Vivendi Games

Majority shareholder in Activision Blizzard nets EUR 667 million

Sierra studios face "realignment", sale or closure; high-profile titles dropped from forthcoming Activision Blizzard line-up

Drop attributed mostly to comparison with Burning Crusade launch last year

Activision Blizzard deal completes paving the way for the world's largest videogame publisher

New super-publisher will be the world's most profitable videogames publisher, says Lazard Capital

Brown accuses rivals of "stepping away from responsibility" but calls for ESA to prove membership benefits to the industry

Vivendi Games' Q1 revenue - 86.8 per cent coming from Blizzard - was down 24.1 per cent from Q1 2007

The US game publishers organisation confirms that that Activision and Vivendi have discontinued their membership

High Moon Studios won't favour movie stars over quality of finished product

The EU has concluded its inquiry, granting permission for Vivendi to merge with Activision

Publisher to rebalance its debt structure for Activision acquisition with US bonds

Vivendi has released its financial results for the full year 2007, showing a 9.7 per cent increase in revenues to EUR 21,657

Vivendi's approved loan of EUR 3.5 billion for the deals including the Activision Blizzard merger and the acquisition of telecoms company Neuf Cegetel, announced last week, has had its backing syndicate expanded.

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that subscribership for its World of Warcraft MMORPG recently passed the 10 million mark worldwide

The completion of the Activision Blizzard deal has moved a step closer with the news that Vivendi has secured funding to the tune of EUR 3.5 billion

Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, announced an agreement to bring a line-up of its mobile games to Nokia handsets via Download! and Nokia Catalogues

Vivendi announced today that Regis Turrini has been appointed senior executive vice president for strategy and development

Activision executives Robert Kotick and Brian Kelly stand to make around USD 40 million between them as a result of the deal to merge Activision with Vivendi Games, thanks to their current shareholding in the company.

Following yesterday's headline news that Activision and Vivendi have merged their games businesses to form a new company called Activision Blizzard, industry sources have indicated to <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that the deal was a surprise to all

Activision and Vivendi Games are to merge, becoming the world's largest independent videogame publisher, in a deal valued at $18.9 billion

Vivendi has reported its third fiscal quarter financial results, with revenues up by 19 per cent year on year for its Games division.

Vivendi's marketing director, George Georgiou, has been promoted to managing director of the UK operation.

Vivendi has told GamesIndustry.biz that it is working on a new videogame, to be set in the world of iconic eighties movie franchise Ghostbusters.

Vivendi has reported its earnings for the first half of fiscal 2007, showing a 10.6 per cent increase in earnings compared to the same period of the prior year

Vivendi Games has promoted Xochilt Balzola-Widmann to executive VP and general manager of its European retail division.