Activision Blizzard

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Full name: Activision Blizzard
Established: 3Dec2007

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Activision: Multi-Player to Defeat Used Games Market

That's why single-player is so short.
19 Nov 2009

Soap Actor Hints Modern Warfare Movie

Jaws drop and eyes pop
19 Nov 2009

Activision's Sledgehammer to the Gaming World

Activision's New Studio Gets Visceral Leaders
18 Nov 2009

Activision: Modern Warfare 2 No Russian Withdrawal

Activision firefights rumour
17 Nov 2009

UK Game Charts: Modern Warfare Slaughters Innocent Competition

Bundles of joy for Pure and Lego Batman
16 Nov 2009

Activision: Core Gamers Demand to 'Pay Up' for Additional Content

Call of Duty to get monetized
13 Nov 2009

Cultural Phenomena Fight! Modern Warfare 2 vs Halo vs Super Smash Bros Brawl

More marketing nonsense than you can shake a stick at.
12 Nov 2009

Modern Warfare 2 in Pachter Bicker Slaughter Fest

Did sell. Didn't sell.
12 Nov 2009

A $20million Day for Bobby Kotick

Share sales galore make for a happy CEO.
12 Nov 2009

Deadline Day: Sign-Up for Battlenet or Stop Playing World of Warcraft

Today's the day
11 Nov 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Crunches GTA IV's Record

Crunches a week's record in a day
11 Nov 2009

Budget Battle: Modern Warfare 2 Drops to £26

Less than half the RRP
09 Nov 2009

Online Retailers Have Steamy Boycott of Modern Warfare 2

Not happy about 'trojan horse' software
06 Nov 2009

Activision Made as Much from Wii as PS3

Warcraft is where the love is
06 Nov 2009

Activison Exploring Legals in Hit Back at No Doubt

Not taking it sitting down
05 Nov 2009

More Rock Stars Suing Activision

Game turns rockers into virtual karaoke stars
05 Nov 2009

Actvision Doesn't Understand Price Controversy

Special edition's are to look after the biggest fans.
04 Nov 2009

Chinese Govt Kills World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade

Government turf war blamed
04 Nov 2009

Infinity Ward: MW2 Hype Not Distracting

They must be the only ones then.
03 Nov 2009

Activision: Modern Warfare 2 Civillian Slaughter Does Not Reflect Game Play

Videos removed from the Internet
29 Oct 2009

Third-Person Play Confirmed for Modern Warfare 2

Everybody is third-person.
27 Oct 2009

Censors to Certify iPhone Games

Has a monster task ahead of itself if it does.
22 Oct 2009

Modern Warfare 2: London Square Launch

Biggest Male Artists of 2009 to be there.
21 Oct 2009

US Charts: Halo 3 ODST Teabags the Competition

Wii Sports Resort can't touch it.
20 Oct 2009

Beatles Rock Band Outsells Guitar Hero in USA

Will the analysts be right?
20 Oct 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Contains Strong Bloody Violence

Yes, really... a war game.
19 Oct 2009

Analysts: Guitar Hero to Outsell Beatles Game at Xmas

When analysts attack
19 Oct 2009

Infinity Ward: Diplomatic on Bobby Kotick 'Replacement'

Plus PC version not delayed
16 Oct 2009

China Bans Foreigners from Owning Online Games

World of Warcraft could be hit again as joint ventures are also prohibited.
12 Oct 2009

