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Activision, Vivendi Games to merge into Activision Blizzard

Posted Dec 02, 2007 at 11:50AM by Gino D. Listed in: Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360, MMORPG, World of Warcraft, Games for Windows Tags: Blizzard, Activision, Vivendi, Activision Blizzard
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Today, we see the birth of a new umbrella corp (no zombies included) in the gaming industry. Some of the biggest key players in game development and publishing business have combined forces. As announced in a press release, Activision Inc. has just penned a deal with Vivendi.

Activision and Vivendi Games (which includes Blizzard Entertainment) are to merge into one great powerhouse and be called... [drumroll] Activision Blizzard! Once established, Activision Blizzard will be the world's largest pure-play online and console game publisher.

So what exactly are we looking at here? If we go for games libraries, Activision has Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, etc. Vivendi Games was the one who did titles like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. And of course, Blizzard Entertainment (the sub-arm of Vivendi Games) has their World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo.

While these are just some of their most well known titles and best-selling franchises, their games library spans across all platforms, consoles, and handhelds, from this generation and previous ones. It's pretty overwhelming if you think about it.

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   by HeroZero - 2007-12-02
 » Blizzard how could you...
I always thought Blizzard would stay an independent developer but apparently that isn't to be so. I thought merging with Vivendi would be enough to dillute their amazing genius to make amazing games and now I fear that it will be even further damaged (nothing against Activision, plenty against Vivendi the icon killer). Hopefully it doesn't turn out that way but I'm still worried about the prospects of my favorite game makers.


   Re: DVSDevise - 2007-12-02
 » ...
I don't see anything changing for either studio. It's a merger, and not a take over.
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   by cruckel - 2007-12-02
 » whoa
I thought it was Warcraft, not World of Warcraft...

anyways, who knows what could happen, lets only hope someone takes Starcraft: Ghost and completes it

   by ExtraLife - 2007-12-03
 » I can see it now.
World of guitar heroes - run around showing off your guitar and challenging players to a game of good old button mashing to the rhythm. >.>


   Re: The Last Master - 2007-12-03
 » HAHAHAHA
You make fun of it now! XD
But wait till its like the hippest thing ever!
   by Braktar - 2007-12-03
 » Just lovely...
WoW was already slower than I'd like about releasing patches and expansions. Wanna bet this "merge" will not increase the number of programmers available but WILL increase the number of projects each will be working on?



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