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Activision CEO to Take Pay Cut, Waive Arbitration in Harassment Claims

Top GamesBobby Kotick, left, has asked Activision Blizzard's board of directors to significantly reduce his salary temporarily. / Kevin Dietsch/GettyImagesActivision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has announced he will take a steep pay cut and waive forced arbitration on sexual harassment, unlawful discrimination, or related retaliation.Kotick has been the company's steward since 2008. A pair of court cases and investigations, led by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, have accused Activision Blizzard of a culture rife with sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. Activision

Gnøffe joins Astralis Talent

Lucas "⁠Gnøffe⁠" Brunsvig has signed for Astralis Talent, the Danish organization announced on Wednesday, filling the gap on the team left by the departure of Rasmus "⁠Zyphon⁠" Nordfoss in April. "We have tested quite a few players and I'm really happy we have found a player like Lucas (Gnøffe), who as a player and as a person fits our culture and work ethics," Dennis "⁠vnG⁠" Vang, team coach and Head of Talent, said about the signing. "He has impressed us with his approach to the game and already now he

Twitch Partners With the University of Chichester for Esports Degree

by Jason Parker in General | Apr, 9th 2021 If you’re a fan of esports and are looking for a degree in said esports, Twitch and the University of Chichester in the UK are for you. Now, we understand that this is in the UK, so don’t worry if you’re in America. Harrisburg University already revealed an esports degree. But for those in the UK, who are curious about an academic degree in esports, Twitch and the University of Chichester have teamed up. This is the first degree in the

PUBG Mobile India: New job postings open at Krafton India Office

- Advertisement - The regional office of Krafton registered as PUBG India Pvt. Ltd. has enlisted five new positions on their official LinkedIn handle. These new vacancies are made to fulfill essential roles in the management of the company and not directly related to the release of PUBG Mobile India. Krafton vowed to enter India with a huge investment in the latter half of 2020 and lived up to the promise by registering its regional office in India under the name of ‘PUBG India Pvt. Ltd.’ in Bangalore. The company

The Rise of the Reaper: A Grim tale

Grim’s journey to become North America’s hottest commodity recently reached a crescendo when he was signed by Liquid, a deserved upgrade for the 19-year-old after he had consistently demonstrated incredible form as a part of Triumph since the start of 2020. One would think that the rifler had only recently broken into the upper echelon as he made waves against top level competition, but his path has been one marred with setbacks that have led to his route to the top being prolonged. Gaining a reputation as a star fragger

Devs Creator Alex Garland On Why Video Game Movies Don’t Work (And His Favorite Animal Crossing Villager)

Alex Garland has garnered himself quite the reputation for sci-fi and horror fans with his dense and philosophical projects like Ex Machina, Annihilation, and this year's Devs, his first foray into the world of serialized storytelling with FX on Hulu. Themes in Garland's work tend to deal with things that provoke a certain sense of existential dread, like the nature of mortality and the ethics of artificial intelligence, so it's really no surprise that the writer/director's favorite video games tend towards the similarly weighty.Speaking with GameSpot during the Play for

Swarm Intelligence could be the Key to More Accurate Sports Betting

Share... Facebook Twitter Linkedin Reddit StumbleUpon Tumblr Print email You don’t see many traffic jams in the bee worldPhoto by Jordan Schwartz Artificial intelligence has been shown to have tremendous predictive power in all sorts of areas. Sports is one area in which data plays a key role, whether it’s statistics about a team’s form and overall performance, or data for individual players and their strengths. Collecting this data and analyzing it using algorithms can lead to more accurate predictions. This type of AI doesn’t have to involve any human