Activision Blizzard cuts nearly 800 jobs amid ‘record results in 2018’

The Verge ^ | February 12, 2019 | Chaim Gartenberg

[LS]

My son bought me an old Sega Genesis for my birthday a couple of years ago so I could play Mortal Kombat and Jungle Strike.

[DoughtyOne]

That could be true too.

[wastedyears]

I don’t have a laptop, I don’t like them. Poor heat management and the keyboard feels flimsy and weak. I don’t game on my phone either.

[Darksheare]

Ah.

[DouglasKC]

AND Activision/Blizzard is a very desirable 'take over' target as well. who'll win that bidding war? Microsoft? Sony Interactive? Apple? Amazon?

I think this is what's happening...they had a good year and now they're making the company look even better by cutting out some of the fluff...trying to make it more attractive to buyers.

[Black Agnes]

“Blizzard is saying they will be hiring more developers.”

Check the H1B visa thread elsewhere. They may not actually be hiring American kids for these jobs...

[dfwgator]

“Learn to Code”

[John O]

Check out “Pandora’s Box” or “Pandora’s key”

I think box is the original and key is the knockoff. It is a table top console containing the vast majority of the arcade games from the 80’s etc. One version I saw had about 2000 games on it.

Ran across these at the mall this Christmas. Original graphics and connects to a TV.

It’s on my shopping list once I can find the version I want. and I believe both missile command and space invaders was on it.

I don’t remember if it had a track ball though.

[dp0622]

Awesome! Thanks

[rollo tomasi]

Best investment to compliment any gaming laptop, however, desktops are still king though.

[wastedyears]

There aren’t any vent ports on the bottom of laptops I’ve seen.

[Rebelbase]

“All we want is a re-mastered Diablo 2.”

My kids were hooked on Diablo a few years back.

[Rebelbase]

Someone say developers?

[Ciaphas Cain]

OMG... Benny Hinn has a brother and he’s in charge of Windows!!!

[Bikkuri]

Played Warframe for several hours last night.. mouse is hypersensitive.. but is interesting so far ;^)

[Sgt_Schultze]

So you are suggesting journalism instead of learning to code?

[wastedyears]

Warframe is a great game, loved by the players and devs alike. I’ve been playing for years and still enjoy it.

[Bikkuri]

It’s been out (from what I remember readin) since around 2012-2014... but while I was downloading and installing, it said something about it still being in Beta?

[kanawa]

F&G Ping

I’ve been playing WoW since 2007.
Gave notice last week that I won’t be renewing. Expires in a little less than 3 months.

The game has become dull. There are other games I find more interesting and challenging.
I would hang around and visit occasionally if it were free to play. I’d even buy the expansions as well.
But for the close to $60 CDN every 3 months I pay, I could be buying 3-4 Triple-A games a year.

[Political Junkie Too]

I've been playing AD&D Pool of Radiance (1988) by Strategic Simulations, Inc on DOSBox. There are three more after this one.

-PJ