Activision
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Spike TV's 'Video Game Awards 2009' Plans Global Domination 7th Annual Event Will Be Broadcast in More Than 180 Countries and Territories Worldwide...publishers. Game companies contributing exclusive new content to the VGAs include 2K, Activision, Disney Interactive Studios, Electronic Arts, LucasArts Entertainment, Microsoft Game Studios, THQ, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Interactive... In this article: Spike TV, Halo: Reach, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Game of the Year, MTV Networks, Microsoft Game Studios, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Batman: Arkham Asylum |
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Centre Daily Times | November 06, 2009
Glu to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 17th Annual Digital Entertainment Conference
...titles Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Stranded, Super K.O. Boxing! and titles based on major brands from partners including Activision, Atari, Fox Mobile Entertainment, Harrah's, Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games,...
In this article: Glu Mobile, California, Trademark, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, Sega, Konami, Hasbro, and Atari
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Glu to Present at the Kaufman Brothers 12th Annual Investor Conference
...original titles Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Stranded and Super K.O. Boxing!, and titles based on major brands from partners including Activision, Atari, Harrah's, Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, SEGA, Sony and...
In this article: Glu Mobile, California, Trademark, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, Sega, Konami, Hasbro, and Atari
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PR Newswire: Technology | July 21, 2009
PlayFirst Surpasses 5 Million Units in Mobile Phone Game Downloads
...original titles Glyder, Bonsai Blast, Super K.O. Boxing!, Stranded and Brain Genius, and titles based on major brands from partners including Activision, Atari, Harrah's, Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, SEGA, Sony and...
In this article: PlayFirst, Chocolatier, Diner Dash, Glu Mobile, Trademark, Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue, Wedding Dash, San Mateo, and PopCap Games
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Gamespot | August 20, 2009
DS Lego Rock Band goes peripheral-free
...for portable strumming. When Activision announced Band Hero for the Nintendo DS last month, the publisher said that it would include a drum grip that snaps--one might say Lego-like--over the handheld's face. It could be considered odd,...
In this article: Lego Rock Band, Warner Bros, Backbone Entertainment, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, and Warner Bros
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Gamedaily Biz | May 29, 2009
IBG Signs With BeforetheMovie.com
...Wii and Nintendo DS and mainstream movie licensed videogames like Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Terminator Salvation, Activision's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Electronic Arts' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Ubisoft's...
In this article: Suicide, Avatar, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Terminator Salvation, Ubisoft, AOL, and Nintendo
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | October 19, 2008
The work of play - Los Angeles Times
...bring games into the mainstream. After a recent merger with the game division of French media conglomerate Vivendi, Activision has a market capitalization of about $17 billion and employs 7,700 people. That's roughly the size of Warner...
In this article: Los Angeles Times, Revenue, Call of Duty, Robert Kotick, Electronic Arts Inc., Los Angeles, and California
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Activision Inc. (ATVI) is an American video game developer and publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles. Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system. Activision is now one of the largest third party video game publishers in the world and was also the top publisher for 2007 in the United States On January 18, 2008, Activision announced they were the top US publisher in 2007, according to the NPD Group.
The company was founded by former music industry executive Jim Levy and former Atari programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. Atari's company policy at the time was not to credit game creators for their individual contributions; Levy took the approach of crediting and promoting game creators along with the games themselves. The steps taken for this included devoting a page to the developer in their instruction manuals and challenging players to send in a high score (usually as a photograph, but sometimes as a letter) in order to receive a patch. These draws helped the newly formed company attract experienced talent. Crane, Kaplan, Levy, Miller, and Whitehead received the Game Developers Choice "First Penguin" award in 2003, in recognition of this step.
- Name:
- Activision, Inc.
- Type:
- Subsidiary of Activision Blizzard
- Location:
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Founded:
- 1979
- Industry:
- Video game industry
- Products:
- Revenue:
- USD $2.9 billion (2008)
- Parent Company:
- Vivendi
- Website:
- http://www.activision.com/
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