Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick will be replaced next year

Bobby Kotick is getting a golden handshake It was no surprise when it finally came, but Activision Blizzard is now officially property of Microsoft, including mobile games publisher King and franchises ranging from Call Of Duty to Warcraft and Overwatch. The final announcement has only been a matter of time, since Microsoft won its US court case in August, but now that it’s happened one lingering question has been resolved: what will happen to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.

The first was when he was responsible for almost 800 job cuts in 2019, while personally taking home $30 million a year, and then again when he was accused of purposefully underplaying details of toxic workplace conditions to the company’s executive board. He was even personally involved in one incident, when he left a voice mail message about having one of his assistants killed, which he later described as ‘hyperbolic and inappropriate’ – before settling out of court.

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