Tag Archives: Bobby Kotick
Tue, Nov 29, 2011 | 07:45 GMT
Star Wars: The Old Republic “economics” won’t work for EA, says Kotick
Activison Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has questioned EA’s ability to turn profits from Star Wars: The Old Republic, warning only a “small number” of companies have ever succeeded in the MMO space.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, MMO, PC
Tags: bioware, Bobby Kotick, Star Wars The Old Republic, The Old Republic
Sat, Aug 06, 2011 | 06:25 BST
Kotick’s acting debut in Moneyball is due to being friends with the director
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has said he ended up in the baseball flick Moneyball starring Brad Pitt due to the fact he is friends with the film’s director, Bennett Miiler.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Movies
Tags: bennett miller, Bobby Kotick, brad pitt, moneyball, The Call Of Duty Endowment
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 09:54 BST
Kotick: Activision so “excited” for DJ Hero it “abandoned” Guitar Hero
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has admitted the company didn’t pay enough attention to Guitar Hero’s gradual demise, focussing instead on its misplaced “passion” for DJ Hero.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Rhythm action
Tags: Bobby Kotick, dj hero, guitar hero
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 | 15:14 BST
“Now more possible to do deep rich multiplayer games” on Wii U, says Kotick
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has said it’s now possible to do “deep” multiplayer titles from the company on Nintendo platforms with Wii U, but has casted doubts over any potential marketplace with PlayStation Vita.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Vita, Wii U
Tags: Bobby Kotick
Sun, Jun 12, 2011 | 23:50 BST
Riccitiello: EA ‘got Kotick’s goat’ with Battlefield 3 footage
Although he dismissed the seriousness of the Battlefield 3 versus Modern Warfare 3 rivalry last week, EA head John Riccitiello has risen to the challenge of comments from Activision boss Bobby Kotick.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, Bobby Kotick, call of duty, call of duty: modern warfare 3, dice, infinity ward, John Riccitiello, modern warfare 3, them's fighting words
Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 00:05 BST
Thursday Shorts 2: Lara Croft models, bikini car wash, Alien queens, gentle games
So many things out of E3, so little caffeine and sanity left. Let’s get to the shorts of it, shall we?
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Posted in: E3 2011, Shorts, VG247
Tags: Aliens Colonial Marines, Bobby Kotick, dead island, GamersGate, Harvest Moon The Tale of Two Towns, Lara Corft, MySpace, Rochard, Saints Row: The Third, snowblind, Station Access, the lord of the rings, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, the secret world, Videogames are becoming kinder and gentler, war in the north, x-men: destiny
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 15:39 BST
Kotick throws water on BF3′s chances against MW3
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has made public doubts over Battlefield 3′s chances against Modern Warfare 3 this year.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, E3 2011, EA, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, Bobby Kotick, dice, modern warfare 3
Tue, Jun 07, 2011 | 21:26 BST
Kotick E3 video interview: WiiU “exciting,” has caught up with “graphics, audio”
Acvtivision boss Bobby Kotick’s given a video interview to CNBC today, saying Nintendo will perform “exceptionally well” in terms of visuals, audio and user interface with the just-announced WiiU.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, E3 2011, Nintendo, Project Cafe
Tags: Bobby Kotick
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 | 05:58 BST
Activision on its reputation: “Some people are going to hate because hating is more fun”
Without a doubt, Activision’s the publisher that everybody loves to hate. But is the unending torrent of bile justified? After all the recent lay-offs and cancellations, you could be forgiven for thinking so. Activision community manager Dan Amrich, however, thinks gamers haven’t quite given the “evil empire” its fair shake.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard
Tags: activision, Bobby Kotick, Dan Amrich
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 22:32 BST
Wednesday Shorts Late Edition: DiRT 3, Kotick, Earthrise, D&D, iOS, sales
Is hump day over with yet? No? Sorry about that, trooper. How about more minuscule headlines to help you pass the time?
