Episode 136: Activision Is Bleeding Players (News Show)

Call of Duty is in a slump, and Activision is waiting out the clock until the acquisition having reportedly canceled a long in-development mobile World of Warcraft game. Also: Earnings, GameStop’s terrible NFT marketplace, Square Enix’s bananas comments about its former Western teams, and more.

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TIME STAMPS

[00:02:06] - Activision Q2 FY22 Earnings and News [00:19:59] - Paradox Q2 FY22 Earnings [00:23:08] - EA Q1 FY23 Earnings [00:27:54] - Investment Interlude [00:35:34] - Quick Hits [00:39:47] - Nintendo Q1 FY23 Earnings [00:44:52] - Square Enix Q1 FY23 Earnings [00:54:26] - Sega Q1 FY23 Earnings [00:59:24] - Labor Report [01:07:10] - GameStop’s Mismanagement of its NFT Marketplace

SOURCES

Activision Q2 FY2022 Earnings | Activision Blizzard, NetEase Scrap Warcraft Mobile Game After Financing Dispute | Bloomberg (Paywall) Paradox Q2 FY2022 Earnings | Paradox Electronic Arts Reports Q1 FY23 Financial Results | EA Consolidated Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 | Nintendo Financial Results Briefing - Three‐Month Period Ended June 30, 2022 | Square Enix Consolidated Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Sega Court ruling reveals more details about death threats against Destiny 2 developers | PC Gamer Activision Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Blizzard Albany Union | We Are GWA Albany (@WeAreGWAAlbany) on Twitter Jam City lays off staff as part of ‘restructuring’ | GamesBeat

INVESTMENT INTERLUDE

Acquisition of Mighty Games and the completion of the acquisition of Forgotten Empires | Keywords Studios Tencent seeks bigger stake in 'Assassin's Creed' maker Ubisoft - sources | Reuters