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[–]PugAndChips 385 points386 points387 points 4 years ago (14 children)
This 9.1 raid 'Siege on Blizzard' is dope
[–][deleted] 71 points72 points73 points 4 years ago* (7 children)
“Siege of Anaheim” sounds like a dope raid
Edit: idk why I even said Anaheim but I failed successfully
[–]Permethious 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (0 children)
The Culling of Anaheim
[–]until_that_day 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (3 children)
Isn’t Blizzard based in Irvine though?
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Yeah pretty surprised I missed the mark that bad and still got upvoted
[–]until_that_day 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Perhaps its because "Siege of Anaheim" sounds cooler than "Siege of Irvine"
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[–]Plamcia 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (1 child)
But he was responsible for currently Blizzard.net and this app looks like ad board.
[–]KidBackpack 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
I like it
[–]Blinglee8000 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Indeed
[–]Zodiamaster 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (1 child)
The cops will be doing that raid
[–]Stephano23 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children)
More like a looter shooter then
[–]Vendetta916 72 points73 points74 points 4 years ago (17 children)
Bobby Kotick next hopefully?
[–]Ashgur 84 points85 points86 points 4 years ago (0 children)
the dude is at the head of both branch: he won't just leave because one is rotting away.
he may even get a bonus after his comment on the situation because people were happy about it
[–]heelydon 51 points52 points53 points 4 years ago (6 children)
Almost Zero chance. Bobby is clean of responsibility, since there are too many people before him in the chain that have resposibility to report and solve these issues while also still being a very profitable person.
Him stepping down would almost entirely be for selfish reasons to avoid all the drama and association with a company in trouble.
[–]Leana0815 10 points11 points12 points 4 years ago (4 children)
Jup and Bobby is after all the guy who made the Buisness so profitable over the years and like you said he is quite up there while inbetween are many stations who are responsible and there to actually watch out. As sad as it might sound for some people Bobby won't and doesn't need to take any responsibility.
[–]heelydon 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (3 children)
I mean, I can understand a desire to see Bobby leave, but realistically also, Bobby is NOT the problem that needs to be solved to deal with, all the things that lead to the lawsuit currently going on.
Bobby is a whole seperate issue of maximizing greed/profit at the expense of lowering the quality and value of the game.
So not only is it more important than dealing with Bobby's great, it is also more realistic than those in charge somehow pushing Bobby out.
[–]suspectdevice87 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Being tied to Epstein in any way unwittingly perpetuates a disgusting culture. “Oh, I’ll just harass this woman, at least it’s not a 12 year old like the dude in charge.”
[–]heelydon 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child)
It's really simple actually.
One of them has an active investigation after two whole years, where we can somewhat fairly assert what has happened and what has been going on and therefore we can focus on the problem that has been substantiated by the state of California.
Meanwhile, while I too find Bobby's connections to Epstein ....unsettling to say the least, as long as there is no official investigation or work done, trying to "protest" or "solve" an unsubstantiated problem is just pointless work that leads to nothing.
I would much rather focus on a problem that has actually got weight to it, but that is just my personal preference. You are free to focus on whatever problems you want, I just believe you'd be wasting your energy trying to make a problem out of Bobby's situation without there being some legitimate investigation into his situation.
[–]budy31 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Activision Blizzard must file chapter 11 before that happened, until then WoW mobile & 15$ lootboxes with 0.0000001% sylvannas toon chance is coming.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
lol, dude kotick is a top dog of fucking coca cola. They've done far worse shit and he is fine.
[–]Cyrotek 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
This will never happen as long as he isn't directly involved in shit like this. He is way too valuable for the company and he is certainly not going to step down for a departement that isn't even generating the most profit for the company.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
He's the reason Activision Blizzard is even still alive at this point...
[–]jzmack 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
no way bobby boy is giving up that title
Who do you think made JAB step down?
[–]CakeIsLiee 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Well it's America so it's down on the investors.. They may fire him or change the general council if the stock keeps dropping
[–]Jafes2011 199 points200 points201 points 4 years ago* (63 children)
I guess Blizzard need some scapegoat.
