Activision

...the company has remained profitable despite a 12% drop in industrywide U.S. game sales in the first nine months of the year, according to NPD Group Inc. But the main event for Activision is just ahead. Next week, the company is set to release...

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...to vote with their time, industry executives say. "Hours consumed is not a financial metric, but our research shows it is at an all-time high," Activision CEO Robert Kotick says. This month, Activision posted a third-quarter profit of...

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Activision posts 3Q profit, backs 2009 outlook NEW YORK -- It's been a rough year for the video game industry, but Activision Blizzard Inc. reported a profit for its third quarter because of lower costs and a good response for games such as...

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...Blizzard, in July 2008). Yet thanks to a slew of popular game franchises-Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty among them-the company has fared better than its rivals, gaining market share around the world. And some analysts say the...

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...for 2010 are far too low," wrote Heath Terry of FBR Capital Markets. Sentiment on Activision remains positive, with all but one analyst rating the stock a buy. Price targets range from $11 to $18, with the median set at $15. The...

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...in games other than Blizzard's behemoth World of Warcraft. Speaking at the BMO Capital Markets Conference this past week, another Activision exec - CFO Thomas Tippl - was tasked with the question of whether or not WoW's "successful online...

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...materialize," he told Reuters. Kotick's fears aside, Activision is sticking by its full calendar year earnings guidance of $4.05 billion in net revenues and $0.26 earnings per diluted share of $0.26. It did warn, however, that figure was...

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...upwards of $1,000 in the secondary market for the right to have their World of Warcraft character ride a digital translucent Tiger in the game," he wrote. Shares of Activision rose 52 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $11.38 in morning trading.

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...years. The company recently acquired Vivendi's Blizzard, which augments its existing stable of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero -- the No. 1 and No. 2 console games, respectively -- with World of Warcraft's 11 million online subscribers. David...

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