Blizzard Entertainment
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Guitar Hero, Call of Duty franchises lead Activision's 'better-than-expected' Q3 2009...response to Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero 5, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises, as well as Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft." In fact, the CEO called Guitar Hero the year's "#1... In this article: Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Activision, Wii, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Revenue, North America, Europe, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
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Gamespot | October 05, 2009
'Call of Duty' trademarked for films
...Modern Warfare 2 trailer inside. In May, outspoken Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told The Hollywood Reporter his company was toying with the idea of a reality TV show based on its Guitar Hero series. The same article quoted an...
In this article: Call of Duty, Activision, Modern Warfare 2, US Patent & Trademark Office, Guitar Hero series, Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, White House, Washington, DC, and US
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Kotaku | November 05, 2009
Guitar Hero, WoW & World At War Give Activision Better Than Expected Q3 [Business]
...of Warcraft." The company also claimed that in September " sales of music games in the U.S. increased 72% in dollars year over year, which demonstrates the sustained interest in this new and important game category." So, nothing to worry...
In this article: Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard, Activision, Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty, and U.S.
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Gamespot | September 14, 2009
Activision games to bypass consoles
...of making video games." During a 45-minute presentation today at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick covered a substantial amount of ground. For one, the executive...
In this article: Robert Kotick, Activision, Guitar Hero, Balance sheet, Call of Duty: World at War, Blizzard, Facebook, and San Francisco
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Fool.com: The Motley Fool | November 04, 2009
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...will strike a chord with shoppers this holiday season, while new titles, additional revenue opportunities, merger boons, and Blizzard's superior margins will set the newly combined company on the path to a fast-swelling bottom line."
In this article: Activision, S&P 500, Blizzard, Wall Street, Revenue, Tony Hawk series, Guitar Hero, and Call of Duty
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 03, 2007
Vivendi, Activision Join to Create Games Giant
...Blizzard, that will boast two of the most popular computer games as part of its catalog: Activision's console-based Guitar Hero and Blizzard's massive multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft. Other Activision titles...
In this article: Vivendi, Activision, Activision Blizzard, Revenue, Blizzard, Pro forma, Tony Hawk series, Guitar Hero, Diablo, and Call of Duty
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Description from Wikipedia:
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded in February 1991 under the name Sillicon & Synapse by three graduates of UCLA, Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. Based in Irvine, California, the company originally concentrated primarily of the creation of game ports for other studios before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with the development of games like Rock N' Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In 1994 the company became Blizzard Entertainment Inc before being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.
Blizzard went on to create several successful PC games, including the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo series, and the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
Blizzard Entertainment offers events to meet players and to announce games, the BlizzCon in California, United States, and the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in other countries.
- Name:
- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
- Location:
- Irvine, California, USA.
- Founded:
- 1991 (as Silicon & Synapse)
- Industry:
- Video games
- Key People:
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- Frank Pearce (vice president and co-founder)
- Michael Morhaime (president and co-founder)
- Chris Metzen (vice president of Creative Development)
- Rob Pardo (vice president)
- Products:
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- Warcraft series
- Diablo series
- StarCraft series
- Revenue:
- $1.1 Billion
- Motto:
- N/A
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