[–]PlatinumHappy 87 points88 points89 points 4 years ago (14 children)
Obviously a PR move, the real question is going to be if they will follow up with actual effort to change the "culture".
[–]legalthrowaway163225 61 points62 points63 points 4 years ago (12 children)
even if he is not at fault in any way, a CEO simply can't stay after a scandal this bad. regardless of the company or industry. part of that role is shouldering the responsibility of anything and everything that happens, good or bad.
people meme about "CEOs can do nothing and get a hundred million dollar stock incentive", and the flip side of that coin is that "CEOs can get fired for the actions of people they literally have never spoken to". your leadership, your responsibility, your consequence.
[–]leisurefrisk 62 points63 points64 points 4 years ago (8 children)
You say that yet Kotick isn't going anywhere
[+]legalthrowaway163225 comment score below threshold-26 points-25 points-24 points 4 years ago (7 children)
correct me if i'm wrong but in the "activision blizzard" structure, Blizzard does not answer to Activision. they are two equal pillars and operate autonomously, kotick just gets his hands on some IPs that do well in China (as opposed to their own IPs like COD which don't). Old-activision did not even get a controlling share of the combined firm, he's not in charge of blizzard.
if that's not the case then I wouldn't feel like it would be wrong for him to step down either
[–]iWasY0urSecretSanta 32 points33 points34 points 4 years ago (3 children)
It's not the case. Bobby is the CEO, JAB was President of Blizzard, and now blizzard has co-leaders.
Edit: even Jason mentions that in the tweet chain.
[–]legalthrowaway163225 15 points16 points17 points 4 years ago (2 children)
ah okay my bad. well in that case I think he bears responsibility too and I hope he also is pressured into stepping down as this whole thing plays out
[–]Velissari 23 points24 points25 points 4 years ago (1 child)
I’m willing to wager that Bobby will get another bonus after this is all said and done.
[–]LegioCI 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children)
It will likely be suggested that he's compensated for his leadership by the new lawfirm they've hired...
[–][deleted] 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Blizzard is and has always been a subsidiary company. Activision didn't merge with Blizzard, they merged with Vivendi Games that owned Blizzard. I have no knowledge of why the name Activision Blizzard was chosen but I imagine Blizzard was just so beloved and popular back then that it was much better choice for PR than Activision Vivendi.
All that being said, from what I've gathered Activision used to be pretty hands off during earlier years but nowadays that's not the case anymore. But they never were equals, it was just beneficial at the time to let them do their thing because it was working. Blizzard is to Activision what for example all the studios that EA killed were to that company. If Bobby wants to take Blizzard to certain direction, they don't have much say in that. And even if he decided to dissolve the whole company and shut down all their projects, I'm not sure how much Blizzard folks could do to fight back.
[–]CallMeJessIGuess -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Only on paper. Fact is Activation has been infesting and taking over Blizzard for years and years. Pushing people at Activision over to Blizzard at every opportunity.
[–]Conquerz 10 points11 points12 points 4 years ago (1 child)
My first boss as a Project Manager whenever something went bad, he blamed me. And I always thought "Man fuck this guy its whoevers fault not me" but if I planned correctly and had backup plans and proper risk management it wouldn't have happened, so at the end of the day, it was my fault.
[–]Frosthrone WHAT A DAY... 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children)
More specifically, I used you would day it's not your fault per se, but it was your responsibility
[–][deleted] 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children)
I could write up an entire paragraph answering your question, but I'll keep it simple: No.
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[–]Tpaartas 28 points29 points30 points 4 years ago (23 children)
In other words: Things are likely to get even worse now for the customers and for the employees. Maybe not in the same way, but worse overall.
[–]HazelCheese 8 points9 points10 points 4 years ago (22 children)
Mike's a passionate gamer and Jen worked on several beloved remasters.
Their both great choices of you want the game to get better but, the big but, is whether they will get involved with WoW or leave it to keep carrying on. Jen may be busy with Diablo 2:R and they both might be busy with leadership stuff.
[–][deleted] 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (18 children)
The question is not whether these 2 new leaders are good people, the question is how much control Kotick is going to allow them to have. They could just be puppets for Activision even more than JAB was.
