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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 the deal. We are delighted that the merger has been completed,” said Penisson. We are very excited about the opportunity …

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 the merger has formed the world leader in online and console games.” President and CEO of the new powerhouse publisher …

The latest Wedbush Morgan mailout has revealed raised estimates for the combined business’ income FY ’09 revenue to $3.70 billion – up significantly from $2.41 billion. On July 8th, shareholders are expected to approve the deal, with Wedbush Morgan predicting that the merger will be officially closed by July 11th. …

A tough comparison to last year – when Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade was released – has left Vivendi Games’ revenue for its first fiscal quarter down 24 per cent year-on year. The division’s full revenue for the quarter ended March 31st, 2008 was €221 million ($341.5 m) …

Vivendi-owned Sierra has told MCV that the release of much-anticipated sandbox title Prototype has been delayed until next year. The publisher has decided to shift the Radical-developed title’s release because it ‘needs more time to deliver the game the team initially set out to create’. Sierra showed off the game …

Vivendi and Activision have both discontinued their membership with E3 organiser the Entertainment Software Association – the US equivalent of the UK’s ELSPA. The news comes after both firms – now one entity – confirmed that they would not be demonstrating their titles at this year’s E3. According to Joystiq, …

Sierra has revealed that its next-gen Ghostbusters game will hit stores in October on PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, PSP and DS. Showing off the title at its Sierra Spring Break ’08 in Mallorca last week, Ghostbusters looks like living up to the hype surrounding it – both as a video …

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 ‘merger’. French entertainment giant Vivendi currently holds a 52 per cent stake in Activision – which is expected to increase …

Sci Entertainment will cost a potential suitor $100m – and NBC Universal is close to securing a deal for just that sort of money. That’s according to a Financial Times report, which said NBC – which itself its part-owned by Vivendi – is ‘close to finalising’ the deal. The newspaper …

Vivendi is planning to raise around $1.4 billion in a US bond issue, to assist its acquisitions of Activision and French telecoms company Neuf Cegetel. The French media giant – and parent of Vivendi Games Universal – said it will raise the $1.4 billion through the issue of five- and …