Activision's Modern Warfare 2 Price Justification

Pricey games are worth it
05 Oct 2009

Call of Duty - The Movie is On

Surprised?
05 Oct 2009

No Modern Warfare 2 DLC Development Yet

Not until the game is done and dusted.
02 Oct 2009

Microsoft: We'll Rule Call of Duty Sales

Not own them though.
28 Sep 2009

Chinese Warcraft Competitor: One Billion Dollar Funding Offer

No recession worries in China
25 Sep 2009

Swastika Forces Wolfenstein Withdrawal

One small one slips through
23 Sep 2009

Mulitplayer to Blame as Activision's Blur Slips

Warns investors to be cagey.
21 Sep 2009

Guitar Hero Boss to Retail: Stop Selling Poor Rival Products

Possibly not the most
18 Sep 2009

Bon Jovi Passed on Guitar Hero

Can understand the Cobain furore
17 Sep 2009

Pow! 250Gb Modern Warfare Xbox 360 = $399

Microsoft getting revved up or COD release
16 Sep 2009

Activision: Guitar Hero Turns $50 into $500

Huge margins
15 Sep 2009

UK Game Charts: Guitar Hero vs Beatles

And Colin McRae motors in...
14 Sep 2009

Daft Punk for DJ Hero

Let's hope they read the contract
11 Sep 2009

Nirvana Members Urge Activision to Re-lock Kurt Cobain

Caveat emptor?
11 Sep 2009

Courtney Love: Kurt Would Have Loathed Guitar Hero

She's threatening to sue Activision - Cobain's avatar made her want to vomit
10 Sep 2009

Blizzard Chief: Starcraft a 'Short Session Game'

In short, World of Warcraft is not going away
01 Sep 2009

Kurt Cobain to Blow Away Guitar Hero Fans

Essentially, Nirvana songs to appear in video game
28 Aug 2009

No Modern Warfare Multiplayer Vehicles Ever

Never say never though.
26 Aug 2009

Guitar Hero 5 Arrives After The Beatles

Hits on September 11th.
26 Aug 2009

Video: People in Tony Hawk Ride Praise It

Feel the excitement... it's almost religious.
24 Aug 2009

UK Games Charts: Wolfenstein Shoots Short

Wii Sports Resort sits pretty
24 Aug 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Runs Out in UK

Petitions and moaning give way to purchasing
21 Aug 2009

USA to Get Bizarre Creation's Blur Ahead of Europe

So much for made in Liverpool.
20 Aug 2009

Blizzard: Natal as Imprecise as Wii

Controller has problems 'doing things'
17 Aug 2009

Activision's Kotick Makes $22 Million in Two Days

That's how me makes the big bucks
17 Aug 2009

Tony Hawk to Show Off Board-Controller in Cologne

Expect words like 'awesome' to explode
13 Aug 2009

Activision vs EA vs Take Two: CEO Earnings Check

Who gets the big bucks - and why does Take Two's Feder only earn one dollar?
11 Aug 2009

Activision Settles Lawsuit: Brutal Legend Lives

Game on for October release
07 Aug 2009

Xbox 360 to Pull Ahead of PS3 at Xmas

PS3 Slim and price cuts not affecting Activision's outlook
06 Aug 2009

Activision's Kotick: I'd Raise Game Prices Even More

Bobby wants MORE
06 Aug 2009

Starcraft 2 Delay Hasn't Hurt Activision

Going from strength to strength
06 Aug 2009

Modern Warfare Mobilised for Nintendo Confirmed

Or is it Call of Duty Modern Warfare
03 Aug 2009

Star Wars Force Unleashed Tatooine DLC Dates

It's not your father though
25 Jul 2009

Brutal Legend Developer Counter-Sues Guitar Hero

Plus: new video!
24 Jul 2009

Activison: Nintendo DSi hasn't Sold Enough

Drum Grip going to "primary DS Platform"
24 Jul 2009

Band Hero DS Confirmed, Drum Revealed

Pics right here!
23 Jul 2009

Sam Raimi Lands World of Warcraft Flick

Plus: a list of producers longer than a giraffe's arm
22 Jul 2009

Now Tony Hawk Board is a 'New Generation' Controller

This is becoming a little like controller-waving
16 Jul 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the DLC

Apparently it's a growing community...
15 Jul 2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Prestige Priced

Also multiplayer for downloadable Call
15 Jul 2009

World of Warcraft to Battle Chinese Investigation?

