| Activision Blizzard | |
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| Type | Yet to be Created |
| Founded | 2008 (merger pending) |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, CA[1] |
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Products | Call of Duty series Diablo series Guitar Hero series StarCraft series Tony Hawk's series Warcraft series |
| Parent | Vivendi |
| Website | http://www.activisionblizzard.com/ |
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With the new organization using the brand names of Activision and the Vivendi-owned Blizzard Entertainment, the companies expect that the merge will be complete by mid 2008. Blizzard Entertainment is an American Video game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine California. [4] The company believes that the merging of the two companies will create "the world’s largest and most profitable pure-play video game publisher". [5] It believes that it is the only publisher that has "leading market positions across all categories" of the video game industry. The video game industry (formally referred to as Interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved with the development, Marketing [5]
The merger is currently pending approval from stockholders and government agencies. In April 2008, the European Commission gave permission for the merger to take place. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. [6] The Commission essentially needed to approve that there weren't any antitrust issues in the mega-merger.
History
In December 2007, it was announced that Activision would merge with fellow games developer and publisher Vivendi Games.
René Penisson, currently a member of the Management Board of Vivendi and Chairman of Vivendi Games, will serve as Chairman of Activision Blizzard. Bobby Kotick, head of Activision will become President and CEO of Activision Blizzard.
Vivendi will be the majority shareholder holding between 52% and 68% (depending on the results of the tender offer). VIVENDI is a software package for care management and staff organisation published by the German software company CONNEXT and introduced in 1995 The rest of the shares will be held by a number of institutional and private investors and will continue to be traded on the NASDAQ exchange as ATVI, and Activision and Blizzard Entertainment will still exist as separate entities.
References
- ^ Activision - Corporate Info from Activision's official website
- ^ Activision, Vivendi (2007-12-02). Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. VIVENDI is a software package for care management and staff organisation published by the German software company CONNEXT and introduced in 1995 Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire "Vivendi and Activision to create Activision Blizzard – World’s Largest, Most Profitable Pure-Play Video Game Publisher". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2007-12-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire
- ^ Video game giants in $18bn merger. BBC (December 02, 2007). Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French
- ^ FAQ for Activision Blizzard. Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard Entertainment is an American Video game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine California. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French
- ^ a b Fact sheet (PDF). Activision Blizzard. Retrieved on 2007-12-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French
- ^ EU greenlights Activision-Vivendi merger
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