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'Diablo IV' Comes to PC and Xbox Game Pass In March, More Activision Blizzard Titles To Follow - Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 15, 2024 @ 12:27 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Diablo IV draws players into a grim story line and gives them the freedom to explore and forge their own path across the most expansive and intense vision of the world of Sanctuary—a bleak and shattered hellscape bereft of hope and beset by demons.

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Xbox Developer_Direct Returns Next Week With Indiana Jones, Avowed, Hellblade II And More, but No Activision Blizzard Titles

by Rainier on Jan. 9, 2024 @ 9:05 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Xbox announced the return of Developer_Direct on January 18 at 12:00 p.m. PT/3:00 p.m. ET, featuring an inside look at some of the games coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Game Pass.

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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition Gets Approval From U.K.'s CMA, Deal Finalized

by Rainier on Oct. 13, 2023 @ 12:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Today U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave its approval to the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard acquisition, a $68.7 billion deal that's been awaiting approval for nearly two years.

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Microsoft Sells Cloud Streaming Rights For Activision Blizzard Games To Ubisoft

by Rainier on Aug. 22, 2023 @ 1:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Ubisoft has signed an agreement which will give it cloud streaming rights to games like Call of Duty and more, coming into effect upon the completion of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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Magic Soup Games Is A New AAA Studio By Former Activision Blizzard Execs

by Rainier on March 15, 2023 @ 1:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Video game industry veterans Jen Oneal, J. Allen Brack, and John Donham announced that they've teamed up to form a new game studio, Magic Soup Games.

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FTC Seeks To Block Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

by Rainier on Dec. 8, 2022 @ 11:16 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft Corp. from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its blockbuster gaming franchises such as Call of Duty.

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Microsoft To Acquire Activision Blizzard For $68.7 Billion

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2022 @ 8:39 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Microsoft announced that it will acquire Activision Blizzard, known for legendary titles such as Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch and Hearthstone.

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Torque Esports’ UMG Teams With Activision Blizzard To Create 'Overwatch' Collegiate Series

by Rainier on March 2, 2020 @ 7:16 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Overwatch is a pick-up-and-play 6v6 team-based shooter set on a near-future earth, featuring an amazing cast of heroes and set in an all-new Blizzard game universe.

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Activision Blizzard Partners With Google For Cloud And Steaming Services

by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2020 @ 5:21 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard and Google announced a multi-year relationship to power new player experiences by using Google Cloud and Youtube for esports streaming.

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Activision Blizzard Pimps Out Its Product To LEGO, Habro, NERF, Mattel, And More

by Rainier on May 22, 2018 @ 8:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set for ongoing growth with a slate of entertainment properties, Activision Blizzard Consumer Products Group (ABCPG) arrives at Licensing Expo 2018 with an all-star roster of licensing and retail partners.

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Activision Blizzard Studios Recruits Academy Award-Nominated Producer

by Rainier on Jan. 14, 2016 @ 8:43 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard has named acclaimed producer Stacey Sher as  co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios, where she will be devoted to creating television and films based on the Call of Duty, Skylanders, Diablo and StarCraft franchises.

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Activision Blizzard Acquires Major League Gaming

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2016 @ 2:09 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard announced the acquisition of the business of Major League Gaming, creating and streaming premium live gaming events, organizing professional competitions and running competitive gaming leagues.

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Activision Blizzard Launches Studio To Create Film and TV Content Based On Its Franchises

by Rainier on Nov. 6, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard Studios is a new film and television studio devoted to creating original content based on the company's library of intellectual properties such as Call of Duty, Diablo, Hearthstone and StarCraft, starting with an animated TV series based on the Skylanders franchise.

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Activision Blizzard Acquires Candy Crush Saga Studio For $5.9 Billion

by Rainier on Nov. 2, 2015 @ 10:56 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard and King Digital Entertainment announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Activision Blizzard subsidiary ABS Partners will acquire all of the outstanding shares of King.

