An era gone: Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has left the company he led for 30 years

The most important event of 2023 in the gaming industry was the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, the value of which exceeded 69 billion dollars. After the deal closed, it became known that the CEO and co-founder of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kotick no longer has a place in the company.

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Bobby Kotick led one of the most influential and large gaming companies for thirty years. During this time Kotick achieved great success, but became an extremely controversial personality, got into a huge number of scandals and is accused of creating an unhealthy working atmosphere in the studios of Activision Blizzard.

The odious executive does not fit into the image that builds the management of the gaming division of Microsoft, so the last working week was the last for Bobby. The CEO of Activision Blizzard wished good luck to the team and left his post, receiving a solid severance package of $400 million.

It will be interesting to see how Bobby Kotick's departure will affect the further development of the company and its projects, but we can already say that many Activision Blizzard employees and gamers breathed a sigh of relief, and they are not shy to write about it in social networks.