Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
Search Results for Activision+Blizzard
The Activision Blizzard conference call
Following yesterday's big Activision Blizzard news, executives from Activision and Vivendi Games held an 8:30am conference call explaining the merger, the product of over a year of discussion between the two companies. There are a few major takeaway ...
BEHOLD: Activision Blizzard is born
Stockholders have approved the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games to form the goliath Activision Blizzard. GameDaily reports the deal officially closes on July 9 and the new company will trade on the Nasdaq under Activision's ATVI ticker. This ...
Vivendi CEO becomes Activision Blizzard chairman
Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of Vivendi, will add the role of Activision Blizzard chairman to his resume. Levy will pick up the duties of outgoing 67-year-old Rene Penisson. Vivendi is the majority owner in the empire known as Activision Blizzard. ...
Activision Blizzard sued by ... yeah, it's the PSN guy
Serial suit launcher Erik Estavillo is making a little name for himself in the game space, as his latest complaint seeks $1 million in damages from Activision Blizzard over the design of World of Warcraft. GamePolitics reports on the complaint, ...
Activision investor sues over Vivendi merger
Turns out not everybody's happy with the recently-announced formation of super-company Activision Blizzard. One particular investor group is suing Activision, claiming that the merger will leave its shareholders in an "unfavorable minority ...
Nintendo and Activision to be most profitable in 2009, survey says
Over 300 industry professionals have cast their votes to predict the most profitable game companies of 2009 in the "first ever" GI.biz Network Survey. Their answers weren't nearly as exciting, however, with Nintendo garnering a predictable 54.4 ...
Gallery: StarCraft II (11-20-09)
Activision pursuing 'online monetization models' for Call of Duty franchise
For quite some time now, Activision execs have been hinting at the idea of MMO monetization being implemented in games other than Blizzard's behemoth World of Warcraft. Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Conference this past week, another ...
Family Album: Activision
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/The_Activision_Empire_starring_Infinity_Ward_Bizarre'; Thanks to a pending merger with Blizzard, the Activision family is going to be growing in the near future, but a look at its current development ...
How Activision Blizzard almost didn't happen
A proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission tells the tale of how the Activision Blizzard merger almost didn't happen. GameDaily sifted through the massive document to discover that discussions about the possible merger go ...
Activision enjoyed $2.9 billion in sales last fiscal year
Activision had itself a very good fiscal year '08 with record revenues and its 16th year of consecutive growth. GameDaily reports the publisher's revenues hit $2.9 billion, with net income growing from $85.8 million in FY07 to $344.9 million this ...
Activision's non-E3 party: trendy food in the red light district
Activision might have dropped out of E3, but that didn't stop them from having a huge party, complete with tiny hamburgers, pork buns, sushi, and other things we couldn't pronounce. We liveblogged it, then got some chow on. Head after the jump to ...
Activision and Blizzard parent merge in $18 billion deal
File this under "straight out of left field" -- Activision, the publishing powerhouse behind the Call of Duty and Tony Hawk series; and Vivendi Games, owner of Blizzard Entertainment, which you probably don't need us to tell you is behind the ...
New Activision title 'Bloodhunt' revealed by Australian Ratings Board
There's not a lot of meat here, so roll with us: Activision Blizzard has classified a previously unannounced game titled "Bloodhunt" with the Australian Ratings Board, giving it a MA 15+ rating for "strong violence." Also, we know Activision is ...
THQ sues Activision Blizzard over box art
THQ has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard over the trade dress and copyright of an off-road racing game, reports law blog Patent Arcade. THQ alleges that SCORE International Baja 1000: The Official Game, releasing this month, infringes on ...
