Activision

Activision Blizzard is under fire (once again), and I don’t mean inside the world of Call of Duty. After facing a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit merely a month ago, the video game publisher is now facing a banded army of its very own employees in yet another lawsuit. However, this...

Cora-Laine Moynihan Activision Blizzard faces a lawsuit after a two-year investigation deems their workplace a hostile environment for female employees and discovers numerous counts of discrimination and sexual harassment.  Skylanders. Crash Bandicoot. Guitar Hero. Call of Duty. World of Warcraft. It would not surprise me if you have heard...

The whole philosophy behind Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the fundamental belief that complexity doesn't always create enjoyable experiences. Treyarch the game's developer has tried to look back to the past for inspiration in the present and at heart create a game for long standing fans....

Myron Winter-Brownhill Myron examines how games publishers exploit political iconography for profit. On August 30th Ubisoft released a trailer for their new mobile game, Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad. Setting out the game’s story, the trailer describes a shadowy cabal named UMBRA that aims to build a new world order...

Game publisher Activision Blizzard are the masterminds behind World of Warcraft and Overwatch. They also enforce censorship for the Chinese government. You probably know about the situation in Hong Kong, where protesters are violently clashing with police over their rights to democracy. You’re probably not aware of Hearthstone, a...