Not so free enterprise since the Olympics
14 Jul 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Special Editions - No Call of Duty in Sight

You do get night vision goggles though
14 Jul 2009

Electronic Arts' Bioware at Activision: Don't Poke Fun at Sony

Time to grow up Activision
13 Jul 2009

Rocktastic Stats! 28% of Guitar Hero 5 Tracks Revealed

Band of Horses, Kings of Leon, 22 more...
10 Jul 2009

Modern Warfare Bumps Singularity

Excitement galore
09 Jul 2009

PlayStation Bust-Up: Sony Putting Pressure on Activision

Still no price cuts though
08 Jul 2009

In-Game Tweet for World of Warcraft

Even more reason never to leave the house
03 Jul 2009

Sports Fans: Activision to Take on Take 2, Konami and EA

Oh... more sports games.
02 Jul 2009

NPD: Electronic Arts beats Activision - Soccer beats Basketball

Strange stats galore...
01 Jul 2009

WoW! Chinese Government Bans Gold Farming

Level that up!
30 Jun 2009

The Madness of Modern Warfare 2 Branding

Awareness, or how to make money with idiots
25 Jun 2009

Blizzard: Console MMOs for Next Generation

Also, Microsoft showed some ideas
24 Jun 2009

Activision Dev's Board is New 'Platform'

So, Bobby Kotick might not have to worry
22 Jun 2009

Sony Responds to Activision Threat

Not much to say
19 Jun 2009

DJ Hero Soundtrack is All Brand New Mashups

Album release to follow?
16 Jun 2009

Jay-Z and Eminem: Video Gaming Schizzle!

Not keeping it entirely real...
01 Jun 2009

StarCraft II to Fly Pre-2010

Beta coming soon
01 Jun 2009

Millions of New CoD4 Users Appear

Stats ahoy!
26 May 2009

Video: New Modern Warfare 2 Snippet!

See it here
22 May 2009

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Deadpool Spotlight

New video here
20 May 2009

UK - Tony Hawk: Ride Xbox 360 Exclusive

UK PS3 and Wii owners get excluded
20 May 2009

Wolfenstein 3D Confirmed for XBLA

Double-old school FPS inbound
15 May 2009

Tony Hawk Attacking Skate with Peripheral

Next Hawk game finally announced
15 May 2009

Animator Leaks Call of Duty 7 Dev Confirmation

LinkedIn profile spills beans
14 May 2009

New Tony Hawk Game Reveal is Friday

Prize-Winning CorporateBS on radar.
12 May 2009

Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty for Media Breakout?

TV show and movies may be in the works
08 May 2009

Bizarre Creations: Blur is Call of Duty for Racers

Tony Hawk too!
08 May 2009

Activision Blizzard's Big CoD and Guitar Hero Numbers

Billions and millions!
08 May 2009

Guitar Hero News Avalanche!

The Autumn line-up revealed
07 May 2009

Pay $40 for BlizzCon... Pay Per View

Ticket release dates announced
06 May 2009

New Chairman for Activision

Does Bobby Kotick need to look out?
05 May 2009

The UK Games Charts: Wolverine Not that Fit

Nintendo takes another week at the top
05 May 2009

Vivendi Deal Gets Activision Sued by Valve

Pass it on
01 May 2009

Singularity: Environmentally Sound Video

Don't screw around with time!
29 Apr 2009

Video Stokes iPhone World of Warcraft Rumour

And company's website is down
27 Apr 2009

Court Refuses to Restrain Activision

No grounds for DJ complaint
17 Apr 2009

Activision Bucks Trend as China Looms

Someone out there is making money!
16 Apr 2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Pops a Video

See it here!
08 Apr 2009

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Iron Fist Comes Down

New video and screens!
06 Apr 2009

Call of Duty: World at War Maps a Million

Activision crows its success
01 Apr 2009

Confirmed: Modern Warfare 2 Worldwide Release Date

Coming not-that-soon...
26 Mar 2009

EA, THQ, Activision Back New Video Game Console

New video game console aims to bring gaming to the poor
24 Mar 2009

DJ Hero Platforms Revealed

Teaser site launched
24 Mar 2009

Outrage at Dog Killing in CoD: World at War

100 students miss the point
23 Mar 2009

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Slips

No more May release
17 Mar 2009

Activision: Wii Was Second Class

Plus: another call for price cuts
10 Mar 2009

Activision Blizzard and LucasArts Renew Vows

Distribution deal re-signed
06 Mar 2009

Who Next for Activision?

