I just found this amusing. Apparently Bobby Kotick tried to get into the behind closed doors demo of Battlefield 3, but was turned away by EA reps. 
 
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/306431/news/bobby-kotick-wanted-to-play-battlefield-3-at-e3-ea-said-no/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

If that's true, it's pretty hilarious!

Kinda childish on EA's part. I mean I don't like Kotick but, don't deny the man his videogames. Not cool! =|

It really doesn't matter. If he really wanted some "inside access" he could just send someone in for him that wouldn't be conspicuous.

Awesome

thats insane.

Apparently not very good at the whole corporate espionage thing.

Nice

You can't blame Kotick for wanting to play it but he will just have to preorder and stand in line like the rest of us.  

Kinda childish on EA's part. I mean I don't like Kotick but, don't deny the man his videogames. Not cool! =|

Ha! What a douche.

Apparently not very good at the whole corporate espionage thing.

Touche

I would LOVE to have been there when that went down lol

Pretty petty from EA as far as I'm concerned.

i wouldnt want a prick douchebag getting access to my games either

A few years back, my dad had a friend who was basically a spy for hire. I remember he told me once of how a company had hired him to spy on Sony. This is a dude who had multiple I.D's and had to destroy all his shit when he left a country. I'm sure these huge game publishers are constantly verging on illegal territory and keeping an eye on their rivals.

For everybody complaining about EA not letting him in.  Activision is currently suing EA.  I have a feeling that if I sue you that you want let me come in and play your games either.

Bobby Kotick becomes more and more of a Vince McMahon-like caricature every day.

He really needs to walk around with 'No Chance' playing on a boombox carried by his PA

I'm sure all these publisher security personnel have a Kotick-Meter that can sense him lumbering toward their way 20 miles away. 
 
Or put a hardcore PC gamer nearby and if he gets an allergic reaction when someone is nearby, it is a good chance that that someone is a Kotick.

It's funny, but indeed a little childish of EA. It's good PR to let the world see you are confident enough to show your goods to your competitor. Make a picture of him playing and accidently leak it to the internet. Would've been great advertising.

That's rather petty on EAs behalf. Face the competition like a man!

This just in - Kotick's personal aide denied entry for Kotick after skipping to the front of a line full of waiting people and asking for special permission to enter an invite-only gameplay session.

Activision is also adamantly denying it, so there's that too.

Hmm.   On the one hand, this makes me happy because get away from my Battlefield, Kotick, get away, shoo!   But on the other hand, imagining Bobby Kotick sitting down and playing a FPS – on a PC, no less – is fuckin’ weird, and all I can think about is the missed opportunity to get that on film.

It's funny, but indeed a little childish of EA. It's good PR to let the world see you are confident enough to show your goods to your competitor. Make a picture of him playing and accidently leak it to the internet. Would've been great advertising.

It's not THAT petty... it was a closed, invite-only demo. Kotick is an idiot if he thought he could just walk anywhere he wanted to, especially the closed booth of a rival company that he's suing.

Kinda childish on EA's part. I mean I don't like Kotick but, don't deny the man his videogames. Not cool! =|