Saudi Arabia continues to show interest in the game industry. The sovereign wealth fund bought stakes in three major publishers, with Activision Blizzard taking almost half of the $3 billion investment.

AFL-CIO made a proposal to Activision Blizzard to increase diversity and interview at least one minority candidate. The company called the whole initiative “unworkable.”

Of the 8 million pre-orders for Cyberpunk 2077, the PC version accounted for 4.72 million. This makes Cyberpunk the biggest day one launch ever for a PC game — the title previously held (even if briefly) by World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.

Activision Blizzard is planning further layoffs. This time, they will affect the company’s APAC teams.

Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick announced the company’s plans to hire more than 2,000 people to keep up with the future production needs. This is in addition to the 10,000 wokers it employs now.

A spreadsheet was leaked online which apparently contains data on Blizzard employees’ salaries. This seems to be the document created by one of the employees last week and contains information on nearly 400 workers.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II has reportedly generated $2.75 billion in lifetime revenue. This could mean that Black Ops II is the highest-grossing title in the franchise.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier is looking into wage disparity at Blizzard Entertainment. While some employees barely make ends meet and have to skip meals, executives receive millions in compensation.

Activision Blizzard is gearing up to compete with makers of PUBG, Fortnite and Apex Legends. The publisher will launch the free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone.

Rumors of the upcoming release of a battle royale in the Call of Duty series have been circulating since last week. As the sources of VGC have confirmed, the game is indeed in development and will come out in early March.

The exclusive livestreaming deal between YouTube and Activision Blizzard, which was announced last month, is valued at $160 million.