Entries in 'activision blizzard' (101)
Vivendi titles to be sold off?
Ghostbusters and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand could be sold off as Activision Blizzard assumes Vivendi’s release slate, the new publishing powerhouse has told MCV.
Vivendi UK closes; Activision-Blizzard team finalised
It’s lift-off for Activision Blizzard this week as the majority of Vivendi’s UK staff complete the switch to Activision’s Stockley Park facility.
Vivendi reveals strong Q2 financials
Vivendi posted its second quarter results with its EBITA (Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation) totalling €92 million.
LEIPZIG 08: Quantum Of Solace delayed
The co-designer of Activision Blizzard’s upcoming James Bond title Quantum Of Solace has revealed that the game will be released in November. A little later than the previously announced October ...Advertisement
Activision-Blizzard kills off Scarface 2
Another major planned Sierra release appears to have gone the way of Ghostbusters – with Activision Blizzard making no mention of a sequel to Scarface: The World Is Yours in ...
Ghostbusters set for 2009 release?
Variety reports that Ghostbusters IP holder Sony Pictures is exploring options to release the much-anticipated game next year.
Vivendi projects and studios facing the axe
Activision Blizzard has revealed that it will sell off unwanted studios and projects it acquired after its colossal deal with Vivendi games.
‘Activision-Vivendi deal will not affect Blizzard’
As rumours mount about where jobs cuts will come in the wake of Activision’s ‘merger’ with Vivendi, CFO of the newly formed company Thomas Tippl has told MCV that Blizzard ...Advertisement
Activision Blizzard in for Take Two?
In the aftermath of the Activision Blizzard merger’s completion, a range of industry analysts have speculated on the new publisher’s next move – and one has suggested that Take ...
Activision Blizzard’s new management structure explained
As the ink dries on the Activision Blizzard deal, the firm has released details of its new management structure, complete with its eleven-strong gamg of Board members.
Activision Blizzard: ‘We’re thinking big’
Newly-anointed Activision Blizzard chairman Rene Penisson has stated that the publisher is perfectly positioned to lead the way across North America, Europe and the growing Asian market, having just finalised ...
Activision Blizzard deal officially finalised
The ‘deal that shook the industry’ has finally been rubber stamped - and Activision Blizzard has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the publishing community by stating that ...Advertisement
Activision shareholders approve Vivendi deal
Activision’s shareholders have agreed by majority to approve a ‘merger’ with Vivendi Games.
Activision instigated Vivendi deal
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has releaveled that it was he and his Board – not Vivendi – that kicked off the proceedings that led to last year’s $19 billion Activision-Blizzard ...
Activision-Vivendi deal approved by EU
Vivendi has officially been give permission to proceed with its proposed merger with former rival Activision, according to Reuters.
Vivendi titles facing uncertain future?
A report on Variety's The Cut Scene Blog has suggested that there is unrest amongst Vivendi developers ahead of Activision merger - read the full story on Develop here.Advertisement
$1bn MMO still couldn’t touch Warcraft, says Activision
Chief executive of Activision Bobby Kotick believes that even if a publishing rival was to invest $1 billion on a new MMO franchise, they would still struggle to take on ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: Kotick and Kelly to make $40m
Following the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision to create new super-publisher Activision Blizzard, the new company’s president and CEO Robert Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly look set to share ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: UK publishers welcome news
The biggest names in the UK publishing industry have predicted great things for new giant Activision Blizzard – and celebrated the audacity of the Vivendi-driven deal.
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: The deal that changes everything?
The industry is still reeling following the Vivendi/Activision acquisition earlier this week, with the announcement throwing up the question of how the two companies will be integrated, what this means ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: Retail reacts
There has been mixed reaction to the deal by UK retail, with some stores relishing the prospect of a publishing entity with the firepower to take on EA, while others ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: Ubisoft welcomes new competitor
Ubisoft has moved to greet the mega-publisher Activision Blizzard to the international industry – and said that it can comfortably ‘rise to the challenge’ of the new competition.Ubisoft’s UK ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: ‘Bring ‘em on’, says bullish EA
Electronic Arts has fired out a warning shot to new publishing goliath Activision Blizzard – warn the Vivendi-owned giant that it will not give up its dominance of the market ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: EA may be forced into action
The emergence of a new super-publisher that is similar in stature to former industry-daddy EA might force the US giant to re-evaluate its operations, an analyst from Soleil-Hudson Square Research ...
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD: 'Business as usual', says WoW publisher
Following the news of Vivendi’s surprise purchase of a majority stake in former rival Activision, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has assured the company’s MMO fans that the deal will ...