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: age of empires online, Amnesty International, apple is loaded, bedlam, Black Ops, Bobby Kotick, Bulletproof, d2d, Daggerdale, direct2drive, DiRT 3, dungeons & dragons, Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, earthrise, gog, impulse, masthead studios, Mobigame, mortal kombat, Netherrealm Studios, no more heroes, No More Heroes: Red Zone, PixelJunk Shooter, Red Zone, Rocksmith, steve jobs, xbl activity
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 19:05 GMT
Kotick more intested in making CoD fun, partially blames Acti for Guitar Hero’s lack of innovation
Bobby Kotick has told CNBC that Activision is more concerned with making sure the Call of Duty franchise is fun to play, rather than how to create a subscription model for the series.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Bobby Kotick, call of duty, guitar hero
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 23:33 GMT
Kotick: UK tax break u-turn was a “terrible mistake”
Reacting to the UK’s 2010 emergency budget, which scrapped incoming tax relief schemes for the games industry, Activision Blizzard has reportedly warned it may pull 600 jobs out of Britain.
Wed, Dec 01, 2010 | 14:49 GMT
Activision: Facebook and mobile don’t provide a large opportunity for customer growth at the moment
Activision expects more growth through expansion of its existing games portfolio, but doesn’t see as much of an opportunity in the mobile and social games market.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Casual, Development, Mobile
Tags: Bobby Kotick, reuters global media summit
Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | 13:33 GMT
Black Ops grosses $650 million in first five days worldwide
Activision’s just announced Call of Duty: Black Ops has grossed $650 million within its first five days on sale worldwide.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Bobby Kotick, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Don Mattrick, jack tretton, treyarch
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 21:57 GMT
Kotick: Listening to customers “matters more now than ever before”
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, Retail, Trade
Tags: Bobby Kotick
Sat, Nov 13, 2010 | 14:35 GMT
Treyarch “didn’t really get the credit” it deserved for work on MW2 multiplayer tech, says Kotick
With the ongoing legal battle between Activision, Infinity Ward, and former employees of the firm, neither side can really discuss anything in great detail regarding the drama which ensued earlier this year.
However, with the amount of folks exiting Infinity Ward in the first month or so, it had the gaming public wondering if Activision could recover from the loss of talent.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot
Tags: Bobby Kotick, call of duty, infnity ward, treyarch
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 | 22:44 GMT
Kotick: “We’re not doing anything to suppress used games today”
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has said the company is not planning on implementing a Project $10 any time soon to curb used game sales.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Retail
Tags: Bobby Kotick
Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | 15:59 GMT
Brutal Legend was dropped during Activison’s Vivendi merger, “I had no involvement” in the decision, says Kotick
Every gamer on the planet is aware of the drama which unfolded between EA Partners, Double Fine, and Activision over Tim Schafer’s gaming homage to metal, Brutal Legend. When the game was dropped from Activision and picked up by EA, everyone assumed it was a case of the little guy being stepped on by the bigger guy when the game’s former publisher moved to block the release of the game, subsequently branding Activision as the Evil Empire with Darth Kotick at the helm.
However, despite the legalities and all the verbal back-and-forth between all parties involved, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick as finally broken his silence on the matter, and if what he says is true, the decision was made by Vivendi during its merger with Activision and Kotick had never even so much as laid eyes on the game.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Development, EA, Hot, Legalities, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Bobby Kotick, brutal legend, double fine, ea partners, Tim Schafer
Thu, Oct 28, 2010 | 19:43 BST
AskMen names Bobby Kotick one of the most Influential Men of 2010
AskMen.com, the site for, well, blokes, has named Activision CEO Bobby Kotick as one of the most influential men of 2010.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Awards, Internet, Stuff
Tags: askmen, Bobby Kotick
Thu, Oct 28, 2010 | 11:37 BST
Bobby Kotick “very supportive of Battle.net”
Battle.net project director Greg Canessa said so. It’s a “top five strategic initiative,” don’t you know.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PC
Tags: battle.net, Bobby Kotick, Greg Canessa
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