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Sunday, Nov 9
Ubisoft: Ubisoft Buys Massive, World In Conflict
Massive Entertainment mdash orphaned by Vivendi Games when it became part of Activision Blizzard and dumped all those Sierra-published titles.
Wednesday, Nov 5
Activision Eyes Subscription Fees For Guitar Hero World Tour User-Created Songs [Bobby Kotick]
Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, noted during today's quarterly earnings conference call that the publisher may begin charging for user-generated songs uploaded through Guitar Hero World Tour's GH Tunes service. Kotick has previously stated that GH Tunes has the "potentia...
Activision Blizzard Loots $711M In Sept. Quarter, Loses $194M [Bag Of Holding]
The quarterly results note that 42% of the Activision Blizzard's revenue comes from "MMO" (read: World of Warcraft) revenue alone, at $271 million. Another 42% comes from console-based titles, with the Wii leading other platforms with 13%. Just behind that is the Nintendo DS, responsib...
Tuesday, Nov 4
The ECA Turns Two [Consumer Advocacy FTW]
ECA membership goes beyond advocacy, and is dedicated to providing substantial community and affinity benefits to its members. With membership, entertainment consumers can connect with others, stay on top of industry issues and events, explore career and educational opportunitie...
Saturday, Oct 25
Kotaku Originals: Shorn Free [Original]
Europe Gets A NINTH 360 Bundle, This Time With Call Of Duty Burt Reynolds Doing You're in the Movies TV Ads New 360 Bundle Is The Biggest Bundle Of Them All Vivendi Games, End Me, End Me Please Cute Japanese Sticker Gals Plus GUNS Japan Getting Another Xbox 360 Value Pack
Thursday, Oct 23
Vivendi Games, End Me, End Me Please [Activision Blizzard]
December 2007, Vivendi Games merged with developer Activision, forming Activision Blizzard. Nearly a year later, we get an email from a reader who claims to have been a QA Tester at Vivendi until the company merged. The full email is after the jump and (if true), it should provide an insight...
Thursday, Aug 14
Activision Blizzard's Preliminary Self-Tender Results [Business]
The tender offer was agreed to be made in connection with the business combination between Activision, Inc., now known as Activision Blizzard, Inc., and Vivendi Games, Vivendi's interactive entertainment business — which includes Blizzard Entertainment's(R) World of Warcraft(R). U...
Wednesday, Jul 30
Vivendi Gives Bourne Back To Ludlum [Activision Blizzard]
Our colleagues at Vivendi Games did a tremendous job of capturing the spirit and allure of Robert Ludlum's writing with The Bourne Conspiracy and the gaming community's strong response is clear indication that future Ludlum games will deliver both popularity and profitability for ye...
Monday, Jul 28
Activision Adds Sierra's Spyro, Crash To Line Up; Ghostbusters, Brütal Legend Dropped? [Activision]
We have conducted a thorough review of Vivendi Games' brand portfolio and are retaining those franchises and titles that are a strong fit with our long-term product strategy," Mike Griffith, CEO of Activision Publishing, said in a corporate statement. "We are reviewing our options reg...
Monday, Jul 14
Before Activision Blizzard, A $650 Million Q1
Activision's no longer just Activision anymore; as of last week, it's Activision Blizzard from here on out. But over the last fiscal quarter while it was still just Activision, the company pulled in $650 million in revenues, topping its own estimation of $500 million. This first fiscal qu...
Friday, Jul 11
Activision First Tried To Buy Blizzard [Activision Blizzard]
Activision Blizzard, that's a big company right there. And, technically, it's a merger. But things could have been so, so different. Instead of a union, it could have been a buy-out, with Activision originally interested in straight-up purchasing the WoW creators. Says Activision boss Bo...
Wednesday, Jul 2
Court Denies Injunction To Retirement Group In Acti-Blizz Merger [Activision]
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $2.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
Wednesday, May 14
Blizzard Made $295M Last Quarter, Wrath of the Lich King Dated For Second Half Of '08
Vivendi Games, which contributed some $340 million to its parent company's "very good" first quarter, continues to place much of its success on Blizzard Entertainment. The World of Warcraft developer provided an impressive $295 million to Vivendi's games division, with a good portio...
Thursday, May 8
Did LucasArts Just Bolt From The ESA, Too? [Rumor]
Today, it would appear that another publisher may be joining Activision and Vivendi as a former ESA member, as GamePolitics points out that LucasArts is no longer listed as one of its members, a recent and unannounced change. The official E3 Summit web site still lists LucasArts as a parti...
Activision Announces Record Billion-Dollar Growth In "Breakthrough" Fiscal 08
Primarily, the company looks ahead to the finalization of its merger with Vivendi Games (notably including Blizzard Entertainment and its market-leading World of Warcraft), which still requires stockholder approval and other closing procedures.
Sierra Reveals The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor [Game Announce]
Sierra Entertainment is pleased to partner with Universal to deliver an exciting extension to this popular film franchise," said Al Simone, senior vice president, Global Marketing, Sierra Entertainment. "Developed in collaboration with the film's creative talent, The Mummy: Tomb...
