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Vivendi and Activision merge nears completion as Delaware Court denies preliminary injunction

by Matt Warner (Jul 3rd 2008 9:00PM)

It's a hectic summer over at Blizzard HQ. Inundating the masses with Wrath of the Lich King across the pond at the World Wide Invitational, announcing Diablo 3 on top of that, and battling it out in the courts against the kingpin responsible for World of Warcraft's bot brigade. Aside from all ...

Where the Activision Blizzard merger stands

by Matt Warner (Jun 11th 2008 8:30PM)

Shock and awe hit the gaming industry on December 2, 2007, on that morning two giants announced a deal worth 18.8 billion dollars. Activision and Vivendi Games are to merge, a monstrosity in the making set to rival Electronic Arts for the throne to the word's biggest and most profitable force in ...

Blizzard rolled into Activision Blizzard mega-publisher [Updated]

by Chris Chester (Dec 2nd 2007 12:20PM)

In a HUGE news story that we were quite unprepared to have fall into our laps on a lazy Sunday morning, it's been announced that Activision and Vivendi Games have signed a major agreement to the tune of $18.8 billion, that will see the two mega-publishing houses rolled into a company to be known as ...