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Thursday, Dec 4
Atari President Says New Generation To Eschew Physical Media
He suggests that in five years over 90% of content will be downloaded. With companies always worried about piracy the big concern is whether or not they can manage to come up with some way to institute DRM controls that aren’t quite as brutal and draconian as the ones they’ve had for games lik...
Wednesday, Dec 3
Microsoft signs advertising deal with Activision Blizzard
Read (Yahoo! Tech) Related PostsActivision PS3 Titles With 100% More Ads Now Making sure gamers don???t get PS3 versions of their titles, Activision has announced that it h…Activision Blizzard Merger Approved Activision today announced that its merger with Blizzard Entertainment...
Monday, Sep 29
Activision Blizzard To Break Into Dance Games?
Fans of party-style gaming might recall the popularity of Dance Dance Revolution which had its heyday shortly before gaming became pandemic and wonder if Activision Blizzard are hoping for a resurgence. It could just be that they’re holding the name in case they want to use it. We have yet t...
Tuesday, Sep 16
Activision: 60% of CoD4 Players Play Online
Call of Duty 4 may be the most popular game in the franchise by now, selling over 10 million copies worldwide on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Its developers – Infinity Ward – is currently developing the sixth installment. Related PostsCoD4 Map Pack Goes Half-Price Mark your calendars, as publishe...
Friday, Aug 15
Radical, High Moon Get Staff Cut Courtesy of Activision Blizzard
Radical is also currently working on Crash Banditcoot: Mind Over Mutant; this and the abovementioned games weren’t cancelled. It is being speculated that one of the studio’s cancelled games may have been a sequel to Scarface. Related PostsActivision-Blizzard to Cut Jobs Now that the me...
Thursday, Aug 7
Activision Selling World in Conflict Studio
Studio executives have revealed that Activision Blizzard is currently in talks for the sale of World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment following the recently completed merger between Activision and Vivendi Games. “It seems like we have plenty of options. We’ve had some good...
Friday, Aug 1
Crash & Spyro Franchises To Get Reinvented
After the giant company that came of the merger between Blizzard and Activision sucked up Vivendi games the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon franchises were predictably held onto. As two series that helped establish the Playstation lineup, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffi...
Thursday, Jul 31
Bourne Rights Returned
Following Activision Blizzard’s announcement that they are streamlining operations, Vivendi Games today announced that it has returned the rights to develop and distribute games based on the Bourne series of novels to the late author’s estate.
Tuesday, Jul 29
Activision Dropping Several Vivendi Games
The only real hope remaining for fans of any of the dropped franchises is to pray (or maybe write a letter or two) that they’ll be sold to a different publisher instead of just dropped into the ‘vaporware’ bin. Related PostsVivedi Loans $5 Billion For Activision Merger Vivendi Games and Act...
Friday, Jul 11
Activision Blizzard Planning iTunes Rival Based off Guitar Hero
“I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes but Guitar Hero certainly has that potential,” said Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Interestingly, Vivendi Games (who merged with Activision) is the owner of Universal Music, which Kotick hopes to make use of.
Activision Vivendi Merger Finally Complete
“We are very excited about the opportunity for Activision Blizzard to create a broader entertainment software platform,” said Activision Blizzard chairman Rene Penisson. “We are determined to ‘think big’!” Related PostsVivedi Loans $5 Billion For Activision Merger Vivendi Games a...
Wednesday, Jul 9
Activision Blizzard Merger Approved
Vivendi will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision. The merger is one of the largest corporate consolidations in the history of the gaming industry. Related PostsEA Welcomes Activision-Blizzard CompetitionWhen Activision and Vivendi Games merged to form Activision Blizz...
Friday, May 2
Activision Out of E3
This comes as a major blow to the restructured E3 which is forgoing the madness of its ancestors for a more subdued business-like approach. Activision recently announced itself to be the number one publisher in North America thanks to the success of Guitar Hero 3 and Call of Duty 4, among it...
Wednesday, Apr 16
Activision: Other Companies Suck, We Rule!
“Call of Duty 4 has been a phenomenal success for us and reflects Activision’s commitment to creating truly ground-breaking games,” he continued, saying that quite a few “normal” gamers as well as a number of celebrities are also joining in on the action. Related PostsActivision And Viv...
Wednesday, Apr 2
GIRL Competition Looking for Entries
In order to be eligible to participate, entrants must be enrolled at one of the Art Institutes schools and have a graduation date of June 2009 or later. Those who wish to enter must submit an in-game design, concept art and two essays. The last date for submissions is May 31; the winner will be a...
Friday, Feb 29
Activision: Take-Two Not Worth It
Take-Two has had management issues over the past few years. The publisher may be home to many big titles like BioShock and Civilization IV, it’s major bread earner is the GTA franchise. Related PostsEA Welcomes Activision-Blizzard CompetitionWhen Activision and Vivendi Games merged t...
Activision CEO: WoW Killer Would Cost a Billion
He commended the guys at Blizzard, saying that they have a model that is “very well-developed” and that they have a “keen understanding of their audiences.” Related PostsVivedi Loans $5 Billion For Activision Merger Vivendi Games and Activision announced a major merger deal last year,...
Friday, Feb 8
Activision Q4 Sales At $1.48 Billion
Activision has announced its Q4 2007 sales — the big money maker quarter for many game publishers — where sales were up 80%, reaching a massive $1.48 billion, profits reached $272 million. It’s mostly fueled by Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero 3, which have seen enormous success, both titles se...
Tuesday, Jan 29
Activision Trademarks New GH Game
The Guitar Hero franchise has rocked its way to every current-gen console and is netting Activision enough cash to trash entire hotels. A year ago they announced the series would be coming to the Wii and the DS. The Wii version has already arrived, but a DS version hasn’t been talked about yet....
Saturday, Jan 19
Vivedi Loans $5 Billion For Activision Merger
Vivendi Games and Activision announced a major merger deal last year, and the deal is about to be finalized these days. Vivendi, the parent company of Vivendi Games, announced a $5.13 billion loan to complete the merger. The loan will also be spent for Vivendi’s acquisition of French teleco...
