In recent years, video games have overtaken movies and TV to become the most profitable sector in the entertainment industry. Because of this, big video game publishers have been making billions of dollars hand-over-fist from gamers the world over. But with the recent popularity of microtransactions, predatory monetization techniques, and just bad game development, gamers around the world are starting to hate many of the same game publishers and studios they used to love. Here are five of the most hated video game publishers of all time and why the gaming community loves to hate them.
Most Hated Video Game Publishers of All Time
Activision-Blizzard
First off, let’s hit two birds with one stone by going over Activision-Blizzard, popularly shortened to Acti-Blizz. Activision and Blizzard used to be two different companies but merged together in 2008 to form…

