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
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