Activision Blizzard Officially Official

Andy Chalk

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Activision Blizzard Officially Official


The Ts are dotted, the Is are crossed and the deal is done: Activision Blizzard [http://www.activisionblizzard.com/] is now official, and officially the biggest kid in the playground.

The Blizzard [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/activision_blizzard_its_offici.html?nav=rss_blog], will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision, which in turn will fall under the ownership of Vivendi SA, which now holds a 52 percent stake in the company.

The finalization of the Activision Blizzard deal means Wedbush Morgan [http://www.ea.com] analyst Michael Pachter. "This just makes the industry that much more interesting."

Despite the fact that almost nothing has been said about the new entity's plans for the future, its very existence will make things "much more interesting" indeed. For years, Electronic Arts has been the undisputed heavyweight champ. Activision, along with other companies such as Take-Two [http://www.ubi.com], were major players, but they couldn't compare with the sheer mass and muscle of the EA juggernaut. As Pachter implied, the creation of a bigger and badder competitor with a world-wide reach will give EA a new and very immediate motivation to maintain, and hopefully even improve, its game.

Activision, meanwhile, will get a front-row seat on the Blizzard Gold Train, affording it greater opportunities for the development of future projects than it has ever had in the past. The balance of power in the videogame industry has simultaneously shifted and stabilized, which will inevitably lead to increased competition and innovation as they vie for the consuming public's attention - a very good state of affairs for gamers.



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McChiken

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sammyfreak said:
*Breaks out Champange*

Viva La Revolution!

Actiblizzion would have been a better title.
Ya but I just love the fact that this is the figurative middle finger to EA
 

John Funk

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Xwii360 said:
Today is a good day, today is a very good day. Here comes the CoD and Tony Hawk MMOs....
Arthas as an unlockable character in the next Tony Hawk? Y/N
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
Now, Acti-Blizzard...make a offer to Take Two and REALLY stir the waters. ;)
Oooh, I'd really have to pop some popcorn if that happened.

-- Steve
 

needsmosleep

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I hope they dont interfere with blizzard for the sake of profits, those guys are always behind schedule prefecting games
 

Andy Chalk

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From what I understand, the deal pretty much specifies that Activision can do pretty much whatever the hell it wants with any company and property that fell under the Vivendi umbrella except Blizzard, which essentially has a free pass to do whatever the hell it wants, in perpetuity. And even if that wasn't explicitly spelled out in the paperwork, you'd have to be absolutely pants-on-head retarded to even think about messing with Blizzard in any way whatsoever.
 

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Malygris said:
From what I understand, the deal pretty much specifies that Activision can do pretty much whatever the hell it wants with any company and property that fell under the Vivendi umbrella except Blizzard, which essentially has a free pass to do whatever the hell it wants, in perpetuity. And even if that wasn't explicitly spelled out in the paperwork, you'd have to be absolutely pants-on-head retarded to even think about messing with Blizzard in any way whatsoever.
Rumor has it that Mike Morhaime has a set of Katana's in his office that come in handy whenever his boss waltzes in.
 

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Good, now EA finally has some incentive to get off its lazy arse and make some great games. That is, if they want to keep their position as top dog...