12 Aug
Bungie has confirmed that characters created during the Destiny beta, will not be transferred to the final game. “Since the beta, we’ve continued to tune and adjust the game. The way you earn experience has been adjusted up and down a bunch of times. Items have been added and removed. New features toggled,” explained Bungie […]
17 Jul
Vivendi executives considered firing Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick last May over the sale of Vivendi’s stake back to Activision, Bloomberg reports. Translated emails from a June court filing that alleges Kotick threatened to quit if director’s did not allow him to lead an investor group which bought out most of Vivendi’s stock for $8.2 […]
11 Jul
Neversoft is officially no more, and has now fully merged with fellow Activision studio Infinity Ward. To mark their last day in the office, Neversoft employees burned an effigy of the studio’s iconic eyeball logo. Additionally, Neversoft founder Joel Jewett gave each employee a knife with the studio’s logo engraved on it. Activision announced in […]
27 Jun
Respawn Entertainment has named former Activision exec, Dusty Welch as its new COO, GI International reports. Welch and Respawn CEO Vince Zampella first worked together on the Call of Duty franchise at Activision. According to Welch, his new role’s core focus will be on corporate and product strategy. He will also be leading the studio’s […]