Activision Blizzard midway to more deals?
05 Mar 2009

EA: Activison Like a Husband Who Abandoned Family

Brutal Legend saga gets brutal.
16 Feb 2009

EA Skates Back Into The UK Game Charts

But guess what's still at Number 1...
27 Jan 2009

Resistance Action Figures Revealed!

Plus: Prototype comic listed for April
20 Jan 2009

Tony Hawk Dev Remains Secret

Who will replace Neversoft?
14 Jan 2009

Activision Chief: Games Will Rule All

One form of entertainment to rule them all!
12 Jan 2009

Confirmed: Neversoft Off Tony Hawk

Did it jump or was it pushed?
12 Jan 2009

Beware: 'CoD5' Beta Fakery!

Inaccurate spammers outed
12 Jan 2009

UK Game Charts: 2009 Kicks Off

What sees in 2009 at Number 1?
06 Jan 2009

World of Warcraft Army Tops 11 Million

Blizzard feels good this Christmas
24 Dec 2008

UK Game Charts: One Week to Go

Before the 'coveted' Xmas Number 1!
16 Dec 2008

Woolworths' Collapse: Potential Tidal Wave

Stock effectively "stolen"
12 Dec 2008

World of Warcraft Sex Change Broken

New service launches a bit wrong
11 Dec 2008

UK Video Game Charts: Duty Calls

Nintendo shows well
09 Dec 2008

Activision Balance Board for Hawk?

Activision teases with new Tony Hawk game
04 Dec 2008

Call of Duty Changes Tactics

New war not same as old war
04 Dec 2008

Guitar Hero 5 Trumpeted

Massive line-up from ActiBlizz
04 Dec 2008

UK Game Charts: Xmas Number 1 Already?

Where's Rock Band 2?
02 Dec 2008

The UK Games Charts: Call of Duty Takes on All Comers

Tomb Raider and Need for Speed fail to take the top
25 Nov 2008

World of Warcraft Addiction: How The Sun Got It Wrong

Unsexy lies and videogames
18 Nov 2008

The UK Video Game Charts: Call of Duty in a World of Warcraft

What happened to LittleBigPlanet?
18 Nov 2008

Hendrix Offed for Guitar Hero World Tour Wii DLC

Fussy licensing gets in the way
17 Nov 2008

New Blizzard MMO not Coming to Console

But there will be a new MMO from Warcraft maker
13 Nov 2008

Who is NOT Banning Gamers Now?

Everyone getting on the banned-wagon?
12 Nov 2008

World of Warcraft: Lich King Launch Newslaught

Can Blizzard WoW Lotro?
11 Nov 2008

Ubisoft Gets Massive and a World in Conflict

Who is next in line?
11 Nov 2008

Atari Confirms Dan Aykroyd's Leak

Who you gonna call? Not Sierra. Yes, Phil Harrison.
07 Nov 2008

Activision Blizzard: What Makes its Money?

