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Activision Blizzard

Activision Blizzard
Company nameActivision Blizzard, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryComputer and video games
Founded2008
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, USA
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleJean-Bernard Levy
(Chairman)
Michael J. Griffith
(Vice Chairman)
Robert Kotick
(President and CEO)
ProductsActivision:
Crash Bandicoot series
Guitar Hero series
Call of Duty series
Tony Hawk franchise
Spider-Man series
Spyro the Dragon series
Blizzard Entertainment:
Warcraft series
StarCraft series
Diablo series
Revenue(+) US$4.447 billion (2010)
Operating income(+) US$469 million (2010)
Net income(+) US$418 million (2010)
Total assets(-) US$13.406 billion (2010)
Total equity(-) US$10.203 billion (2010)
Employees5000 (2011)
SubsidiaryActivision
Blizzard
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Activision Blizzard, Inc., formerly Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq - ATVI) is the American holding company for Activision and Blizzard Entertainment. The company is majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA and was created through the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games, announced on December 2, 2007, in a deal worth USD$18.8 billion. The deal closed July 9, 2008. The company believed that the merging of the two companies would create "the world’s largest and most profitable pure-play video game publisher". It believes that it is the only publisher that has "leading market positions across all categories" of the video game industry.

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Name: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Release date: July 27, 2010 Platform(s): PC and Mac OS X Publisher: Activision Blizzard Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
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Name: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Release date: November 10, 2009 Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Publisher: Activision Blizzard Developer: Infinity Ward
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Name: World of Warcraft Release date: November 23, 2004 Platform(s): PC and Mac OS X Publisher: Activision Blizzard Developer: Activision Blizzard
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Name: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Release date: November 10, 2009 Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Publisher(s): Activision Blizzard Developer(s): Infinity Ward
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Name: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Release date: November 10, 2009 Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Publisher(s): Activision Blizzard Developer(s): Infinity Ward
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Name: Call of Duty: Black Ops Release date: November 9, 2010 Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii Publisher(s): Activision Blizzard Developer(s): Treyarch
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Name: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Release date: November 10, 2009 Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Publisher(s): Activision Blizzard Developer(s): Infinity Ward
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Blizzard: WOW's Subscriber Number Decrease is Seasonal and Normal - MMORPG News Tweet this news
MMORPG News--The number was revealed in an -Activision---Blizzard- earnings call on August 3. Compared to the 11.4 million subscribers in the end of March 2011, WoW's player number got "a slight decrease", according to Blizzard CEO - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:35:47 GMT+00:00
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DailyFinance--WOW isn't just an -Activision Blizzard- game Analysts figuring that -Activision Blizzard's- (NAS: ATVI) profitability would slip down to $0.05 a share in its latest quarter were pleasantly surprised to see the country's larges - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:13:51 GMT+00:00
Bobby Kotick is Acting in Moneyball for Charity - 1UP.com Tweet this news
1UP.com--He was spotted in a trailer released back in June, much to the bewilderment of gamers who know him only as the CEO of -Activision Blizzard-. So how did he end up there? That very question was asked by Reuters (via One of Swords), which found out - Date : Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:31:43 GMT+00:00
Will tech stocks � and Zynga � survive this week's market bloodbath? - VentureBeat Tweet this news
VentureBeat--Blizzard Entertainment, owned by holding company -Activision---Blizzard-, also has one of the largest online games in the world and generates an enormous amount of revenue from its digital distribution. Those games are typically resistant to - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:05:51 GMT+00:00
Ahead of the Bell: Activision Blizzard - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--Shares of -Activision Blizzard- Inc. inched higher Thursday after the publisher of the "Call of Duty" and "World of Warcraft" video games posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter and ra - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:48:17 GMT+00:00
WoW Subscriptions Dipped Again, But Content Coming Soon - Tom's Hardware Guide Tweet this news
Tom's Hardware Guide--Blizzard lost another 300000 subscribers during Q2 2011, but there will be a major content release coming later this year. Wednesday evening during -Activision Blizzard's- Q2 2011 earnings call, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime a - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:14:22 GMT+00:00
Activision Blizzard Q2 Profit Rises; Boosts CY11 Outlook - Quick Facts - RTT News Tweet this news
RTT News--(RTTNews) - -Activision Blizzard- Inc. (ATVI: News ) reported net income of $335 million or $0.29 per share for the second-quarter, compared to $219 million or $0.17 per share in the prior year quarter. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $1 - Date : Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:40:10 GMT+00:00
Activision Blizzard sales, earnings helped by a handful of games - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times--Despite owning a broad portfolio of game franchises, -Activision Blizzard- Inc. continues to rely on a handful of titles from Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine and the Call of Duty franchise for much of its sales and ... - Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:15:09 GMT+00:00
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Activision Blizzard, DIRECTV, DISH Network ... - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)---Activision Blizzard- Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) robust fiscal second quarter 2011 results surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both the top and bottom lines. Activision earned 9 cents per share (including stock based com - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:47:51 GMT+00:00
Options Plays on This Week's Earnings Reports - Seeking Alpha Tweet this news
Seeking Alpha---Activision Blizzard- (ATVI): I have followed this utter disappointment of a stock long enough to know one thing. No matter what the company announces, the stock will likely continue to stagnate. Don't ask for favors, don't talk t - Date : Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:59:57 GMT+00:00

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