Didn't see this until now but Kotaku reached out to one of the editors from Gameblog.fr for an interview. There was also a response from Activision (presumably Activision US, different from Activision FR who blacklisted Gameblog.fr).
Activision France we immediately contacted by telephone and by email, following the publication of this information, ask us to " remove this news now " . Gameblog has obviously declined , as required by our ethics and respect for our readers.