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“I demanded his firing in front of everyone.” Image credit: Activision Blizzard / Eurogamer “Bobby [Kotick]’s decisions made our games worse,” a former Call of Duty programmer said on social media the same day Kotick completed his final day as CEO at Activision Blizzard. “I worked on [Call of Duty] for two years as a
Overwatch 2Blizzard Bobby Kotick is no longer the CEO of Activision Blizzard, departing the company with millions of dollars in platinum parachutes after the Microsoft acquisition. And now, both current and former Activision Blizzard employees feel more comfortable sharing stories about Kotick, and none of them are positive. Easily the funniest one is a tale
(Image credit: Activision Blizzard) What you need to knowToday was CEO Bobby Kotick’s last day at Activision Blizzard after almost 33 years with the company.The stepping down of Bobby Kotick came after the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, which closed in October.Kotick’s time at the helm has been shadowed by controversy, and
Now that Bobby Kotick has officially left Activision Blizzard, those in the industry – specifically former or current Activision employees – have taken to social media to reveal their accounts of dealing with or being impacted by the former CEO. In a series of damning tales, the internet is learning (or rediscovering) about death threats
BY Johnny Amizich ON December 22, 2023SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Employees at Activision Blizzard received an unexpected farewell message from their soon-to-be former CEO Bobby Kotick in their voicemail inbox recently, sources from within the company confirmed.Kotick, who became CEO of Activision in 1991 and then of Activision Blizzard in 2008, is known for his
Features FPS World Of Warcraft (Image credit: Loren Elliott/Getty Images) Bobby Kotick is finally departing Activision Blizzard after 32 years at the helm. His reign wasn’t undone by any one incident, but the really big event was the bombshell 2021 California civil rights lawsuit, which led to employee walkouts, calls for Kotick’s resignation, and, finally
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is officially resigning from the company after the completion of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of the gaming developer and publisher. Kotick’s last day is Dec. 29, when Microsoft studio head Matt Booty will take lead of the Activision Blizzard executive leadership team. Kotick led Activision Blizzard for 32 years. Microsoft’s
Controversial CCO Lulu Meservey is also on the way out.Posted: Dec 20, 2023 6:49 pmBobby Kotick, the long-serving CEO of Activision Blizzard for the last 32 years, is officially stepping down on December 29 as part of an ongoing reorganization following the acquisition of the company by Microsoft.In a note sent to employees and published
We knew that Activision Blizzard’s longtime CEO, Bobby Kotick, would be stepping down at the end of this year following Microsoft’s historic acquisition of his company—but we didn’t know that he’d officially leave on the last workday of 2023, technically two days before the end of the year. This tidbit was one of several from
One of the biggest unanswered questions regarding Microsoft’s $67.8 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard concerned the role of Bobby Kotick at the company. Now that the deal is finally complete and the publisher is officially a part of Microsoft, the future of the Activision Blizzard CEO is a little clearer.In a memo to employees, Kotick
