Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick praised Elon Musk in the latest X exclusive show "Rushmore" podcast, saying that he "will indeed be the best boss of any game company" and emphasized that "no one is more qualified than him to build and operate a game company."
This comment quickly caused controversy in the gaming circle, with many players questioning Musk’s gaming qualifications.
Kotick acquired Activision, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, for US$500,000 in 1991 and built it into a gaming giant that Microsoft will acquire for US$75.4 billion in 2023.
In the podcast, he joins Musk to discuss "the four best games of all time" and defends Musk. When host Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel said Musk’s acquisition of X (formerly Twitter) was a mistake and that he should invest in games, Kotick retorted: “For the welfare of society, he must own
Musk's gaming "credentials" are mainly derived from his public gaming interests, such as "Quake" (Quake), "Diablo 4" (Diablo 4) and "Deus Ex". However, he once admitted that he used account boosting services (boosting) when broadcasting "Path of Exile 2" and "Diablo 4", and argued that "Asian players all do this, otherwise they would not win at all." In the podcast, he still claimed to be "pretty good at the game."
In addition, Musk’s xAI company is advancing AI game projects. He announced last year that xAI Game Studio will "make games great again" and plans to release "great AI-generated games" by the end of 2026. In the podcast, he adjusted his expectations and said that "completely AI-generated games will appear within the next three years." Former Sledgehammer studio head Glen Schofield mocked Musk as "full of nonsense" and believed that developing a game within a year was unrealistic.
