Activision Blizzard (Page 46)

The value of both Activision and Vivendi's stock increased during the first day of trading following the announcement of a merger between the two companies

The simExchange analyst Jesse Divnich, commenting upon the Activision/Vivendi merger, thinks that acquisitions by media conglomerates have a negative effect on creativity and orginality

US analysts have raised their price targets on Activision in response to news that the company is merging with Vivendi Games

A fact sheet on the newly-live Activision Blizzard web site seems to have announced the forthcoming release of Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero IV - both titles that have previously not been mentioned.

Piers Harding-Rolls, senior games analyst at Screen Digest, has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that the Activision Blizzard merger is a sound one, and could lead to more deals in the future, providing they make good business sense.