Activision Blizzard And Google Partner for Hosting and Streaming

Activision Blizzard and Google announced today a multi-year strategic relationship to power new player experiences. Google Cloud will serve as the preferred provider for Activision Blizzard’s game hosting infrastructure and YouTube as its exclusive streaming partner worldwide, excluding China, for live broadcasts of its popular esports leagues and events — including Overwatch League, Call of Duty League, Hearthstone Esports, and more. With hundreds of millions of monthly active users around the world, Activision Blizzard sought a partner to help enhance its gaming infrastructure, as well as deliver superior, low-latency player experiences. The company turned to Google Cloud because of its … Continue reading Activision Blizzard And Google Partner for Hosting and Streaming

Activision Blizzard Releases Black Ops 4 Endowment Pack to Support Vets

Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced a new in-game pack to support the Call of Duty Endowment’s international effort to help unemployed and underemployed veterans in the U.S. and U.K. find high-quality careers. The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4—Call of Duty Endowment Salute Pack (PS4/Xbox One/PC), developed by Treyarch, includes a special Call of Duty Endowment in-game tag, sticker, gesture, calling card, and emblem. The new Salute Pack retails for $4.99 and is available now in the in-game store and the Sony, Microsoft, and Battle.net online stores. One hundred percent of proceeds will go directly to the Call of … Continue reading Activision Blizzard Releases Black Ops 4 Endowment Pack to Support Vets

Destiny 2: Forsaken Launches

Bungie, High Moon Studios, and Activision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), deliver Destiny 2: Forsaken, available now for download on PlayStation 4, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X, and PC. The PC version will be available exclusively on Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed online-gaming platform. The genre-defining Destiny franchise has received global acclaim since its release in 2014. The latest offering, Destiny 2: Forsaken, brings with it the most transformative moment in Destiny history, changing the way players fight, and deepening and broadening character progression by giving the player more freedom of … Continue reading Destiny 2: Forsaken Launches

The Police’s Stewart Copeland Returning to Spyro Series

Spyro soared in to Comic-Con International: San Diego with news that’s sure to get fans fired up! Activision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), and Toys For Bob announced today the return of Stewart Copeland (The Police) to the Spyro franchise. Copeland, the series’ original composer, revealed a clip of the new soundtrack main theme featured in Spyro Reignited Trilogy to fans during the Spyro: Reigniting a Legend panel. Known as “Tiger Train,” Copeland’s new intro reprises recognizable music motifs from the first three Spyro games into a memorable, orchestral-rock journey. And the Spyro nostalgia beat … Continue reading The Police’s Stewart Copeland Returning to Spyro Series