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Activision Blizzard Launches eSports Division, Headed By ESPN Exec

by Rainier on Oct. 22, 2015 @ 8:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard announced a new division that will build its competitive gaming leadership by creating all-new ways to deliver the best fan experience across games, platforms and geographies, furthering the development of its esports ecosystem.

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Activision Blizzard Completes Company Buyout

by Rainier on Oct. 11, 2013 @ 10:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of approximately 429 million company shares and certain tax attributes from Vivendi.
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Activision Blizzard Breaks Free From Vivendi Shackles

by Rainier on July 26, 2013 @ 8:45 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard has reached an agreement parent company Vivendi to acquire all its shares, rendering it an independent company with the majority of its shares owned by the public.
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Activision Blizzard Financials Better Than Expected, Hints At New Titles

by Rainier on Nov. 4, 2010 @ 5:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard has released its Q3 2010 financials, earning $51 million, triple the amount of last year's Q3 ($15 million). driven by continued strong demand for the latest Modern Warfare 2, StarCraft II and World of Warcraft. In the follow up conference call Activision revealed that it plans new titles in the Guitar Hero, Spider-Man, X-Men, Transformers, and Call of Duty franchises somewhere during the course of 2011.
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Activision Blizzard Partners Up With Web Wise Kids For Online Gaming Awareness

by Rainier on Oct. 8, 2010 @ 8:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard and Web Wise Kids are forming a partnership to empower youth and families to make wise choices in their digital lives.
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Activision Blizzard Financial Result Reveals StarCraft II And WoW Expansion This Year, New Titles

by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2010 @ 2:31 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard announced December quarter and calendar year 2009 financial result, racking up net revenues of $4.28 billion. More importantly CEO Robert Kotick stated that WoW: Cataclysm and StarCraft II (also as digital download through Battle.net) are both scheduled for later this year, with the latter going into closed beta this month, while new installments in the Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Tony Hawk and Spider-Man franchises are also planned for 2010.
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Activision Blizzard's Quarterly Revenue Better Than Anticipated

by Rainier on April 16, 2009 @ 12:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Due to the better-than-expected performance of its titles at retail, Activision announced that its March quarter revenues ($860 million) are tracking ahead of its prior outlook ($550 million), driven by Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft.
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Activision Blizzard Appoints New European Senior VP

by Rainier on March 2, 2009 @ 3:47 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard announced the appointment of Thibaud de Saint-Quentin as the Senior Vice President and Managing Director of European Publishing, where he will oversee the company's regional strategy and long-term growth initiatives.
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Activision Blizzard Financials Confirms Titles, Delays, but No Layoffs

by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2009 @ 2:55 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision Blizzard's Dec. quarter beat expectations, and while it ran an operating loss of $148 million, its operating income was $644 million, the highest in the company's history, driven by World of Warcraft, Guitar Hero and Call of Duty titles. During the investors conf. call, it was revealed that three new IPs would launch in 2009: Prototype, Singularity and an unannounced racer from Bizarre Creations. A new James Bond game is in the works but is getting delayed in order to not compete with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 later this year. in additional to Guitar Hero: Metallica, three more titles in the franchise are planned for 2009: a compilation, a new DS title and a cryptic "major restage." The StarCraft II beta and Wolfenstein are due this summer.
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Activision Blizzard's 2009 New York Comic Con Lineup

by Rainier on Feb. 3, 2009 @ 8:29 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Activision announced its plans for the New York Comic Con show on Feb. 6-8, 2009. where it will have Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Prototype and X-Men Origins: Wolverine on display, with both hands-on demos and producer-led demonstrations, special trailers featuring never before seen game footage, as well as panel presentations on all three titles, presided by the developers and writers.
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Activision Blizzard, LucasArts, Atlus, Booth Babes Back for E3 2009

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2009 @ 7:19 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) today released additional details about the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 Expo), including a preliminary list of exhibitors. Last year's absentees Activision and Atlus are back on the floor...
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