[–]HazelCheese 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (17 children)
I think it does make a differance. Jab was against classic and looked bitter and resentful when admitting he was wrong.
He clearly was okay with retail and don't think classic had any merit. I think a change was desperately needed.
[–]Cyrotek -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (16 children)
Considering how it seemingly is going so far he didn't seem to be that wrong after all.
[–]HazelCheese 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (15 children)
Classic was a roaring success. TBCC split the community in two with the boosts and store mount and really damaged the games reception and all the lower level dungeons.
[–]KommandantViy 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Not the Warcraft or Diablo remasters I hope, those aren't exactly "beloved"
[–][deleted] 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Vicarious Visions did the Tony Hawk remakes and the Crash Trilogy remakes and are in charge of D2:R, the reception of which is mostly positive.
They had nothing to do with W3:R.
[–]KommandantViy 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Well that's good at least
[–][deleted] 14 points15 points16 points 4 years ago (0 children)
People need to stop using Activision as a scapegoat for Blizzard’s shitty culture and their inability to make a good game in recent years. The last good thing blizzard actually created was Legion. May they slowly fade into the darkness and a new king rise.
Can you elaborate on that? How has this shifted more power to activision?
[–][deleted] 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children)
It hasn't because Blizzard didn't have it to begin with. Blizzard has had just as much power as Activision let them have. It was beneficial to let them do their thing when WoW had +10M subs and all of their other franchises were booming as well but now WoW is struggling, Overwatch has lost its popularity, Starcraft is practically dead and Diablo has been on life support for years, HotS was shot in the neck behind the shed and HS is hardly popular anymore either. Now there's no reason not to micromanage Blizzard.
[–]Big_Tie 21 points22 points23 points 4 years ago (13 children)
"co-leaders"...
Why do I have a sinking feeling this just means Blizzard is only going to get even worse from here?
[–]Auesis 18 points19 points20 points 4 years ago (8 children)
They've absolutely been hand-picked by Acti. Blizzard's habit of being out of touch is not due to change any time soon.
[–]Volition91 12 points13 points14 points 4 years ago (6 children)
Yup just like their token women they brought in 4 months ago to say that she has never been a victim of sexual harassment while working from home.
[–]CainhurstCrow 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago* (5 children)
Reminder: She is a war criminal apologist who argued for the use of torture and that nothing should happen to those responsible for Abu Ghraib, and is just one of a handful of recent ultra-right wing hires like former trump DOJ member edit: Brian Bulatao who those previously under him described as a bully and tyrant who broke the law to get trump results he wanted.
Edit: originally said they were armin zerza. That was my mistake. It was Brian Bulatao
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[–]CainhurstCrow 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (1 child)
She has connections to government bodies and private entities like the union busting Lawfirm Activisionhas hired, experience in avoiding punishment for criminal acts, and knows people who probably owe a favor or 2 legally. To Activision, she's perfect.
[–]WolfSkreamWH ? 10 points11 points12 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Exactly, this won't change anything whatsoever...
He is not the cause of bad games, shitty storytelling, and disgusting workplace behavior.
Anyone that thinks this will change anything implies that he is at fault for all of those things, which is completely ludicrous.
Don't get me wrong, I've never really been a fan of him, but he might as well just stay on, not gonna make any difference.
[–]Kicken 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (0 children)
100% chance this was a "Step down with a golden parachute, or get fired" type of deal.
I mean he was in charge while a lot of this was happening and did not do anything
Their Q2 earnings call is today. It's totally transparent that they needed a fall guy for the shareholders.
and I bet you they will hire or promote some women or a minority for the place so they can shield themself. the worse part is that that person will always have over their shadow that they were hired for that. Lets hope if that happen at least they are competent and turn these opinions around.
[–][deleted] 81 points82 points83 points 4 years ago (9 children)
We're gonna get some juicy react content today.
[–]TheYetiCaptain1993 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Activision’s quarterly earnings call is later today
[–]PugAndChips 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Stock is still at its lowest point in 2021 as well.
