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Twitter is smoking hot tonight about this. A lot of reaction from former employees and also competitors like 343 Industries (the Halo producers) advertising that they'll consider bringing them aboard.
1 posted on 02/12/2019 7:47:04 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Apparently most of the positions being RIF'd are non-developers - and Blizzard is saying they will be hiring more developers.

There's a hint there for young people trying to decide on a college major.
2 posted on 02/12/2019 7:49:29 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


3 posted on 02/12/2019 7:50:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Activision Blizzard?

I knew they would eventually come out with a sequel for Frostbite


4 posted on 02/12/2019 7:50:54 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

All we want is a re-mastered Diablo 2.


5 posted on 02/12/2019 7:52:27 PM PST by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: Ciaphas Cain

This is a sign that many game players just got jobs and no longer have time to play video games. Winning.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 7:52:48 PM PST by Revel
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To: Ciaphas Cain

if they fired everyone responsible for Diablo III that would be fine.


8 posted on 02/12/2019 7:57:51 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Job cuts? Here's my advice --


9 posted on 02/12/2019 7:59:06 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


12 posted on 02/12/2019 8:08:25 PM PST by M1911A1 (Santa is real. CNN is fake.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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.


14 posted on 02/12/2019 8:28:33 PM PST by struggle
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Ping.


16 posted on 02/12/2019 8:33:32 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

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


19 posted on 02/12/2019 9:02:27 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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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?


20 posted on 02/12/2019 9:08:39 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“Get ‘woke’ go broke!”


21 posted on 02/12/2019 9:10:26 PM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Twitter is smoking hot tonight about this. A lot of reaction from former employees and also competitors like 343 Industries (the Halo producers) advertising that they'll consider bringing them aboard.

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

Microsoft? Sony Interactive? Apple? Amazon?
23 posted on 02/12/2019 10:11:00 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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Quick, somebody hire ALL of those guys.

They will make a billion dollar hit game, just to prove Activision was wrong to fire them!

You could literally buy a billion bucks for a couple million in wages....

Ohhh if I had the dough!


26 posted on 02/12/2019 11:30:48 PM PST by pacificus
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They also hired a new CFO and gave him a $15 million bonus for doing nothing but breathing.
Sounds like they have skewed priorities in Activision/Blizzard.
(Of course they do. Just look at the sjw bs in their games recently.)


28 posted on 02/13/2019 12:04:24 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Several AAA extremely arrogant video game companies are gonna flop real soon, and this is one of them.

We don’t have to put up with their crap.


34 posted on 02/13/2019 4:34:46 AM PST by chris37 (No wall? No vote.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“Learn to Code”


47 posted on 02/13/2019 8:05:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Someone say developers?


53 posted on 02/13/2019 11:33:06 AM PST by Rebelbase (If Trump walked on water the press headline would read, "TRUMP CAN'T SWIM".)
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To: AF_Blue; MrEdd; 11Bush; EQAndyBuzz; AppyPappy; Political Junkie Too; GreenLanternCorps; ...

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.


59 posted on 02/14/2019 3:05:22 AM PST by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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