In 2013, John Riccitiello stepped down as EA's CEO following a tumultuous six-year run on top of the company. During Riccitiello's reign, Activision's Call of Duty franchise overtook Battlefield ...

This rivalry appears to have gotten personal between former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and former EA CEO John Riccitiello, as Kotick explained in an episode of the GRIT podcast, a business ...

While EA perhaps regrettably missed out to Activision on these big developers and franchises, in the end, Microsoft ended up ...

Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023, bringing popular franchises like Call of Duty and Overwatch 2 under its umbrella. This merger aimed to enhance gaming ...

According to Bing Gordon, former CCO of Electronic Arts, during a conversation on the Grit podcast, EA once decided not to purchase several major games from Activision Blizzard, including Call of ...

Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who was drenched in controversy by the time he left the company at the end of 2023, has called the ex-leader of EA John Riccitiello "the worst CEO in video games." ...

A number of EA games including the Battlefield and FIFA/EA Sports FC franchises have gone offline due to servers crashing. Reports of players not being able to connect to EA Online started ...

EA has suggested that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would have performed better as a live-service game. Despite some positive feedback, The Veilguard failed to meet EA's sales expectations by 50% ...

Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has shared the conversation he had with Microsoft boss Satya Nadella that would later lead to Xbox buying the Call of Duty maker for $67.8bn.