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The NPD report for March 2019 was released today, which includes lists of the top-selling games of March 2019 as well as the top selling games of 2019.

Activion Blizzard and Beenox's Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled  is a fancy remastered, collected edition of the original Crash Team Racing alongside Crash

credit// Activision At PAX East this morning, Activision Blizzard has announced that all thirteen tracks from Crash Nitro Kart have been remastered for Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Which means, CTRNF will get remastered versions of all thirteen Crash Nitro Kart tracks alongside the Crash Team Racing tracks for 31 total Alongside the tracks, remastered karts, battle arenas, and battle[...]

As we enter the weekend, we now officially know that Blizzard itself will be losing over 200 employees as part of the Activision Blizzard restructuring 209 in total across all areas of the company and in multiple locations including Irvine, Santa Monica, Burbank, New York City, Austin, and Bloomington Variety obtained documentation from the Worker Adjustment[...]

Blizzard Entertainment and GOG.Com have partnered to re-release several classic Blizzard games, and the fun starts with the 1996's Diablo.

Now according to a new report from Bloomberg, it appears the game may be coming out sooner than some expected. Yang Zhaoxuan, the Chief Financial Officer for NetEase was quoted on a conference call saying that the game was "pretty much ready" to go, but that only Activision Blizzard could answer on a release date. credit//Blizzard "From a[...]

Activision held their quarterly earnings call yesterday, and announced that Blizzard has no major releases planned for the 2019 year

The news finally came down this afternoon after the worst kept secret at Activision Blizzard came out last week, as nearly 800 employees will be laid off The layoffs appear to be targeted on a few specific non-game-development departments, which includes publishing and esports The specific jobs and how they will affect operations in those areas[...]

It may be dire times for those currently working for Activision Blizzard as a new report suggests the company is looking at several layoffs According to a report from Bloomberg, the company is planning to announce hundreds of jobs will be cut and layoffs to come after recent poor performances and the company stock dipping[...]

Activision Blizzard kicked off 2019 in a stranger way than we've ever seen First they announced the termination of CFO Spencer Neumann's contract with the company, then they cut ties with developer Bungie, even giving away the rights to the Destiny IP Throughout all of this, Activision Blizzard's stock has been sitting at its lowest point since[...]

In a filing with the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Activision Blizzard announced that they were terminating the contract of Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann The reason given by the publishing company wasn't stated, as the report claims the termination is "for cause unrelated to the Company's financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures." For now, Neumann[...]

In a recent interview with 4Gamer.net, From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki mentioned that the studio is currently working on two unannounced games

The latest update to Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm brings reworks to heroes Sylvanas the Banshee Queen and Stitches the Terror of Darkshire.

To celebrate the imminent launch of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Activision Blizzard has created its first ever fire-breathing, talking Spyro drone The drone is making a cross-country circuit of the United States over the next two weeks in order to commemorate the upcoming game launch on November 13th, 2018 The drone left from Stone Hill Castle[...]

Activision and developer Treyarch debuted a new in-game cinematic for the Blood of the Dead Zombies map just ahead of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Launch.

Activision Blizzard and LEGO have revealed the first LEGO Overwatch set, which will feature everyone's favorite battlebot, Bastion The exclusive, limited edition LEGO Overwatch Omnic Bastion model is available starting today on the Blizzard Gear Store for an MSRP of $25 USD The set will also be available for purchase on-site at BlizzCon 2018 which[...]

However, Variety's report only acknowledges the news as a rumor, as neither Netflix nor Activision Blizzard have confirmed the series. From Variety: It looks like Netflix could be adding an animated "Diablo" series to its original programming lineup. Boom! Studios founder Andrew "Andy" Cosby tweeted on Wednesday that he's in "final talks" to write and show-run the upcoming series from Activision and Netflix[...]

The Call of Duty World League has announced its plans for the upcoming CWL season, which will obviously star Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

One of the big changes Activision and Treyarch are making to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is the game's battle royale mode, and this is what we know so far.

Activision Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth has become the series' highest-selling to date. There are a lot of things that shouldn't work for World of Warcraft in 2018 MMORPG is a much more obscure genre these days after once ruling the market, and likewise, subscription services for games are incredibly rare[...]

Activision has officially announced the launch date for the highly anticipated new game from FromSoftware, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. 

Activision has released a brand-new gameplay trailer for their upcoming Spyro remake, the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, which shows off Spyro 2's Hurricos level.

Bungie is hosting a reveal stream tomorrow to showcase their Year 2 plans for Destiny 2, but ahead of the reveal, Bungie gave us our first look at the upcoming DLC packs for the sci-fi shooter. The developer tweeted a short teaser video

Now, thanks to a recent interview with German website Handelsblatt, Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues CEO Pete Vlastelica confirmed that Blizzard wants to add six more teams to the league for season two The ideal plan is for two teams come each from the Americas, Europe – Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. According to PCGamer: Vlastelica said Blizzard[...]

Activision is heralding last week's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 reveal as the most-watched game reveal ever based on its livestream watch records. The reveal stream broke franchise records, including the most day one views as well as the highest concurrent viewers.

Activision Blizzard has released their combined first quarter earnings report for fiscal year 2018, with the quarter ending on March 31st, 2018 The company announced a record first quarter of sales, which they credit to the immense amount of player engagement in their many franchises, but with an emphasis on Overwatch and Call of Duty. "Activision Blizzard had[...]

During Activision Blizzard's investor call this morning, the company discussed Destiny 2's incoming expansion Warmind, which will bring a whole new gameplay mode, though details on that mode are slim at this time. As part of the call, Activision's Chief Operating Officer Coddy Johnson explained that going forward Bungie is going to "make players more powerful, provide more[...]

While we don’t have a lot of information on the next Call of Duty, developer Treyarch continues to drop hints on social media about what we can expect from Black Ops 4’s multiplayer.

Bungie just revealed what we can expect out of Destiny 2's second expansion yesterday, and with it, a new set of screenshots for DLC has been put up on the game's official site.

If you recall, all the way back in 2009, Blizzard announced that they'd be adding a custom map marketplace for StarCraft II, but then never actually got around to releasing such a thing. Now, 9 years later, StarCraft II will finally get something similar.