Activision Blizzard was accused of discriminating against employees based on gender. According to the lawsuit, the company intentionally does not promote women in the service and understates their salaries. They complain about harassment and compare the atmosphere at work with the atmosphere of a fraternity. However, the company itself denies such accusations.The lawsuit was filed on July 20 in Los Angeles Superior Court following a two-year investigation.

Activision has a new internal mobile studio. It’s called Activision Mobile. Its launch became known from the published vacancies of the company. They also indicate that the studio will be engaged in a mobile game under the Call of Duty brand. The media suggested that we are talking about the Warzone port.

Call of Duty Online is a free—to-play version of the shooter, available exclusively in China. Tencent has decided to stop supporting the game after six years on the market. It is reported that after the servers are closed, players will be offered to transfer accounts to Call of Duty: Mobile.This became known on May 31 on the official Call of Duty Online website.

To correct the balance of weapons in Call of Duty: Mobile, developers from TiMi Studios and Activision had to collect community reviews and test them in practice using limited playtests. Matt Lewis, the general manager of the game and vice president of the publisher’s mobile direction, told about the difficulties encountered.Matt Lewis’ original column was published on Gamasutra on May 12.

Another trial at Activision. This time the company went to court after it was accused of violating the trademark “Warzone”. The fact is that at the end of 2017, indie developer Randy Ficker launched a browser game Warzone.com — almost three years before the release of Call of Duty: Warzone. According to Ficker, the trademark rights should belong to him.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run is a mobile runner developed by King. During the first day after the official release, the game was downloaded more than 8 million times. Taking into account the early launch on iOS, which took place on March 23, the runner has already been downloaded 11.4 million times in total.

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO) has approached Activision Blizzard with a proposal to increase inclusivity and interview at least one representative of racial minorities for each vacancy. The company called such an initiative unworkable.The essence of the AFL-CIO’s proposal is to include non-white citizens and women with relevant experience in the list of candidates for open vacancies.

Only the day before yesterday, the presentation of the new part of Call of Duty ended, but the next day it became known that everything was not all right with the production of the game. Bloomberg has prepared material about unfair working conditions and unfair treatment of contractors in Activision for many years. The same thing happened with other publishers.

While most publishers have not yet decided whether to raise the price tag of games on the next-generation console or not, Activision has begun to act. The company announced Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and confirmed that the game will be sold for $70.

Sensor Tower analysts appreciated the success of Call of Duty: Mobile in the first two months. Her earnings reached $87 million, and downloads — 172 million.

It’s time to report for the third quarter to Activision Blizzard publisher. Both financial indicators and the size of the audience continue to decline.

Call of Duty: Mobile has the biggest launch in the history of mobile gaming. Before her, no mobile game managed to reach 100 million installs in just seven days.

Call of Duty: Mobile earnings reached $2 million. Activision and Tencent have installed the new game 20 million times.

Sony has informed Russian buyers of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot that the game will not be published on the PlayStation Store. Users who have pre-ordered will be reimbursed for the cost of the game.

Bungie Studio refused to consider Activision a tyrant. Leaving the publisher was only a consequence of creative differences, said Bungie Communications director David Dague.

Activision decided to support the trend for mobile “royal battles”. In its Call of Duty Mobile, created jointly with Tencent, there will be a battle royale mode.

At the Unity panel within the framework of GDC 2019, Activision and Tencent announced a free-duplex Call of Duty Mobile for Europe and the USA. Initially, the game was developed only for China. It was not reported that it could be released in other regions.

The rating of CEOs of American companies who receive excessive salaries includes Bobby Kotick from Activision and Andrew Wilson from Electronic Arts.

It became known which Activision Blizzard studios fell under the cuts.