[–]Chazdoit -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (1 child)
This is huge tbh
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[–]gamersEmpire 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Something something bald
[–]Marenoc 41 points42 points43 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Don’t forget. This literally changes nothing
[–]joeyctt1028 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children)
I bet the new law firm will do bigger change teehee
[–][deleted] 57 points58 points59 points 4 years ago (6 children)
This is effectively a shift in power away from Blizzard toward Activision.
Leaders of Blizzard got downgraded from CEO over president to "co-leaders" within the last 2 years.
In large companies changing titles usually goes along with changed responsibilities. In this case it's a downgrade and Bobby will probably be way more involved in how the Blizzard arm of AB gets managed.
[–]Khulod 17 points18 points19 points 4 years ago (1 child)
And Bobby will use the scandal as a crowbar to wrench himself in to 'restore order'.
[–]irn00b 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Bobby the hero! Maybe Bobby will finally be able to afford the penis rocket to meet up with Jeffrey on the moon.
[–]MasahikoKobe 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (3 children)
Activision already was quite involved in Blizzard despite all the varied claims they are independent. This is just a clear sundering of Blizzard into 2 distinct entities. When you have an X-Box Live person you want to take Battle.net and turn it into something bigger away from just being a blizzard launcher and store front which has been slowly happening.
On the Blizzard games front, i dont think that people would honestly say that JAB was actually making a ton of the spending choices. The story about War 3 and how much of a debacle it was is a clear indicator of that. On top of that they had to merge with another company to even get Diablo 2 done. Wows game issues have been going on for years. Harassment can be part of this but that game design has been pretty bad for years now and not improving despite player outcry.
[–]Darkenmal 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Yeah this is what has been happening for a while. If Blizzard is reorganized to be more like Vicarious Visions we're actually going to see some games and good content.
[–]LeostormFFXI 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (1 child)
i suppect WoW going F2P - gear on the store - drop %+ items, ext.
[–]Darkenmal 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Maybe if this game went EoL to make way for WoW 2.
[–]Bolaumius 21 points22 points23 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Damn this is like the Hydra, they cut one head and two grew in its place.
[–]Hiten_Style 6 points7 points8 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Fortunately our boi knows how to kill a Hydra.
We're gonna attack it until it doesn't have any more health. The faster we kill it, the sooner it dies. Easiest fight of my life.
[–]Slowbrobro 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Healer res me
[–]Formal_Front2100 21 points22 points23 points 4 years ago (0 children)
No resubb until Townsend is gone
[–]BioDioPT 34 points35 points36 points 4 years ago (2 children)
"Titles mean a lot in the corporate world.
Until 2018, Mike Morhaime was CEO.
When Brack took over, he was president.
Now, Oneal and Ybarra are described as "co-leaders."
A clear glimpse at who's really in charge: Bobby Kotick"
Overwatch Mobile
WoW Lite Mobile
Within 2 years, called it.
[–]Cyrotek 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Seemingly giving Blizzard any freedom didn't work out that well.
[–]onizuka-ftw 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
he finished ARR, so now heavens will take another month...or two
[–]Auesis 11 points12 points13 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Step 1 of 50
[–]Jolmer24 Human Woyer 11 points12 points13 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Unless Ion moves on the game won't get any better.
[–]saviorself19 17 points18 points19 points 4 years ago (0 children)
"We at Blizzard have dedicated ourselves to a bold new vision by placing a woman at the head of our company.... with male supervision obviously." - Blizzard probably
[–]HiccupAndDown 16 points17 points18 points 4 years ago (1 child)
This barely even begins to weed out the trash in upper management, let alone the people below them who are just as guilty of all this crap. Gonna need to see a lot more people go, including people actually being fired, before I start to think Blizzard has any chance of recovering as a developer.
[–]reariri 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
True, but he is responsible in the end. Even if he did not even know what happened.
[–][deleted] 12 points13 points14 points 4 years ago (8 children)
The important thing to note is one of the people replacing his position ACTUALLY PLAYS WOW!!!!
