Posts Tagged ‘Activision’
What Activision Can And Can’t Change About Blizzard
August 1st, 2008 / / by Sp3tSnAz
Kotaku has a new article up with various Blizzard developers about the new merger with Activision as well as te innovation over at Blizzard. The article is mainly about the sorts of powers Activision has in terms of pricing mechanics and game design.
The main points that all Blizzard developers bring across is that they are not too worried, as their approach has always been to make games they love first, then design transaction models for them later.
It’s Official: Activision And Blizzard Are One
July 9th, 2008 / / by Sol Invictus
Activision has just announced that a special meeting of shareholders has given the publishing giant its approval to complete the proposed merger with Blizzard and Vivendi Games. Activision says that when the transaction closes on its expected July 9th date, Vivendi Games will become a new wholly owned subsidiary of Activision.
The proposal to merge the two giants was announced in December 2007 and has since been the topic of much discussion in the gaming industry. The merger of Activision, the world’s largest console game publisher and Blizzard, the leader in pure-play online games like World of Warcraft is expected to have a combined revenue $3.8 billion in the 2007 calendar and the highest operating margins of any major third-party video game publisher.
Source: Reuters
Blizzard-Activision Merge Coming To A Close
Justin Villasenor over at Destructoid dissected the recent Blizzard-Activision merge deal, praising both sides for the positive outcome, albeit with a small worry with regards to Sierra:
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has also confirmed that we “shouldn’t notice any difference” in how the developer operates post-merger. It’s nice to know that Blizzard will retain its freedom, but what about Vivendi’s other studios that don’t share its “crown jewel” status? I’m specifically referring to Sierra Entertainment, who will have to pitch every game – even those currently in development — to Activision executives that will decided whether or not to drop them.
Read the rest of the article here. I for one am looking forward to Call of Diablo 5.
