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"Under Bobby Kotick's leadership the company has been accused of mistreatment, sexual harassment, rape, and a death threat made by Kotick himself. The board is just as complicit if they let this slide. It's past time for Bobby to step down."

According to a report from the WSJ, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick knew about the allegations of sexual harassment at the company for years, and yet failed to make these details known to the board of directors and executives, and even worked to protect those accused of abuse.

This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content. Keywords Studios, the international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry and beyond, today announces the upgrade and expansion of its leading audio and post-production facility in Milan, Italy. With an unrivalled pedigree …

"I fundamentally believe all of the platforms can continue to grow. But in order to be on Xbox, I want us to be able to bring the full complete package of what we have."

Thunderful has moved into the mobile space with the acquisition of Early Morning Studio.

"Joining the label puts us in a great position to continue to grow and to set our sights on achieving our ambition to become a pre-eminent global videogames developer."

"We are also working to improve and update overall performance as we move forward. We would like to thank everyone for their patience as we resolve these issues.”

The upcoming handheld from Firewatch publisher Panic has been delayed until early next year.

“It’s the beginning of a great journey"

Niantic has announced that it is now licensing out The Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK), the AR tech behind their hit game Pokémon GO.