Friday, May 2
ESA Confirms Activision/Vivendi Departure [Breaking]
This comes a day after it was noted that Activision and a number of other notable publishers were not listed as showing at the industry's big conference. Neither Activision nor Vivendi have responded to requests for comment. More as this breaking story unfolds.
Thursday, May 1
Activision Sitting Out E3 "For Business Reasons" This Year [E3 Drama]
Please note that the statement says "official" E3 activities, leaving the publisher open to hold its own event during or near the show, as publisher Gamecock did last year. Activision obviously has plenty of wares to show, but may feel like the current E3 isn't in its best interests for fin...
Thursday, Feb 14
World In Conflict Slated For Consoles This Fall [Announcements]
Sierra Entertainment's Action-Strategy Opus World In Conflict Coming To Xbox 360 And PLAYSTATION®3 System In Fall 2008 The World in Conflict game for Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION®3 system is being developed by Massive Entertainment in conjunction with Sierra's-own Swordfish Studi...
Friday, Feb 8
Orange Box, COD4, BioShock Dominate AIAS Awards [Awards]
Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Publisher: Vivendi Games Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Producer: Frank Pearce Game Director: Rob Pardo Creative Director: Chris Metzen Cellular Game of the Year: skate. Publisher: Electronic Arts
Wednesday, Jan 30
Blizzard Loots $1.2 Billion From 2007, Thanks To WoW
Vivendi, of which Blizzard Entertainment is a division, released its 2007 earnings revenues today, revealing that the World of Warcraft publisher raked in $1.2 billion (€814 million) in revenue last year. WoW's 10 million large subscriber base contributed the lion's share of the Viv...
Thursday, Jan 17
Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust Coming to Consoles, PC [Sierra]
Leisure Suit Larry is an entertaining adventure that places gamers in the middle of Hollywood's tabloid-filled mayhem to create a fun gaming experience," said Al Simone, senior vice president of Global Marketing for Sierra Entertainment. "The collaborative efforts of Allen Covert a...
Monday, Dec 24
Battlestar Galactica's Helo Tests Out the Xbox 360 Game [Hollywood]
Penikett had a chance to engage in real videogame dogfighting, rather than his usual "make believe Raptor piloting" that he's used to on set. The actor played the new Xbox Live Arcade game with the game's developer and he liked what he saw.
Monday, Dec 3
Will There Be Activision Blizzard Branding? No. [Business]
As we announced last night, Vivendi Games (which includes Blizzard Entertainment) and Activision have merged after Vivendi bought a majority share in the company. Like with any merger, things will obviously change. Things like the name, which will now be Activision Blizzard. Say that a c...
Monday, Nov 12
TimeShift Multiplayer Demo Tomorrow [Xbox Live]
Developed by Saber Interactive and published by Sierra Entertainment, TimeShift is a first person shooter (FPS) video game that allows players to master the flow of time, to become the ultimate weapon in war-torn environments. Armed with the experimental time-manipulating Beta Suit...
Monday, Oct 22
Brütal Legend: GOTY 2008 [Brutal Legend]
Our existence as humans will forever be reconceived," said Martin Tremblay, president, Worldwide Studios for Sierra Entertainment. "Definitive answers to the discovery of dry ice, invention of the wheel, Jurassic era, religious convention and many other testaments and myths are go...
Friday, Oct 12
Sierra Online Announces Aces of Galaxy
Sierra Online, a division of Vivendi Games, has unveiled the first details for Aces of the Galaxy, an action shooter set in stunning space environments, and Boogie Bunnies, a new take on the match-three puzzle game. Both games are expected to release for Windows PC and Xbox Live Arcade thi...
Toys: Spyro Invades Wendy's Kid's Meals
The Spyro the Dragon franchise has reached families all over the world," said Al Simone, senior vice president of Global Marketing, Sierra Entertainment. "After millions and millions of video games sold, it's great to be able to extend the brand by offering fun toys and games to Wendy's c...
Wednesday, Sep 19
Tgs07: The List Of PS3 Games That Support The DualShock 3
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Activision Soldier of Fortune Activision Heroes over Europe Red Mile Entertainment Condemned 2 SEGA Iron Man SEGA The Club SEGA BEOWULF UbiSoft HAZE UbiSoft Prototype Vivendi Games The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Vivendi Games
Monday, Sep 3
You'll NEVER Guess What WoW's Done For Videndi's Bottom Line
Vivendi just reported in with their earnings for the first half of the 2007 fiscal year. And guess what? Everything's coming up roses. Earnings are up 10.6% for the company as a whole, but for Vivendi Games, earnings are up by 91.9% from 2006, to 119 million Euros. Proof, if any was needed, that be...
Friday, Aug 10
Prototype not so Prototypical
Radical Entertainment has a strong pedigree of critically acclaimed, best-selling open-world games, and Sierra Entertainment is excited to see them craft an original game that has already fired-up the imaginations of press and gamers alike," said Martin Tremblay, president, Worl...
