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What Activision Blizzard is doing for employees during coronavirus: CEO

CNBC writes: Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss how his company transitioned to working from home, what he's done to assist their comfort and the spike in activity the company is seeing as more people turn to video games during quarantine.

The uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic can take its toll on employees. For the 10,000 or so who work at Activision Blizzard around the world, one person they can call is CEO Bobby Kotick.

“About a month ago, we sent out an email from my email address with my phone number and we encouraged every single employee that has a concern that relates to their health care to just contact me directly,” Kotick told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box.”

Kotick said “a few hundred” employees have reached out to him since that email. “But we’re fortunate. Very few actually tested positive so far for Covid-19.”

Majin-vegeta1564d ago

Gotts give props whete its due

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gorillatactics1563d ago

OMG he gave his phone number! REDEEMED!!!

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Godmars2901563d ago

And he'll likely fire them is they use it...

Christopher1563d ago

***Kotick said “a few hundred” employees have reached out to him since that email. “But we’re fortunate. Very few actually tested positive so far for Covid-19.”***

BigKev451563d ago

But will he answer the call?

saladthieves1563d ago

It shall be the...Call of Duty.

I know, I'll get my coat.

Godmars2901563d ago

And don't let the door hit you where the dog should have bit ya...

;p

neomahi1563d ago

a**es, eh? That's not professional.

Kabaneri1563d ago (Edited 1563d ago )

Journalism nowadays is just blogging.

Abriael1563d ago

I mean, we're talking about Kotaku here. 🤔

Pancit_Canton1563d ago

Later that day, he replaced his sim card and calls got re-directed to microtransaction 1800 number.

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The Pokemon Company Had Retail Sales Worth $10.8 Billion In 2023

The Pokemon Company had retail sales worth of 10.8 billion US Dollars in the year 2023, based on the latest report.

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gold_drake10h ago

that merch tho.

ridiculous the numbers they pull in, which makes it even worse when i think about the low budget broken games they make. or have made recently

-Foxtrot2h ago

We’re never getting an amazing mainline Pokémon game again are we

phoenixwing2h ago

Of course not. That's why I have tem tem because even if it's not the greatest I at least know the indie dev was trying

ZeekQuattro1h ago

Great plug for Tem Tem right there. It's not the greatest but at least they tried.... 🤣

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TennoCon 2024: Ben Starr On His Bridgerton Moment In Warframe 1999

Right before the full reveal of Warframe 1999 at TennoCon, we chatted with Ben Starr about the responsibility of stepping into such a huge franchise.

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Unending Dawn joins PlayStation China Hero Project

Parcae’s Fate Studio-developed open-world action game Unending Dawn has joined Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s China Hero Project incubation program, the companies announce. As previously announced, it will be available PlayStation 5, iOS, and Android.