Activision or Blizzard?
06 Nov 2008

James Bond: Hollywood, Addiction, Ethics and Video Games

It's just a business
06 Nov 2008

Call of Duty Xbox 360 Beta Open to All

Well, all Xbox 360 owners
05 Nov 2008

MTV's Beatles Deal due to Activision Attitude

Music industry not happy....
04 Nov 2008

Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant Arrives

Activision ships game
31 Oct 2008

World of Warcraft London Lich King Midnight Opening

Cos-play mayhem for Londoners.
30 Oct 2008

Friends and Invites for PC Call of Duty: WW Beta

Complex yet simple
22 Oct 2008

Spider-Man Video Action - Maybe a BIT emo

New video right here
13 Oct 2008

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Firmly Dated

Coming real soon...
13 Oct 2008

The UK Charts: FIFA 09 Kicks Off

FIFA-Fo-Fum! EA Giant climbs chart beanstalk
07 Oct 2008

Blizzard Bags £3 million Over World of Warcraft Bots

MDY Industries loses out over offering an easy ride
01 Oct 2008

UK Video Game Top 10: Pure Joy Forces its Way In

EA loses its footing
30 Sep 2008

Star Wars: Lightsaber Duels Release Date Confirmed

Plus: loads more dates for your calendar
23 Sep 2008

Official UK Video Game Charts: Star Wars and the Apocalypse

Activision scores a blinder
22 Sep 2008

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Busty Black Cat Vid

New screens!
22 Sep 2008

Activision: We Won't Ship Enough Guitar Hero World Tour

Plus: great big guitar game news blow-out
19 Sep 2008

DJ Hero Turntables Heat Up

More weight thrown behind rumours
18 Sep 2008

How World of Warcraft Makes the Huge Bucks

And we don't mean winsome deer-like creatures
18 Sep 2008

Call of Duty News Explosion

Online play to be monetised
16 Sep 2008

Activision: Racing Genre "Under-Penetrated"

Activision to lead the way
16 Sep 2008

The UK Charts: Hugo Chavez Beats Off Tiger Woods?

It's all-out war at the top.
16 Sep 2008

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Dated

Coming real soon...
15 Sep 2008

Guitar Hero World Tour's 15.5% Rock Band 2 Crossover

Looks kind of like the Rock Band 2 set list...
15 Sep 2008

Activision's New Music Game in Development

Guitar Hero Localizers bought
12 Sep 2008

Guitar Hero World Tour: Motorhead Move

Without a zimmer frame!
04 Sep 2008

UPDATED: Gibson Replacements Revealed for Guitar Hero World Tour

Still no branding for the guitars
27 Aug 2008

The Charts: Mario Races Wii Fit

The Olympics help SEGA out
19 Aug 2008

World of Warcraft Gamer Wins Gold Digging Court Case

Account returned after gold farming closure
14 Aug 2008

Warners: Shutting Doors on Guitar Hero and Rock Band Tracks?

Warner Music CEO calls video game licensing fees 'paltry'
07 Aug 2008

World of Warcraft Wants Your Mates

New mount on offer
06 Aug 2008

Would EA Buy Valve?

Half Life software house happy to discuss acquisition
05 Aug 2008

Wolfenstein: Nazis Gonna Get Ya...

New video!
01 Aug 2008

Conspiracy Born as Vivendi Gives Up Ludlum Video Game Rights?

Bourne to be sold
30 Jul 2008

Team17: Business as Usual Following Vivendi Cull

No negative impact on business
29 Jul 2008

Activision Blizzard Starts Game and People Culls

High profile games and studios cut
29 Jul 2008

EA Wanted To Buy World of Warcraft

Riccitiello postures in face of Activision Blizzard merger
18 Jul 2008

Activision Blizzard to Cut Jobs

"All-star team" being put together
17 Jul 2008

The Charts: Wii Fit Gets in a Brawl

Nintendo proves its self-improvement title has stamina
15 Jul 2008

Take-Two Courted by New Suitor?

Plus: iTunes-like service in the works?
11 Jul 2008

Activision's Kotick: How to Innovate - Use Old Stuff

Activision Blizzard on the cutting edge of safety?
11 Jul 2008

James Bond: A Quantum of Screen Shots

Activision dishes up the facts
11 Jul 2008

Konami Launches Rock Band Lawsuit

Patents infringed?
11 Jul 2008

Activision Only on Holiday from ESA

It's not you, it's me
10 Jul 2008

Official: Activision Blizzard Lives!

Deal now closed
10 Jul 2008

Stateside Activision Stockholders Agree Vivendi Deal

Just in time for E3
09 Jul 2008

Activision Judge Quotes Warcraft in Ruling

He's down with the Guilds.
03 Jul 2008

Activision's Shareholder Revolt is Crushed

Full steam ahead
03 Jul 2008

Activision and Vivendi's ActiBlizzard Mega-Company Lives!

Watch out EA
16 Apr 2008

Activision Blizzard Nearly a Reality

EU set to rule soon
09 Apr 2008

It's A World of WarCraft Christmas: Screens

Somewhere some religious fundamentalist's head is exploding.
10 Dec 2007

Electronic Arts vs Activision Blizzard: Fight! Fight! Fight!

Electronic Arts kicks off the bitch-slapping
04 Dec 2007
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