News Nov 18th, 2021

Shareholders call for Kotick to resign from Activision Blizzard

And for two longest-serving board members to step down, too

• investors

News Aug 4th, 2021

Kotick says Activision Blizzard will set industry example in handling misconduct

CEO says this kind of behaviour as "no place at our company"

• working culture
• investors
• misconduct

News Feb 5th, 2021

Activision: Over 250m people played Call of Duty in 2020

Series had an average of 100m monthly active users for the year

• Financials
• call of duty
• investors

News Jan 29th, 2021

Activision Blizzard says it is "committed to inclusive hiring" practices after describing them as "unworkable"

Publisher was reportedly trying to get out of putting diverse hiring proposal to shareholders

• Job News
• diversity
• shareholders
• investors
• inclusivity

News Dec 3rd, 2020

Microsoft is "very, very focused" on games, CEO says

"We have is to ensure that the three billion gamers out there are able to play their games"

• subscription service
• investors
• xbox game pass

Interviews & Opinion Aug 17th, 2020

Game Seer’s CEO Bertrand Vernizeau on the advantages when investment is raised from their company

“The main incentive of not being a publisher is that the studio retains the IP, chooses its own business partners and can verify if each euro invested was worth it.”

• pocket gamer connects
• investors
• investor connector

News Aug 14th, 2020

Shareholders vote down EA exec pay plan

68 per cent of investors in the publishing giant voiced their opposition to compensation proposition

• Publishing
• investors
• exec pay

News Jul 23rd, 2020

Investors take Guillemot to task over Ubisoft abuse allegations

CEO put on the spot about what he did and did not know about his company's working culture

• harassment
• working culture
• investors
• abuse
• earnings call

News May 7th, 2020

Report: Endeavor planning sale of Epic stake

Company owns talent agency WME and the UFC MMA organisation and has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis

• fortnite
• investors
• sale
• stake

News May 1st, 2019

Future of Slightly Mad's Mad Box console "questionable" following Google Stadia announcement

And the name of the hardware might change if it ever comes out

• Hardware
• investors
• mad box
• google stadia

Feature Mar 29th, 2019

INSIGHT: How to finance your indie games development studio - Part One

Game Dragons director and industry veteran Philip Oliver gives you the lowdown on dealing with investors and publishers

• Publishing
• Funding
• finances
• investors

Interviews & Opinion Dec 17th, 2018

London Venture Partners' Jon Bellamy offers tips on getting investment for your game

"Frequently I meet with great teams working on interesting projects, but who are aiming too low"

• Investment
• Funding
• investors
• investor connector

News May 31st, 2018

Codemasters: Digital has given games stability, which is why now's a good time to IPO

"Digital is ensuring a prosperity and predictability for revenue that we didn't have before"

• IPO
• finance
• digital
• investors