EA used to be the “worst CEO” in the game, former activation boss said

John Riccitiello in 2013 Resignation from EA CEO After six years of turmoil after the company. During Riccitiello's reign, Activision's Call of Duty series surpassed the battlefield in popularity, and Riccitiello did not help Joke about battlefield players should be charged for reloading. Now, former Radical Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick believes Riccitiello is the worst CEO in the video game industry.

During the joint appearance gravel Kotick, along with former EA creative officer Bing Gordon, revealed that Activision was worried that Gordon would control EA and proved to be a good leader in the company.

“I'm not saying that, because (Godor is) sitting here,” Kotick said. “We've been worried about Bing running (EA). We're going to pay Riccitiello to stay as CEO forever… Just like us Just like thinking he is the worst CEO in video games. “Godden also noted that Riccitiello may have accelerated his departure from EA, too.

Regardless of how he feels about Richtillo, Kotick said there have been multiple attempts in the past to bring EA and Activision together as a company.

“(ea) tried to buy us a lot of times. We had a merge conversation.” Later in the podcast, Kotick admitted Activision believed that EA’s “business (WAS) was better than our business in many ways”, and Gordon noted Blizzard's business is even better than EA.

In the same interview, Gordon recalls EA Get the chance to buy Guitar Heroes, Call of Duty and Blizzard Before Activision finally swept out these three. Kotick also called Warcraft movies are one of the worst movies He has seen and explained why it was a mistake to put so much attention on the project.