3.0
5 Sept 2012
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 5 years
Liverpool, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
- Independent studio model allows development studios to manage themselves and maintain their own branding and company culture. - Lots of free games from the Activision/Blizzard back catalog. - Not as evil as people make them out to be.
Cons
- Terrible pay rises. Before our studio was acquired, pay rises were excellent. As soon as Activision bought the studio pay rises dropped dramatically. - Studio closures are very common. - Publisher is very good at exploiting existing IP but terrible at developing new IP. - Creatively uninspiring projects.