Sony Shares Fall Sharply After News of Microsoft Deal for Activision Blizzard
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Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard in All-Cash Deal Valued at $68.7 Billion
The deal, if completed, would sharply expand Microsoft’s already sizable videogame operation, adding a stable of popular game franchises including...
Do We Need More Heroes? Disney Hopes So.
Many media and tech giants hope to carve out a place in streaming. Disney ’s strategy is to bet you...
WSJ News Exclusive | Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Tells Colleagues He Would Consider Leaving if He Can’t Quickly Fix Problems
Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief Executive Bobby Kotick has told senior managers he would consider leaving the company if he can’t...
Microsoft Pressures Activision Blizzard
Microsoft Corp.’s videogame boss said the company is evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard Inc. in the wake of a...
WSJ News Exclusive | Roblox, Building Out the Metaverse, Looks to Bring Educational Videogames to Schools
Roblox Corp. plans to help bring educational videogames to classrooms world-wide, part of its strategy to expand its mostly teen...
Farewell Offshoring, Outsourcing. Pandemic Rewrites CEO Playbook.
Uncertainty in the global supply chain is driving executives to seek operations away from cheaper countries to locales affording greater...
Roblox Outage Continues Into Weekend
Videogame company Roblox Corp. suffered an outage Thursday evening that continued through Saturday, leaving children around the globe looking for...
Activision Blizzard Chief Reduces Pay, Pledges Changes Amid Probes Into Company Culture
Bobby Kotick, the longtime chief executive of videogame empire Activision Blizzard Inc., told employees Thursday he will take a pay...
Hasbro Enters Holiday Season With CEO on Health Leave
Hasbro Inc.’s HAS -1.62% abrupt leadership change this week leaves the toy company in the hands of lieutenants to navigate...
Peloton Slashes Price on Exercise Bike, Predicts Slowing Growth
Peloton Interactive Inc. on Thursday lowered by 20% the price of its original stationary bike, a move that comes as...
Tencent to Work With Chinese Regulators to Limit Minors’ Online Game Time
Tencent Holdings Ltd. pledged to work with Chinese regulators and industry counterparts to manage how minors use online games and...
Peloton Tested a U.S. Safety Watchdog. It Wasn’t the First.
Peloton Interactive Inc. fought to become a breakout star in the at-home fitness industry. It didn’t back down when the...
Activision Replaces Blizzard Head J. Allen Brack as It Faces Gender-Bias Lawsuit
Activision Blizzard Inc. said an executive named in a gender-bias lawsuit filed by California regulators is leaving the videogame publisher....
EA, Other Videogame Companies Target Mobile Gaming as Pandemic Wanes
Videogame companies are increasing their financial bets on mobile games as pandemic restrictions ease and people ditch their PC and...
Nike Posts Highest Quarterly Sales in Its 50-Year History
Nike swung to a profit of $1.51 billion for the quarter ended May 31. Photo: florence lo/Reuters Updated June 24,...
Apple’s WWDC Meeting Caps a Tense Year for Company, Developers
Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.49% annual conference for software developers began Monday. It arrived with something unusual for the iPhone maker:...
Apple’s Tim Cook Takes Witness Stand in Antitrust Fight
Apple Inc. AAPL -1.23% Chief Executive Tim Cook has taken the witness stand in a court battle that could decide...
Epic Games vs. Apple Trial, Week One: Everything You Need to Know
The first week of the trial between Epic Games Inc. and Apple Inc. AAPL 0.53% was dominated by why the...
Epic Games CEO Slams Apple’s Fees as Unfair on Trial’s First Day
“Fortnite” maker Epic Games Inc. deliberately violated Apple Inc.’s app-marketplace rules to show the power that Apple wields and that...
