Why did the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive resign last month? It's a wild story that goes back years and includes a corporate power struggle, a mercurial billionaire, and a Las Vegas dinner coincidence that was stranger than fiction. New from me: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A clash between executives prompted all of the employees of Annapurna Interactive to quit, leaving the technology heiress scrambling to save her company’s video-game ambitions
A decade ago, Activision's Bobby Kotick began taking a larger role in operations at Blizzard. The once-beloved company would never be the same. Here's the first excerpt from my new book PLAY NICE, telling the saga of Activision vs. Blizzard: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Bobby Kotick and Mike Morhaime were the video game industry’s unstoppable pair, until they fought each other. An excerpt from the new book Play Nice.
My new book comes out in two weeks, but you've only got one day left to pre-order a signed copy (and get a 30% discount) at Porchlight: 800ceoread.com/coupons/rede...
Triple Click fans: check out your podcast feed right now for a very special announcement...
We're delighted to be joined by Bloomberg's @jasonschreier.bsky.socialremapradio.com/podcasts/epi...
Rob, Patrick, and Cado are psyched to be joined by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who’s also the author of an upcoming book about the complicated legacy and uncertain future of Blizzard.
UFO 50 is an astonishing accomplishment — a pack of fifty full-fledged games that may make you nostalgic for a 1980s video game console that never actually existed. This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
UFO 50 might make you nostalgic for games that never actually existed
I don't think people are prepared for the Metaphor: ReFantazio battle theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3m-...
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In 2020, Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime started a new company, Dreamhaven, with other Blizzard veterans. Now they're ready to talk about it. I spoke to Morhaime and two other execs about recreating the Blizzard magic without repeating past mistakes: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The gaming upstart is publishing a multiplayer action game from Fuzzybot and will announce its first internally developed title in October
I have to agree with this Polygon review of The Plucky Squire — it's a beautiful game with a clever concept that is, unfortunately, a chore to play www.polygon.com/review/45226...
The well-crafted adventure is a game like Zelda without the combat or puzzles, in 2D or 3D animation, to work as well as Nintendo’s adventures.