EA Missed Out On Buying Blizzard & Some Big Activision Franchises, Says Former CCO

"EA saw all those first and passed".

Activision Blizzard has some absolutely massive game series' under its belt these days such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, but they weren't always guaranteed to be ABK franchises. Speaking in a new interview on the Grit podcast, former Electronic Arts CCO Bing Gordon claimed that EA passed on some huge gaming IP before Activision picked them up.

Gordon namedrops Call of Duty and Guitar Hero as two series that went to ActiBlizz after EA decided against buying them - and the former EA exec even says the company had the chance to acquire WoW developer Blizzard at one stage as well.

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