Activision boss Bobby Kotick is said to have planned to simply buy up critical gaming magazines

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Bobby Kotick, the controversial CEO of Activision-Blizzard, is said to have planned to buy critical press media. The aim would have been to improve the negative press about his company.

What is the background? A tremor is still going through the gaming world. The reason is the planned purchase of Activision Blizzard by software giant Microsoft. In this environment, all kinds of information about the background to Activision Blizzard and its controversial CEO Bobby Kotick is coming to light.

Among other things, the boss recently explained the reasons why you had to sell yourself instead of grabbing the publisher EA.

But in an article by Wall Street Journal another rumor recently emerged. Bobby Kotick is said to have planned to simply buy up critical gaming media.

Insiders claim Kotick was looking to buy Kotaku or PC Gamer

What are these plans about? According to the Wall Street Journal, insiders close to Bobby Kotick have alleged that Kotick had these plans.

Accordingly, he is said to have had the idea of ​​​​acquiring a site like PC Gamer or Kotaku. This in turn has the background that one can provide for benevolent press about Activision Blizzard.

It is not known whether these plans had anything to do with the sexism scandal at Activision Blizzard.

The scandal caused and still causes negative headlines and a loss of image. In addition, the value of the company is said to have fallen so far that Microsoft finally struck.

What’s with these rumours? So far there has been no evidence or positive feedback on the rumor that Kotick was looking to buy a site like PC Gamer or Kotaku. According to the Wall Street Journal, the claim was dismissed by a spokeswoman for Activision Blizzard. The company behind Kotaku declined to comment, and PC Gamer has yet to respond to the claim.

Curiously, it gave up 12 years ago Kotaku an April Fools joke article that allegedly took over the Kotaku site from Bobby Kotick and then called it “Koticku”.

Why is Bobby Kotick still under criticism? But even if the claim about the planned purchase of gaming sites remains just a rumor without official evidence, Bobby Kotick is still criticized. He is said to have known about the allegations of sexual abuse in the company for a long time and even kept it secret from the board. Therefore, numerous employees at Activision Blizzard are demanding his resignation.