Episode 136: Activision Is Bleeding Players (News Show)

Virtual Economy

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