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JANUARY 10, 2020

After shutting down an existing esports league, Activision Blizzard Inc. is betting big on a new league that will begin its inaugural season Jan 24.

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MAY 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard announced late Wednesday that Vivendi S.A. is planning to sell 41,499,689 shares of Activision Blizzard common stock, in a public offering. Those shares represent half of Vivendi''s stake in Activision Blizzard, and is worth around $866M. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2010

A new front in the the dispute between Santa Monica-based Activision and former Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella has opened up, with the filing of a lawsuit by 38 developers from Infinity Ward. Tags: infinity ward employee lawsuit legal activision.

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MARCH 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said this morning that it has hired a new CFO. The firm said that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, and will report to CEO Bobby Kotick.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing said Tuesday afternoon that it is creating a new, dedicated business unit around its Call of Duty franchise. According to the company, the new unit will be headed by Philip Earl, who currently runs Activision's Asia Pacific region. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision , the computer games publisher, said today that it has awarded two winners in the first round of its Activisoin Independent Games Competition. Activision says it is offering up $500,000 in prizes as part of the competition, which is aimed at independent game developers in the US.

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JULY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based videogame maker Activision Blizzard is on the block, with majority owner Vivendi looking to sell the video game business, according to reports this week. Reuters, citing five sources "close to the situation," said that the firm is looking for bidders on Activision. Vivendi owns 60 percent of Activision Blizzard.

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JULY 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard announced today that it has named Eric Hirschberg as CEO of its Activision Publishing arm. Activisions said that Hirschberg's prior clients included Sony's PlayStation, Direct TV and HTC, and that he was a "dedicated gamer." READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame maker Activision Blizzard said late Friday evening that it has syndicated a new, $@.5 Activision Blizzard said the funding, plus cash on hand, is going towards its payments to separate itself from Vivendi S.A., activision blizzard merger acquisition vivendi buyout videogame videogames loan'

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JULY 26, 2013

In a complex deal, Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said last night that it has reached a deal with Vivendi , where it will acquire approximately 429 million shares of the company, in exchange for $5.83 In addition, an investor group--led by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly--will purchase an additional $2.34

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Publishing reports that it sold more than $500M of its latest title, Destiny , as of day one. Activision claimed that the numbers make Destiny the "most successful new video game franchise launch of all time." Activision said the numbers include retail and first party orders worldwide.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision said today that it has launched a new, mobile app, which lets players creat real-life, 3D printed figures for its Skylanders game. According to Activision, its new Skylanders Creator app lets fans create 3D, printed Skylanders Imaginators figures, which are playable in the Skylanders Imaginators console game.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision said late Friday that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against two companies. Activision said the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Activision claims the two companies have infringed on a U.S. activision lawsuit legal patent infringement worlds' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Jason West and Vince Zampella , the deposed heads of Activision 's Infinity Ward studio, have filed a lawsuit against Activision, according to law firm O'Melveny & Myers LLP. West and Zampella are behind Call of Duty and Modern Warfare, two of Activision's most popular games.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard Inc. Allen Brack its new president of Blizzard Entertainment Oct. 4, alongside two new promotions to the executive leadership team.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision said today that it is turning to a number of well known recording artists for the soundtracks to its upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops, DJ Hero 2, Guitar Hero: Warrior of Rock, and True Crime: Hong Kong. Financial details of the various musical deals were not disclosed by Activision. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision and Nickelodeon said Thursday that the two are in a deal to produce video games around Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The two said that Activision has gained the global rights to produce interactive games based on a new, CG-animated version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said today that it has joined the new Change the Equation (CTEq) initiative to help improve literacy in science, technology, engineering, and math. Activision Blizzard said it joins Time Warner Cable, Sally Ride Science, Kodak, Intel and Xerox in supporting the effort. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Santa Monica-based video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. collected more than $2.4 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter.

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JUNE 1, 2012

The various legal disputes over Activision's Call of Duty and Modern Warfare titles appears to have been put to bed, according to a statement by Activision Blizzard late Thursday. In a terse statement, Activision Blizzard said that all parties to the litigation related to Infinity Ward have reached a settlement over the matter.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision said this week that it has named Humam Sakhnini as its Chief Strategy and Talent Officer. As part of the move, Ann WEiser, Chief Human Resource Officer at Activision, is retiring at the end of the year. Sakhnini had been serving as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Activision Blizzard of Santa Monica plans to open an e-sports arena in Burbank to play host to a variety of video game tournaments including the Overwatch Contenders Playoffs and Hearthstone Championship Tour in October, the company said Thursday.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision , via its subsidiary Activision Publishing, said today that it is in a strategic relationship with Flurry , a provider of mobile application, advertising, and analytics software. According to Activision, Flurry will help the firm to establish a new mobile publishing initiative.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based game developer Activision Publishing said today that it has set the launch date for the first, downloadable content pack for its popular Call of Duty: Black Ops II title. The firm said the new content will be released on Xbox Live on January 29th.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision Publishing , which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, reports that its newly launched title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II , just crossed the $1 billion mark in retail sales. Activision said it reached that retail sales mark just fifteen days after launch.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publishing firm Activision announced this morning that it is offering up $1 million in prizes at its upcoming Call of Duty Championship, a live video gaming competition which is now in its second year. gaming content game video videogame activision callofduty duty call' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The launch of its latest videogame franchise, Destiny , drove better than expected quarterly results over at Activision , pushing the company''s GAAP revenues to $753M in its third quarter, the company announced late Tuesday. Activision raised its full year outlook on the news. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard reports today that it saw about $360 million in sales Tuesday, in the first 24 hours of the release of its new title, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Activision sold approximately 5.6 Tags: activision blizzard call duty black callofduty videogame content games gaming. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Activision said its registration and login systems were "crushed by gamers" after the launch, and that it is deploying "multiple, additional servers" to beef up its system. The firm said it is "having trouble scaling the service to meet demand", even though users are still able to plus Modern Warfare 3 online with other users.

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JULY 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Chinese gaming giant Tencent Holdings Limited , to bring Call of Duty Online to the Chinese game market. Activision said that Tencent will gain a two year, exclusive license to operate Call of Duty Online in mainland China.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Santa Monica-based Activision has fired its CFO, saying on December 31st that it has notified its current Chief Financial Officer, Spencer Neumann, that it intends to terminate his employment. According to Activision, the move is "unrelated to the Company's financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures. "

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

In a bid to stave off a lawsuit from former Panamanian dictator Manual Noriega , Santa Monica-based Activision has hired former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to fight Noriega''s claim that the company misappropriate Noriega''s likeness in developing the game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II". READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2013

Santa Monica-based videogame maker Activision said Tuesday that it has released a brand new, downloadable content pack for its popular title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II. callofduty black activision content pack download videogame game' The content pack is the third for Black Ops II. The content pack is the third for Black Ops II.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. signed several high-profile sponsors for its new “Call of Duty” League, two weeks after launching the professional esports competition.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing and ABC Entertainment Group announced today that they are in a deal to publish a new Kinect for Xbox 360 game based on the show Wipeout. The two said they will release Wipeout In The Zone, based on the ABC show, for the Kinect controller. Financail details of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 7, 2014

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said late Tuesday that it saw better than expected financial results for the first quarter of 2014. activision blizzard videogame publishing content publisher video game earnings' billion in sales. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Activision Blizzard announces better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and a loss of 3 million users.

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