Activision Blizzard related news and articles

Activision Blizzard have reported financial results that break their predictions for Q1 2018. Revenues have increased by 13.8 percent year-on-year to £1.45 billion.

It has been confirmed by Activision Blizzard that Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, Co-founders of Sledgehammer Games and Directors of Call of Duty: WW2, are leaving the company they helped create.

A director may have been found for the Call of Duty movie according to Hollywood news website Variety. The site reports that Sicaro 2: Soldado director, Stefano Sollima is currently in discussions over directing a Call of Duty move, which is currently untitled.

Activision Blizzard revealed in their earnings report that the company’s revenue from in-game net bookings, a term that includes items such as loot boxes, DLC sales, and in-App purchases for mobile games, reached $4 billion in 2017.

Activision Blizzard has announced that players in Overwatch had passed 35 million, another huge milestone for the shooter.

Even though Activision Blizzard’s stock is currently riding high, stock analyst Cowen has warned investors of concerns about the company’s stock value.

Analysts predict that PS4 will sell 69 million units by the end of 2017, almost double of what is predicted for Xbox One sales of 36 million units.

Activision Blizzard were keen to reiterate the fact that Destiny 2 will have a steady stream of content after launch

Activision Blizzard announced that Starcraft, a sci-fi real time strategy game and one of Blizzard’s older titles, would be remastered.

Overwatch has become the fastest growing Blizzard franchise to reach 25 million players worldwide, as Activision Blizzard revealed in its Q4 financial results.