Tag: Bobby Kotick
News Activision Boss Bobby Kotick Blames 'Outside Forces' for Firm's Poor Reputation
Bigwig speaks out as acquisition hangs in the balance
Bobby Kotick, the boss at the embattled video game publisher Activision Blizzard, has told Variety that there has never been a “systemic issue with harassment” at the organisation – despite being targeted by the State of California for its alleged “frat boy” culture. In the aftermath of...
News Stop Press: There Will Be A New Call Of Duty In 2012
Activision has confirmed that there will be a new Call Of Duty released next year
Ready the indifference folks, you've got another 12 months to pretend you're not interested in the blockbuster series. Admittedly we can appreciate some of the cynicism. It does feel like Call Of Duty's in need of an overhaul — but it's hard to argue that the series...
News Activision Gaffer Positive But Unsure About PlayStation Vita
Activision gaffer, Bobby Kotick, has said that his company is "super excited" about the PlayStation Vita, but remains unsure about the device's target audience
Because we're all supposed to be playing Angry Birds these days, remember. That's right, Kotick brought up the old "bu-bu-but smart-phones" as a cautionary statement about Vita,...
Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick (a
k.a.the most hated man in the video game industry) has said that the upcoming Call Of Duty: Black Ops will be getting the biggest investment the company has ever made in a game launch. Apparently, the game's pre-order sales alone put it up with Modern Warfare 2. This across the board, the biggest investment...
News Cal Of Duty Franchise Delivers A Whopping 17 Million Map Packs
At an Activision investor call yesterday, the company's CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed that the Call Of Duty franchise has delivered over 17 million map packs
And those figures don't even include the numbers for the Modern Warfare 2 map pack which launched on the Playstation Network this week. The businessman was talking about the multi-pronged strategy...
News Big-Bucks Activision Boss Admits Some Activision Games Suck
Probably one of the most hated figures in the video game industry, smug money maker Bobby Kotick has admitted to Game Informer (via Destructoid) that, yep, Activision's Spider-Man games have kinda sucked
Our Spider-Man games have sucked for the last five years, Kotick claimed. They are bad games. They were poorly rated because they were bad...
News Bobby Kotick Scoops A Cool $20 Million In Modern Warfare 2 Launch Week
The video game executive that every gamer loves to hate - Activision's Bobby Kotick - has made a cool $20million after selling 2million shares in the firm this week
The outrageous profit comes after shrewd business from Bobby on the week of Modern Warfare 2's launch. Is it possible to hate this man any more?
News Activision Are Ready To Bypass Games Consoles, Planning Untethered Guitar Hero
Bobby Kotick's back
Remember when he said he wanted to boycott the Playstation 3? Hell, it looks as though his long-term goal is to boycott all systems full-stop. As part of a 45-minute presentation at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco Kotick detailed plans to release an "untethered" version of his...
News Activision's Bobby Kotick Pockets A Cool $15 Million Salary
Ever wondered why Activision products are so darn expensive? We're questioning it all the time
Seems like we have the answer. Activision boss Bobby Kotick must be so out of touch with the general income of mortals, given his $15,000,000 pay-packet for the year of 2008. That's $15,000,000 folks; $5,000,000 of which were bonuses. As the cynical words...
