Activision CEO Bobby Kotick will reportedly leave once Microsoft deal is settled

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Activision Blizzard is going through some changes. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, will reportedly leave the company after it fully merges with Microsoft. Until then however, Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard as the Microsoft deal is finalised. In Microsoft’s announcement of the buyout, the company stated that Kotick will remain as CEO of Activision...

report stated that Kotick had attempted to protect the co-head of Call of Duty developer Treyarch from being fired, after they were accused of sexual harassment. In another case, Kotick threatened to have a former assistant killed.

Microsoft already has some cleaning up to do as it sorts out this acquisition, and pushing Kotick out after these allegations seems inevitable. It’s not like Kotick is leaving Activision Blizzard with nothing, either - he gets to walk out with quite a hefty sum of money:If you don’t like our faces, listen to our fortnightly podcast E-Junkies where we lepak one corner with famous people

 

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