 80s too, but envy guys that can still enjoy playing and have kept that youthful part of their lives in tact.
Given the game industry has given a greenlight to porn actresses to take over game reviews and SJWs to take over scenarios with gay trandgender heros, I am not surprised
Yet another victim of the communist liberalism , one industry that had never any reason to hurt
Digital Extremes said the same. They develop Warframe, which I’ve been playing for years. They’re a great company that really cares about their fans.
Also, the game is free. So is new content. They’re also working on a huge update to introduce ship-to-ship combat in space. Did I mention it’s free to play?
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