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Activision and Vivendi Games merge to become world's largest publisher

Activision and Vivendi Games are to merge, becoming the world's largest independent videogame publisher, in a deal valued at $18.9 billion

Dec. 2, 2007 Matt Martin

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Stock Report: November 30

Following last week's general market decline, the subsequent optimism surrounding strong retail performances in both the US and Japan have seen gaming shares fare rather better across the board.

Nov. 30, 2007 Phil Elliott

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Kotick: Consoles should hit $199 in 2 years

Activision chairman and CEO Robert Kotick has told a conference in New York that he believes all of the next-generation consoles need to drop in price to USD 199 at some point within the next two years.

Nov. 28, 2007 Phil Elliott

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Activision leads tech sector after raising guidance

Activision led the tech sector in today's US stock market, with shares up more than 13 per cent following an announcement that it was raising its financial guidance

Nov. 27, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Activision raises outlook on record results

Activision Inc has announced that it is raising its financial outlook for its fiscal third quarter, ending December 31, and for the financial year as a whole.

Nov. 27, 2007 Phil Elliott

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Spainish/German charts: Assassin's Creed strong

The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed have charted in both Spain and Germany according to weekly sales data released by Media-Control GfK International

Nov. 26, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Guitar Hero III prompts digital music sales

Guitar Hero III is apparently having a positive effect on digital music sales, as players of the game buy the music tracks they rock to in-game.

Nov. 22, 2007 Phil Elliott

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Romantics sue Activision over Guitar Hero

Billboard is reporting that the members of the band The Romantics have filed a lawsuit against Activision over Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

Nov. 21, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Call of Duty 4 storms German, Spanish charts

The latest videogame sales data released for Germany and Spain shows Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare making a strong debut

Nov. 19, 2007 Mark Androvich

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US videogame sales up 73 per cent in October

US videogame hardware and software sales increased 73 per cent in October according to NPD sales data

Nov. 16, 2007 Mark Androvich

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US October sales up 50%, predicts Pachter

Ahead of the release of US videogame software sales data for October, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter is predicting a 50 per cent increase from the same period last year

Nov. 12, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Guitar Hero III boosts US record sales

There are early indications that Guitar Hero III has had a significant impact on record sales for bands featured in the game.

Nov. 12, 2007 Oli Welsh

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Activision commits to revitalising Bond franchise

Activision has said it is committed to revitalising the James Bond brand - "one of the greatest videogame franchises of all time" - while revealing it has two projects based on the license in development.

Nov. 7, 2007 Matt Martin

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Activision Q2 revenues up 69 per cent

Activision has announced financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007, with a 69 per cent in net revenues

Nov. 5, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Grange to lead Activision's Euro PR team

Activision has made two major appointments in its marketing and PR departments, poaching Microsoft's current head of UK PR to lead its European team.

Nov. 2, 2007 Matt Martin

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Activition partners with Audiokinetic

Activision has announced an agreement with Audiokinetic to integrate the WaveWorks Interactive Sound Engine into select titles across the company's global development studios

Oct. 25, 2007 Mark Androvich

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iTunes essentials: Guitar Hero

Activision has announced that a series of compilations featuring music from the Guitar Hero franchise will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store

Oct. 23, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Activision backs anti-bullying site with Spider-Man release

Activision is supporting the UK's anti-bullying resource bullying.co.uk with the release of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe.

Oct. 22, 2007 Matt Martin

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Activision hosts skateboarding exhibition

Activision has announced the launch of The Art of Skateboarding, a photography exhibition featuring the work of fashion photographer Tony Taglianetti.

Oct. 18, 2007 Phil Elliott

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Activision backs RED distribution

Activision has inked a deal with Protexis to digitally distribute PC titles to online retailers in the US

Oct. 10, 2007 Matt Martin

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Citi Investment Research to cover videogame software sector

Citi Investment Research, comprised of 390 analysts across 22 countries, has begun coverage of the videogame software sector

Oct. 9, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Kotick details Activision's acquisition criteria

In an interview with The Financial Times, CEO Robert Kotick discusses Activision's criteria for acquisitions

Oct. 8, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Acquisition allows us to concentrate purely on games, says Bizarre

Bizarre Creations has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that it can get on with creating games without having to worry about business pressures thanks to its recent acquisition by Activision.

Sept. 28, 2007 Matt Martin

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New racing IP for Activison, suggests analyst

Responding to Activision's acquisition of Bizarre Creations, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter thinks that the developer could create a new multiplatform racing IP

Sept. 26, 2007 Mark Androvich

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Guitar Hero II song packs go multi-platinum on Xbox Live

Activision has sold over 650,000 song packs for Guitar Hero II over Xbox Live, totalling 2 million individual tracks — the equivalent of multi-platinum sales in record industry terms.

Sept. 11, 2007 Matt Martin