Activision
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Can the Fab Four reverse the slide in music games?...impact on sales of recorded music. Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Activision's "Guitar Hero" business, says that a song that makes it onto one of his games will see its catalogue sales grow by 50 percent. Rob Levine, executive editor of... In this article: Rock Band, The Beatles, NPD Group Inc., Activision, Apple Inc., and Revenue |
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Stuff | June 22, 2009
Tween girls growing target for game makers
Music games were also big at this year's E3, with the latest versions of Rockband featuring The Beatles and Lego characters, and Activision showing off a game called DJ Hero, where you get to be the DJ spinning the discs at the party. At...
In this article: Ringo Starr, E3, Rockband, The Beatles, DJ Hero, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Music games, Brain Age, and WiiFit
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I4U News | June 01, 2009
Jay-Z and Eminem Offer Music for DJ Hero Game
...bit of their luster of late, but the genre is still very popular with gamers. Activision is getting ready to launch its next music game on the market called DJ Hero. The game will allow DJ and hip-hop fans to use a turntable style controller...
In this article: DJ Hero, Eminem, Jay-Z, Guitar Hero, R&B, E3, and Music games
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NewsFeed Researcher Digests - Science/Technology | March 14, 2009
Is the Beatles Rock Band game too late?
[12] Music games are becoming very important these days and although the two companies that currently hold the genre in their clutches, Activision and Harmonix, are both very popular, they will soon release customized versions of their Guitar...
In this article: The Beatles: Rock Band, The Beatles, Rock Band, MTV Games, Apple Corps, Wii, Paul McCartney, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Ringo Starr
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Boston Globe -- Business | July 17, 2008
Game for anything at industry summit
...with years past. Music games were big. Activision, makers of the Guitar Hero franchise, pulled out of E3 this year, but Cambridge-based Harmonix Music Systems Inc. rolled out Rock Band 2. And Nintendo announced a game called Wii Music.
In this article: E3, E-mail, Spore, Guitar Hero, Wii Music, Rock Band 2, Interplay, Nintendo, Square Enix, and Electronic Arts Inc.
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Joystiq | January 15, 2009
Guitar Hero: Metallica rocks out March 29 for NA, May elsewhere
...will work with this just as it does GHWT. I used to be a huge Metallica fan, but with that said, I will not be picking this up because I'm sick and tired of Activision's bullshit SKU system. Music games as platforms FTW. i've just...
In this article: Metallica, Guitar Hero: Metallica, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Wii, Queen, Alice in Chains, Stone Cold Crazy, Music games, and No Excuses
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Sunday Mirror | July 23, 2009
Techie Breakie: Apple tablet, 3D camera confirmed
...downloads launched in the East. Music game sales aren't looking so good however, with word that Rock Band and Guitar Hero revenues are plummeting but Activision doesn't see Modern Warfare 2 going that way. It's priced it at an outrageous...
In this article: Revenue, Modern Warfare 2, Music game, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Nokia
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canada.com | March 18, 2009
Ho-ho-hot video games
...2/3; $49.99 TO $199.99, DEPENDING ON PLATFORM AND INSTRUMENT BUNDLE; RATED TEEN) Music games are all the rage and for good reason: they're a blast to play solo or with a group of friends, you get to hear music you grew up with (or be...
In this article: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Guitar Hero World Tour, Spore, Gears of War 2, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Rock Band 2, and Music games
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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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