L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 10, 2017

Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke and his son, Josh Kroenke, have purchased a franchise for a local e-sports team, according to Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch League, a professional video gaming competition.

Los Angeles

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision reports that its Call of Duty Elite online networking service for players of Call of Duty has hit one million memberships, just six days after launch. Activision also said that it is providing an additional 30 days of the service for free, due to issues with scaling the new service after the launch of MW3.

Activision

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2019

Los Angeles is boosting its ever growing presence in the e-sports industry, with a brand new competitive team for Call of Duty , Activision announced on Monday. Activision--based in Santa Monica--said it now has seven teams in its league, including existing teams in Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Paris and Toronto.

Activision

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 2, 2018

Santa Monica-headquartered Activision Blizzard Inc.’s 2 that it added two new teams to its global e-sports competition, the Overwatch League. s Blizzard Entertainment announced Aug.

Activision

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Technology Outlook: A Panel of CIOs Discussing Major Trends, How They're Leveraging New Technologies, and How They're Making their Firms More Competitive Today's IT organizations are experiencing major paradigm shifts. VP of IT Strategy and IT Program Mgmt - Activision-Blizzard Tom Schwaninger ?

Technology

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2020

The Call Of Duty League , the e-sports league that has formed around Activision's Call Of Duty title, has signed agreeements with both Twitter and the U.S. Army will also be the presenting sponsor of a forthcoming collegiate duos competition tournament series. Army fo its inagural season, the sports league said last week.

Activision

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

” Call of Duty: Mobile is developed by Tencent and published by Activision Blizzard (Image: Call of Duty: Mobile via Twitter) . All eyes are now on TiMi’s next big move, the mobile version of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty. . “TiMi didn’t succeed in China because of WeChat and QQ.

Tips

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. It’s fucking hard hiring right now.&#. And of course you have Hollywood.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. How did you get into iPhone development?

Mobile