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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard has agreed to acquire King Digital Entertainment , the developer of mobile games, including Candy Crush, in a deal worth $5.9 Activision said its wholly owned subsidiary, ABS Partners C.V., Activision said the acquisition will be highly complementary to its business.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision has brought back Crash Bandicoot , its popular videogame character, in a new remake of the original three games for the PS4 and PS4 Pro. Activision said the new version of the three games was done by its team at Vicarious Visions. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2021

As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Westlake Village-based NINJIO, a provider of cybersecurity awareness training services and content, says it has added Activision Blizzard executive Brett Wahlin to the company's board of directors.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard made a trio of executive appointments today, naming Rob Kostich has been named President of Activision; apointing Humam Sakhnini as President of King Digital Entertainment; and naming Dennis Durkin President of Activision Blizzard's Emerging Businesses. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2021

Playa Del Rey-based gaming studio That's No Moon Entertainment--created by game designers from Sony, Naughty Dog, and Activision--has raised $100M in an investment round, the company said this week. The funding came from Smilegate, a South Korean gaming company knokwn for the title "CROSSFIRE".

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment. Activision paid $18.00 Activision said it expects to boost its revenues in 2016 to $6.25 Activision said it expects to boost its revenues in 2016 to $6.25 The deal was worth $5.9 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

World of Warcraft , the massively multiplayer online game run by Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, suffered an in-game hack which resulted in a mass (virtual) bloodbath, where thousand and thousands of players and characters were slaughtered over the weekend.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing is estimating a sell-through of more than $500M in the first 24 hours of launching Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The firm said it believes that the launch will be the biggest entertainment launch of the year, given those estimates. The newest Call of Duty title went on sale on November 13th.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Monica-based Activision reported today that it passed up more than $500M in sell through for the opening weekend of its new title, Call of Duty: WWII. Activision said it sold more than twice as many units in the opening weekend compared with last year's release. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said late Monday that it has received clearance from the South Korean Fair Trade Commission, on its deal to acquire King Digital Entertainment. The clearance is one of a number of clerances required on the $5.9 billion deal, which was announced in November.

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JULY 19, 2012

The team includes entertainment and tech vets who have worked on computer games from Activision, animation from Dreamworks and Disney, and who have worked at Yahoo! and Demand Media. The team is pitching the game with an animated pitch, showing off some of its animation chops and a preview of its caveman.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

He also has previously worked at Electronic Arts, Collective Studios, Activision, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The company said that he worked with Warner Bros. and Microsoft on premium content efforts tied with Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Mortal Kombat: Legacy II and Street Fighter: Assassins Fist. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Santa Monica-headquartered Activision Blizzard Inc.’s s Blizzard Entertainment announced Aug. 2 that it added two new teams to its global e-sports competition, the Overwatch League.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

What started with an esports team is now quickly becoming an esports empire, backed by some of the biggest names in sports and money managers for entertainment family dynasties and Hollywood power brokers.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Scott was one of the first employees at Activision and was VP of their Studio Business. He also was an executive talent at Activision having designed & managed two products (Mechwarrior 2 and ? &# And normally the rest of the team are young & inexperienced because that’s all the startup could afford to bring on.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based Activision has released the results of the launch of its latest Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Black Ops III , last weekend, saying that the title saw $550 million in sales worldwide. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Santa Monica-based video game publisher Activision Blizzard is planning a new, yet-to-be-named survival game, which it calls "Unannounced Survival Game", it announced in looking to recruit people to work on the new project. The announcement linked to a Blizzard job postings page, and included a few pieces of conceptual art.

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MAY 26, 2016

The company said that it already has pre-registered a large number of.game domains from major brands, including.game domains for all of Blizzard Entertainment's games (Warcraft, Starcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo, etc)., Activision (Call of Duty), Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto), and many others. The company is charging $318.88/year

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says the latest installment in its popular Call of Duty game line, Call of Duty: WWII , has just passed up $1 billion in global sales. Activision says the game is now the number one selling console video game in North America. Activision did not release total sales on Destiny.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region. Don't forget, as you know, I moved Activision from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles, which is why we were able to make it a number one company. Our mission was to build the best online entertainment company in the world. Howard Marks: Yes.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Sr VP Technology - Fox Entertainment Group, 20th Century Fox Colin Schiller ? VP of IT Strategy and IT Program Mgmt - Activision-Blizzard Tom Schwaninger ? Cindy McKenzie ? Managing Partner ? Cornerstone Data Strategies Norbert Kubilus ? Moderator and 2012 Association President AITP.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

The Overwatch League , the new e-sports league created by Activision Blizzard--which had its kickoff of the season in Los Angeles last week--says it racked up more than 10 million viewers in its opening week, with an average "audience-per-minute" of 408,000 people during opening day.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

All three of us have been working together for quite awhile, since Activision, fifteen or sixteen years ago. At our core, game designers love to come up with something really compelling, to create a great piece of entertainment, and try new things. Valve Entertainment was talking about video games as a service, not as a boxed product.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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JUNE 11, 2012

Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder. Below are a few event highlights, to get the complete schedule of events, panels and parties check them out here. William Hsu, MuckerLab , Co-Founder. Adam Lilling, Launchpad LA, Director.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

The president of Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, J. Allen Brack, is out, and will be replaced by two executives, who will co-lead the company, following an employee walkout over the company's handling of sexual harassment issues. According to Blizzard, Brack is stepping down and will be replaced by co-leaders Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. In the entire history of that entertainment system, there were only 785 cartridges released for the US and the Americas. How did you get into iPhone development? My first game was published in 1980.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

On the other hand, Rosenblatt is one of the biggest reasons why I think Silicon Beach is the future of the entertainment industry in the United States. He was the founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by Disney), and the co-founder of Activision and Chairman of Activision Studios (1991-1997). 13 comments. Comment help.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

He recently produced the Silicon Beach Fest along with Kevin Winston of Digital LA , and his mobile ad optimization and re-engagement company PageWoo came out of the 1st graduating class for the new Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (developed by serial entrepreneur of Activision fame, Howard Marks). On the Develop.la

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MARCH 21, 2012

We're looking to help the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Los Angeles, not just funding five or six companies at a time, but bringing in an entire, entrepreneurial community and more broadly industries such as entertainment and technology, and have them come into the space. You mention different industries.

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MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. Our builders included Jason Yim , CEO of Trigger Global; and Daniel Busby , Lead Engineer at Two Bit Circus ; with Scot Rubin , Founder of G4TV and Nitropod, to represent media and consumers.

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