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Activision’s Call of Duty Endowment Delivers $25,000 Grant to Swords to Plowshares
Grant will help assist veterans with job training and employment placement Inspired by the hit video game Call of Duty, the Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) announced today that it will donate $25,000 to Swords to Plowshares, to help fund their employment training programs and career placement services, which provide assistance to recently returning veterans in [...]
Continue reading...Activision to Launch Blur In-Store Demo Program Exclusively at Best Buy
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
In support of the May 25th debut of the highly-anticipated racing video game Blur, Activision Publishing, Inc. today announced the launch of a, new in-store demo program available exclusively at Best Buy. On Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30, more that 200 Best Buy locations will feature live, in-store demos of Blur. Fans can [...]
Continue reading...Activision Publishing Goes to Bat for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 With Little League World Series Baseball 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Activision Publishing, Inc. announced today that Little League® World Series Baseball 2010, this year’s entry in the acclaimed hit baseball series, will be released this July for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. This is the first time the perennially popular Little League® franchise has [...]
Continue reading...Bungie, Activision Bond for 10 Years
Sunday, May 2, 2010
This news has dramatic ramifications for the video game landscape. Partnerships when done properly can lead to interesting goodies for all the gamers out there. Bungie, the developer of blockbuster game franchises including Halo, Myth and Marathon, and Activision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the #1 online games publisher (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that [...]
Continue reading...Activision Announces First Details of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Activision Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Entertainment have released the first details of Spider-Man™: Shattered Dimensions, the newest entry of non-stop heroic action to star the iconic wall-crawler. The video game is scheduled for release in September 2010 and will allow players to travel through four different worlds as distinctly different versions of [...]
Continue reading...Activision Publishing’s How To Train Your Dragon Video Game Flies Onto Retail Shelves Today
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Activision Publishing, Inc. is bringing the ultimate dragon-training experience to kids with the release of How To Train Your Dragon™, the video game, based on the highly anticipated 3D animation feature film from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. ( DWA). Players are the ultimate dragon hero, launched into an epic quest to train the world’s fiercest creatures. [...]
Continue reading...DJ Hero Ranks as Highest Grossing New IP in the U.S. and Europe for Calendar 2009
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced today that DJ Hero™ was the #1 new intellectual property by revenue in the U.S. and Europe for calendar 2009, according to The NPD Group. The video game has garnered critical acclaim, securing more than 15 Best Music Game Awards in the U.S. alone and was featured in more than [...]
Continue reading...Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle Now Available
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Fans of one of the most-popular online multiplayer video games ever can now get the entire collection of Call of Duty: World at War downloadable maps in one shot with the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle. Available starting today in North America on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video [...]
Continue reading...Call of Duty Franchise Surpasses $3 Billion in Retail Sales Worldwide
Monday, November 30, 2009
Activision Blizzard, Inc. announced today that the Call of Duty® video game franchise has surpassed $3 billion in retail sales worldwide, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack, GfK and internal Activision estimates. Since its first release, the award-winning Call of Duty franchise has sold in excess of 55 million units worldwide. The latest title in the [...]
Continue reading...Activision Blizzard’s Surprising Second Quarter
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter 2009. For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, Activision Blizzard’s GAAP net revenues were $1,038 million, and its non-GAAP net revenues were $801 million. The company’s prior GAAP net revenue outlook for the quarter was $1 billion. On a non-GAAP basis, the company’s net [...]
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
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