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Read More »Gamelab awards Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime with 2019 Honor Award
Overwatch’s endorsement system has reduced antisocial behaviour, says Blizzard
"The system makes people nicer"
Read More »200+ of Activision’s cuts affected Blizzard staff
"While the changes were difficult, they were important for supporting our priorities"
Read More »Activision reports ‘record results’ as it lays off almost 800 staff
"There’s no way to make this transition easy for impacted employees, but we are doing what we can"
Read More »Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime to leave in April
"Mr. Morhaime’s employment will conclude on April 7, 2019"
Read More »Blizzard extends partnership with NetEase to 2023
"The scope of our collaboration is now deeper and broader than ever before"
Read More »Blizzard scales back Heroes of the Storm plans and ‘shifts’ staff to other projects
"We don’t make these decisions lightly"
Read More »Former Blizzard staff speak out: ‘Something deep within the company’s culture may be changing’
"That was just so incredibly disheartening for me"
Read More »Activision Blizzard Q3 financials: Blizzard revenue up 20% as Destiny 2 ‘underperforms’
Meanwhile, Call of Duty as a franchise “generated more revenue than the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the box office, and double that of the cumulative box office of Star Wars”
Read More »‘Many of our best developers are now working on new mobile titles across our IPs,’ says Blizzard
"We still have multiple Diablo teams working on multiple unannounced Diablo projects"
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