CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024
CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024
Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are "very excited."
Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, emailed employees after news of Microsoft's successful $69 billion acquisition to say that he was "fully committed to helping with the transition" and that he would stay on as CEO through the end of 2023.
Great news! I'm normally not a fan of mergers but hope Microsoft will do a better job with the Blizzard IP.
Considering Microsoft own Bethesda and they pulled the whole 'xbox and pc exclusive' bullshit. It seems like Microsoft are trying to create a monopoly of gaming companies so they can compete with and try pull people away from Sony. They hate that Sony continues to beat them in console sales.
So my concern is they're going to stop selling things on Sony, such as overwatch, diablo etc. They only promised call of duty for 10 years. I didn't read any other games with this promise in the merger deal. I honestly think it should have been blocked cause they are trying to monopolise the gaming industry and basically force a switch to their game pass or console.
Yes blizz was a shit show. But Microsoft are children who don't like that people have friends other than themselves.
...and just like that, all of the issues and shitty work culture at Activision Blizzard disappeared and they lived happily ever after.
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I can't help but feel that he got a disproportionately large reward from lucking into getting Zampella and the bois
Good riddance, but the fact that he's getting to walk away with a presumably hefty payout kind of sours the whole thing. Hopefully, Activision employees get better management out of the merger, although that is a pretty low bar to clear.
Maybe they will replace him with someone who has actually played a fucking video game.