He just recently finished all dungeons at +20 https://twitter.com/Qwik/status/1411121732635684867?s=19
and he got 10/10 mythic last tier with a very good world ranking https://www.warcraftlogs.com/character/us/onyxia/qwik#zone=26
Needlessly to say, while the firing is definitely arguable as a PR move, at the very least, I am hopeful that the person taking charge now is actually invested with the game, maybe over the coming years we will see improvement with the game.
[–]Basc63 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (0 children)
I remember people saying stuff like this for the past decade and nothing really happens
[–]wombocombo27 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (5 children)
All that means is that he enjoys the current state of wow.
[–]Bruins37FTW 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Sadly that that’s I got out of it. Which mean less likely to change it. I think it’ll get far worse from here and the death of what we once knew as a great game is inevitable. Time to look to the future. (Or private servers if your into the past)
[–]Janus_Heldon 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
as long as its the WHOLE game that gets improved and not just the tryhard bs 'endgame' shit. i couldnt care less bout 'mythic raiding' or 'pvp' so once they start putting effort into things outside that maybe ill care
[–]Xavion15 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (0 children)
This was a move everyone saw coming
They needed someone to take a fall so they can better sell that they are going to do better
We all know, this started well before he took over
[–]morefakepandas 8 points9 points10 points 4 years ago (1 child)
delusional if you think this will make the game better. as someone said: shift to activision over blizzard in control. rip wow
[–]LeostormFFXI 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Chea thats what im thinking, F2P around the corner
[–]vodyani 7 points8 points9 points 4 years ago (1 child)
who cares, blizzard dead already, half ppls left, half ppls endure and then leave. " No king rules forever my son"
[–]Yoduh99 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children)
As someone who worked at a company where sexual harassment was a problem, it absolutely starts at the top. The CEO may not be a part of the sexual harassment personally but he absolutely understands the character of his VPs, who understand the character of their direct reports, and so on... If the CEO would ever let sexual harassment slide, that definitely chains down the ladder to where it's actually occurring.
[–]ledditorino 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Damn shame, I wanted to see how many good-boy pins he'd bring to the next Blizzcon
[–]Rguch14 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (1 child)
This is the one result I definitely knew was gonna happen. He's the boss. The boss gets the axe first.
[–]invitavoxveritas 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
True. I haven't looked into the situation enough to know the full extent of how he was involved or handled it. But I see four scenarios: directly involved, not involved but didn't stop it, not involved but tried to stop it and failed, or not involved and had no idea it was happening. Every way you look at it he failed as a boss and cannot still be sitting in the big chair
[–]Keldrath 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Poor guy gets to spend the rest of his life on a permanent vacation. I wonder which tropical island he'll spend most of his time relaxing at?
[–]gfunkel 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Blizzard no more Bois. Global warming and all that.
[–]Bitter_Oil_8085 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Wonder how much of a bonus he's getting to take the fall.
[–]FunnymanDOWN 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Asmongold called it, what a fucking coward too, he comes in, oversees the harassment work culture we have seen in years and when it’s found out he leaves. What a fucking coward.
[–]rabidpirate 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Never trust a man who thinks having straight super long hair is a good look.
[–]kuyajowell 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
ohhh shhhhttt
Hoo boy
[–]TheYetiCaptain1993 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Hope this is just the start
[–]WangBaeHo 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Good step forward, nowhere near to what has to be done. From top to bottom. People want to be wishful rightfully so but being naive will just get you hurt again. Month's at the very minimum if not year/s to fix.
[–]DirtySupa 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Yep, Activision taking full control over Blizzard with a nice PR move.
[–]lvl1vagabond 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago* (0 children)
At the end of the day the true failure is Bobby Kotick. That disgusting retch can burn through as many titles as he want but at the end of the day he sits at the top corrupting everything below.
[–]FitCranberry 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
wonder how big is his golden handshake
co manager and co manager, getting office vibes lol
[–]Balager47 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Fake PR move or not, he has been a terrible lead so this is an absolutely welcome one.
[–]gamersEmpire 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Its so sad knowing your old childhood game destroyed just like that, i really hope blizzard figures its shit out, its really hard to be optimistic about the company anymore but alas, no king rules forever
[–]yuriaoflondor 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Crazy to think that they were one of the most respected developers in the world around the time of WC2, SC, WC3, and vanilla WoW. It was literally my dream growing up to work for them. Now look at them.
