The technology could also allow live streams to influence the games you play. Source: Activision It’s a very strange patent that Activision has just filed in the United States. Entitled “Systems and Methods for Dynamically Modifying the Content of a Video Game Based on the Content of a Non-Video Game Simultaneously Viewed by a User,” … [Read more…]
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick discusses the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block his merger agreement with Microsoft on “The Claman Countdown.” Activision Blizzard, the video game company behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, among others, has settled an employment discrimination lawsuit with the state of California for $54 million. The settlement resolves … [Read more…]
A California regulator has settled its Blockbuster lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard. According to a press release from the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), the gaming company, now owned by Microsoft, will pay approximately $54 million as part of the settlement. The CRD (formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and … [Read more…]
More than two years after the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) filed a high-profile lawsuit against Activision Blizzard accusing the company of widespread gender discrimination and pay inequality, the two parties have reached a settlement for approximately $54 million. The Wall Street Journal first reported the agreement on Friday, and the CRD published a statement … [Read more…]