Lots of Blizzard developers are pissed off at Mike Ybarra for a recent company Q/A. He may be a fan of Blizzard IP but he seems like a poor leader going on this. Time for Rod to Rise
Oh Activision-Blizzard...If this deal did by a miracle go through, Phil is going to have to be extremely hands on, unlike XGS/Zenimax. He'll look 80 years old by the end of it.
I've had a 'fun' thought once before that Sarah Bond should take over Activision-Blizzard to prep her for when she obviously takes over from Phil, she already has experience in many things; Development Tools, M&A's, Developer Partnerships, Financials, etc.
Then again, Phil isn't running the studios now so Sarah won't be when she takes over so I don't think she really needs the experience there, it would just be interesting...Although I wouldn't want to take her away from her current role, I feel it's too important, but I do think that maybe someone from Xbox side should take over ABK rather than someone from inside of ABK since all the execs seem hated, Lol.