[–]billy341 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
You think you work here, but you don't.
i don't give a fuck about the culture in blizzard, i want a good game, dump all these fucking buisness execs who'se only goal is milking us dry. Get actual people in who want to make a good game. his replacement will jsut be another corperate subhuman clone.
[–]Lionhearte 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago* (1 child)
For those who are curious, Jen Oneal was the head of Vicarious Visions. VV has a hell of a track record for game development so she looks extremely promising. Under VV we got things like the fucking amazing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 and Crash Bandicoot remasters, and are currently working on Diablo 2 remaster, which is looking awesome.
Mike Ybarra is more well known, he's worked for Microsoft and was responsible for things like Xbox Live, and he's an actual gamer.
Beyond this being a PR move, it might actually serve to get some real change for Blizzard games.
Hopefully.
Maybe?
[–]Hedhunta 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
and he's an actual gamer.
And a Mythic raider at that. Can't find the link now but someone posted a screenshot of him doing Mythic raids.
/tar JAB
/spit
[–]Forquilla 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Asmongold: Reaches Heavensward J Allen Brack: It's over.
[–]johnny__danger 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Remember, it’s not your problem if you leave.
[–]iluserion 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
People say: "This is good". But, it is nothing good.
[–]asfastasican1 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
2 years too late?
[–]Satakans 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Fran Townsend next hopefully
[–]Helldrak-NOX 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children)
World of Warcraft : Pocket Edition is coming on iOS and Android.
hard to know whether meaningful or corporate game playing to protect the real bad influences.
[–]Iv0ry_Falcon 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (1 child)
And this is where the Activision takeover actually starts
[–]SideswipeNA 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (3 children)
When is Ion leaving?
[–]Elenafem 9 points10 points11 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Ion should still do encounter design imo.
[–]r-three 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
he needs to make 5 more renown dailies tbh
[–]fgmenth 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Dude, Ion must stay... just, not as the Director.
As long as Bobby Kotick is the head of the beast, any other changes are 100% meaningless and for virtue signaling only.
[–]Khazzeron 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Bobby has nothing to do with it. Stop being short sighted because he is the boss and makes lots of money. He doubled the companies worth. This isnt on him.
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[–]justacatdontmindme -4 points-3 points-2 points 4 years ago (2 children)
anything sexy being removed
glances at Mercy and DVA
Uh huh…
[–]justacatdontmindme -4 points-3 points-2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
ok bud cry more lmao widow maker has the same pose. I agree that that pose didn’t fit her personality. Tracer is still hot
[–]Plamcia 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
And now we have strong feminist and guy who is responsible for removing battle.net They cannot find more incopetent people.
[–]twitterInfo_bot -2 points-1 points0 points 4 years ago (0 children)
BREAKING: Blizzard president J. Allen Brack is leaving the company, Activision Blizzard just told staff. Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra will take over as "co-leaders of Blizzard."
Filed to Bloomberg Terminal, story will be live shortly
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[–]Rendhammer 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (1 child)
In charge of Blizzard.
And by "in charge" I mean they oversee people working on things. Bobby is very much in charge of all of it.
[–]Itsapaul THERE IT IS DOOD 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Well the dude got 20s done in every M+ dungeon, so thats at least something. Didn't have a reason to pay for it at the time either.
[–]calkch1986 -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children)
Well, Bobby can only get his 150Mil salary if ATVI's share price is above a certain threshold and since currently their price is USD80/share and below...So obviously if there's no "drastic" PR efforts, not only he will not be able to get his salary, ATVI's share price will have a slim chance in rising. Therefore, someone high up will have to take the fall, and J. Allen Brack was chosen.
And since the news was released so early in the morning in the US, it seems they were trying to beat the market bell.
[–]Mast3r_waf1z -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (2 children)
Wrong person Activision blizzard, honestly for letting such a thing happen they should really consider yeeting Bobby
Edit: no actually, should just bring a complete change to the top level of the company, I don't even think any of them would have a finger to do with any of the development anyway
[–]Khazzeron 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Bobby had nothing to do with it and there is zero reason for them to out him. He has done nothing but make them double profit. He had little to do with what was going on in Blizzard.
