Square Inc. hires Blizzard CFO
Former Blizzard CFO Amrita Ahuja has been lured away to payment solutions firm Square Inc. Over her eight years with Blizzard, Ahuja has held many roles with the company, including vice president of strategy and business development. There are some players within especially the WoW community who think that it was the financial mandate given to her by the higher-ups of Activision that has caused the slow decline of the quality of games and gameplay over at the former big dog in the gaming industry. This gamer wonders how this will affect creativity going forward from the developer.
Developer Second Dinner to create new Marvel game
Former Blizzard developers Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu announced yesterday that they have partnered with Chinese publisher NetEase and Marvel to create a new game in the Marvel universe. After having worked on the Marvel game for six months and along with their history within Blizzard, Brode and Chu were able to show a proven track record to NetEase that garnered them a $30 million investment from the publisher. Right now, within the Blizzard gaming community, NetEase leaves a bit of bad taste in the mouth, but I’m personally hoping that this game comes out and does well for PC and consoles.
AEW Wrestling’s ‘Double or Nothing’ PPV Location Announced?
Rumors are that the folks over at AEW are looking to the have the sequel to the wide-acclaimed PPV, ALL IN in Las Vegas, NV. There are also rumors that instead of being in September, this year they are looking to have the PPV in the spring, but nothing is confirmed. One thing is for sure, us wrestling fans will find out more on January 8th, when AEW Wrestling plans to have a rally in Jacksonville, FL, which happens to be on the same day as Smackdown Live is scheduled to be broadcasting from the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
All Elite Wrestling, New Japan, and Ring of Honor Representatives to Meet
Representatives from the three promotions will meet today on a possible partnership between the three. Dave Meltzer, the God of pro wrestling critics, is in Japan, and he’s reporting that they are set to meet, and it seems that if AEW is able to secure a partnership with these companies, it would really aid their fledgling promotion to get their feet off the ground from a more stable base. This wrestling fan is really hoping that the three can agree on a plan for partnership.
Wrestle Kingdom 13 Results
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match:
Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, and Ryusuke Taguchi
NEVER Openweight Championship Match:
Will Ospreay
Three-Way Match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & Bushi)
RevPro British Heavyweight Championship:
Zack Sabre, Jr.
IWGP Tag Team Championship:
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada & Evil)
IWGP US Heavyweight Championship:
Juice Robinson
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship:
Taiji Ishimori
Jay White vs Kazuchika Okada:
Jay White
IWGP IC (Intercontinental) Championship:
Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match:
Hiroshi Tanahashi
