Blizzard has reported sales of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. In the first day after its release, it sold 3.7 million copies, which allowed it to become the fastest-selling PC game in history (according to Activision).The company told about this in a new report.

At the end of 2018, Netflix entered into negotiations with the CFO of Activision and eventually lured the employee to himself. Now the game publisher has sued the streaming service for interfering in contractual relations. At the same time, Netflix has been seen in similar actions with top managers of other companies before.The reason for the lawsuit was the transition of Activision CFO Spencer Neumann to a similar position at Netflix.

Another 100 employees will be laid off from Activision Blizzard. This time, those who were responsible for the maintenance of the company’s titles in the Asia-Pacific region fell under the knife.

Activision Blizzard has announced its intention to move all of its major franchises to mobile devices. This was influenced by the success of Call of Duty: Mobile, which earned $480 million in its first year.The company’s executives announced their plans during a conversation with investors, which traditionally took place after the publication of the quarterly report.

Activision Blizzard did not have time to share successful results in the third quarter of 2020, as its CEO made an additional statement. It turns out that the company lacks two thousand employees to continue to close all production needs.

Activision Blizzard has reported for the third fiscal quarter of this year. The publishing house’s revenues came close to $ 2 billion, and the most successful titles of the publishing house were Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush.

The launch of the Call of Duty: Mobile shooter took place in October 2019. Since then, the number of installations of the game has exceeded 300 million.

After Blizzard announced the closure of its office in France, local trade unions called on employees to go on strike. According to the organizations, the company just wants to get away from European taxes.This became known from a joint statement of three trade union organizations, including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), which represent the interests of Blizzard employees in France.

Activision Blizzard has taken on serious cuts. The company is closing a branch in Versailles, France, where about 400 people worked at the beginning of 2019.

During the year, Call of Duty: Mobile managed to become one of the most successful mobile shooters. Sensor Tower reports that the revenue of the game has approached $ 500 million, and the project has a release in the Chinese market ahead.General information on Call of Duty: Mobile

The mobile version of Call of Duty continues to gain popularity. The monthly number of hours that users spend in the game, at its peak, approached 1 billion.On Android alone, players spent 850 million hours in Call of Duty: Mobile during the peak month.

The remake of the first two parts of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series has reached the mark of 1 million copies sold. It took the game less than two weeks to do this.As Activision Blizzard notes, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 set a record.

After the free Battle royale attracted 75 million players, the company decided to continue its integration with future projects. It is with the help of Warzone that it is planned to announce and promote the new part of the series.In the financial report, Activision Blizzard reported record figures for the second quarter of 2020.

The company’s financial report notes the unprecedented success of the Call of Duty and World of Warcraft franchises. The publisher’s revenues for the second quarter approached $2 billion.On August 4, Activision Blizzard published a report for the second fiscal quarter of 2020 (April-June).

It became known from the Bloomberg material that some employees had to make ends meet and save on lunches, while top managers received millions in compensation.Journalist Jason Schreier studied a table that was created by one of Blizzard’s employees after numerous complaints in a work chat in Slack.

The CEO of Activision Blizzard in the role of Captain Obvious. Bobby Kotick predicted a new rise of frituplay. This is due to high unemployment in the era of the coronavirus crisis.

Battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone has broken the next download mark. The title was downloaded 50 million times in a month, Activision Blizzard publisher said on Twitter.

Call of Duty: Warzone attracted 30 million players in 10 days. Its growth is all the more impressive when compared with Apex Legends and Fortnite.

Activision Blizzard is in a hurry to update the manual. Shortly after the change of the president, the company appointed a new director of communications. Under the previous top manager in this position, there was a PR disaster around Blizzard.