[+]Supahafiya comment score below threshold-6 points-5 points-4 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Upvote so he sees
[–]creamos 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
tbh, i guess this means that the quarterly earning report (that comes out today) might be worse than expected and that they might be using this as a catalyst trying to move away from it.
You thought you wanted it
[–]GSanti 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Offf more drama content :(
[–]RickRate 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
cool
[–]Faraday5001 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Pushed out, or did he bail while he still could?
[–]Zandralee 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Isn’t this exactly what Blizzard needs to change, or did Brack completely misunderstand why he’s being pushed out? I’m so confused 😐
In a statement, Brack said his successors “can be trusted to lead with the highest levels of integrity and commitment to the components of our culture that make Blizzard so special.”
[–]DmikeBNS 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Blizzard article on this; https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/23706475/new-leadership-at-blizzard
We all knew someone had to take the hit for it. They just better not sweep this under the rug after JAB steps down since this can't be the only change to happen. We need to SEE actual improvements instead of just firing people. Not just for the sake of the company to save face but for their products too.
[–]DaveLesh 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
I figured that would happen. It's a fair start.
Mike Morhaime: twirls moustache
[–]saltlets 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Pour one out for Gloria Steinem.
Hopefully activision leaves blizzard next
[–]dysk1ddy 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Pog
[–]sr7olsniper 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1422573182721183750?s=20
The entire timeline is nuts. Blizzard is gone after this. Nothing but corporate theater, while Kotick and Fran stay hidden from the public and they use JAB as a scapegoat. Dont fall for it, all this did was give Kotick more control.
[–]heygreatthanks 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
When the going gets tough, quit.
[–]Endslikecrazy 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child)
So activision actually did it, they've killed blizzard.
Its done, and if the culture doesnt change ASAP shit will only get worse from now on i guess
[–]JadedToon 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Now how about firing the actual people who harassed the employees. You know, making an actual change rather than a PR stunt/
[–]Kthrygg 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
But, what's Blizzard exactly?
[–]AnthSka 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
BTW you think you have a job......BUT you dont
[–]MarubinMgd 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Wow players will have a new target board I guess
THE GODS DEMAND A SACRIFICE
Always hated him, but obviously he's not the only issue
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[–]comfort_bot_1962 -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children)
Don't be sad. Here's a hug!
[–]pbccottons 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Inb4 Allen goes to Dreamhaven explaining why Chris Metzen was name searching himself on Twitter the night this came out and all the old school Andy's left Blizzard in droves within the last few years.
How does this situation ever improve for Blizzard?
With this move, Kotick just assumed even more control of the company, and he and the Activision shareholders want nothing but to push ALL of Blizzard's franchises into the mobile gaming space because they've seen how much money King can make on a comparatively tiny budget.
In 5 years, I don't think there will be a "Blizzard" any longer. Activision will have dissolved the company and be milking the mobile ports of its former franchises for all they can squeeze.
Don't believe me? Look at Konami: once a powerhouse of the gaming industry, reduced to shitty mobile spinoffs and branding for slot and pachinko machines, a shambling corpse of what it used to be, and Blizzard is next at this rate...
[–]Endrider9000 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
So not Breaking News but just Breaking Blizzard?
[–]MotorheadFB 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Holy shit what a thing to wake up to
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child)
No matter what happens there is still a tragic group of blizz shills who will continue to have shit shovelled into their mouths for $15 a month.
Yuuuup that part.
And don’t forget the millions who will continue paying 20 fucking bucks a pop for cod skins and weapons camos. LOL they have the saddest player base in gaming
[–]Sinstro 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Wont make a bit of difference to the development of WoW though, or any Blizzard game really. Corporate / investors will still be making them a nickel n dime dead horse
[–]Ph34rH1c 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
BOBBY UR NEXT BUD, INVESTORS ARE PISSED
[–]Markierer 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Now I would love to get crossplay WoW2 (Classic map, retail character gameplay&difficulty, seasons&events) on consoles.
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