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Blizzard Buys Activision

Mon Dec 3, 2007 6:30:27 AM #45685 Perm Link

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»Blizzard Buys Activision

Actually, VU Games (those bastards) bought Activision. The new company will be called Activision Blizzard. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7123582.stm">Most people will be hoping that Activision stays away from the Blizzard games</a>. Blizzard is known for quality. It was unfortunate when VU Games bought a stake in them considering they (VU Games) suck hard.

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he merged business will be called Activision Blizzard and its chief executive will be Activision's current CEO Bobby Kotick. Vivendi will be the biggest shareholder in the group. Jean-Bernard Levy, Vivendi chief executive, said: "This alliance is a major strategic step for Vivendi and is another illustration of our drive to extend our presence in the entertainment sector. "By combining Vivendi's games business with Activision, we are creating a worldwide leader in a high-growth industry."

And as game companies get bigger, they start sucking more and more. Take EA for example. Their games were good until they started pushing all this EA Tracks BS and other nonsense into their games.

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Tue Dec 4, 2007 9:04:43 PM #45843 Perm Link

The difference, of course, was that EA started sucking on a major scale way before they became the Microsoft of video games; and Activision is still pretty awesome. However, from what I've surmised, this merger was more so Vivendi could latch onto the Activision name and retail friendliness. Activision won't have input into VU, and vice versa.

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Tue Dec 4, 2007 9:07:47 PM #45845 Perm Link

Perhaps we'll be seeing a World of Tony Hawk-craft sometime soon?

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Tue Dec 4, 2007 9:14:15 PM #45847 Perm Link

Lamest. Joke. Ever.
I preferred World of Guitarcraft.

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Wed Dec 5, 2007 8:04:55 AM #45884 Perm Link

I don't think this is a good thing at all. Gaming companies are seriously lacking creativity lately. There needs to be more smaller companies with less time constraints and strangleholds on creativity.

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