Wednesday, Aug 8
Stormfront Tackles The Spiderwick Chronicles
Sierra Entertainment is excited to announce that one of the most anticipated family entertainment films of 2008 will be coming to the world of videogames as well," said Al Simone, senior vice president, Global Marketing for Sierra Entertainment. "The Spiderwick Chronicles videogame...
Sunday, Jul 8
E307: Sierra Online's Three New XBLA Games
Team Xbox got a bit of a sneak peek at Sierra Online's offering for next week's big show. They say the company, a division of Vivendi Games, plans to unveil three new Xbox Live Arcade titles, including Battlestar Galatica. Hit the jump for the full descriptions and the link for plenty of more d...
Friday, Jul 6
Beating A Dead Dragon: Spyro Returns Yet Again
READING (6th July, 2007) - Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced The Legend of Spyro™: The Eternal Night, the latest installment in the 17 million-unit-selling Spyro™ franchise and a continuation of the new The Legend of Spyro trilogy of games. The game is e...
Wednesday, Jun 27
The New E3: PAX '07 Chock Full Of Exhibitors
D3 Publishing Digipen Dolby EA Mythic The ECA GameTap Garage Games Green Ronin Publishing The Guildhall Harmonix ITT Tech Konami Microsoft Namco Bandai Nvidia Octopi Paizo Publishing Pink Godzilla Privateer Press Rockstar Games Sabertooth Games Sierra/Vivendi Games
Monday, Jun 25
Cineagame Not As Good As Cinnabons: Gallery: Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy
Sierra Entertainment (www.sierra.com), a global division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes innovative, high-quality interactive entertainment for videogame systems, handheld gaming devices and personal computers. Sierra Entertainment features a portfolio of titles base...
Friday, Jun 8
Rube Goldberg On Line 1: The Incredible Mobile Machine
PARIS - June 6, 2007 - Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced it is bringing the classic brain teaser The Incredible Machine™ to mobile subscribers worldwide. The mobile version of the game is based on Sierra Entertainment's original PC title and is now availa...
Thursday, May 24
Geometry Wars DS & WII Confirmed
READING, ENGLAND (25, May 2007) - Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, announced today that Geometry Wars™: Galaxies, a 2D arcade shooter game, will be coming to Nintendo exclusively on the Wii Console and Nintendo DS system. The Geometry Wars: Galaxies videogame is deve...
Thursday, May 17
Sierra Causes Crash of the Titans
READING, ENGLAND (18, May 2007) - Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced the upcoming return of everyone's favorite iconoclastic videogame hero, Crash Bandicoot, in Crash® of the Titans - the latest installment of the best-selling Crash Bandicoot® vide...
Monday, May 14
Video Games Live Orchestrates Special Blizzard Concert Events
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® series, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Vivendi Games, is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some o...
Thursday, Mar 29
Sony, Sierra, Vivendi Sued For Spyro Induced Seizure
Gamespot is reporting that the mother of a child who suffered "permanent disabling injuries" from a grand mal seizure while playing Spyro: Enter The Dragonfly has filed suit in the New York State Supreme Court. In it, she names Vivendi Games, Sierra Entertainment, and Sony Computer Ente...
Friday, Mar 2
Scarface: The Wii is Officialy Yours [Scarface]
READING (March 2, 2007) - Vivendi Games' Sierra Entertainment division is bringing Scarface : The World Is Yours, the smash-hit video game based on the 1983 classic film by Universal Pictures, to the Wii console this summer. The game, which presents a sequel storyline that asks "What if T...
Tuesday, Jan 30
Rumor: N-Gage: The Second Coming?
Disney, Sega Of America, Sony Online Entertainment, Universal, Square Enix, Capcom, THQ Wireless, Glu Mobile, Digital Chocolate, EA Mobile, Tecmo, Namco and Vivendi Games were reportedly all there, along with first-party developers (firms developing games to be published by Noki...
Wednesday, Jan 3
Vivendi Denies Battlestar Galactica Game, But We Know Better
But Vivendi has (pretty much) announced a Battlestar Galactica game. In their presentation to investors from June 2006, they list Battlestar Galactica as a 2007 release for both the PC and Xbox Live Arcade. It's described as a "short-session" game which implies that it's not an MMO (World...
Tuesday, Nov 28
Scarface Sells A Million Copies...
Vivendi Games (www.vivendigames.com) is a global developer, publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment. The company is the leader in the subscription-based massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG) category, holds leading positions...
Wednesday, Aug 16
F.E.A.R PS3 Launch Title?
LOS ANGELES, CA - (August 17th, 2006) - Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced that the award-winning F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), is currently in development for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and is scheduled to launch during...
Sunday, Jul 30
Scarface Skips 360, Goes To PSP [Scarface]
Sierra Entertainment will also release Scarface: The World Is Yours, an open-world action game, in Fall 2006. Scarface: The World Is Yours is being developed by Radical Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game and entertainment system fr...
