Vivendi Games
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Vivendi posts Q2 profits up 12%
Majority shareholder in Activision Blizzard nets EUR 667 million
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Activision cans Ghostbusters game
Sierra studios face "realignment", sale or closure; high-profile titles dropped from forthcoming Activision Blizzard line-up
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Vivendi Games H1 revenues down 11%
Drop attributed mostly to comparison with Burning Crusade launch last year
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Activision shareholders approve Vivendi merger
Activision Blizzard deal completes paving the way for the world's largest videogame publisher
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Activision Blizzard formation set for July 8
New super-publisher will be the world's most profitable videogames publisher, says Lazard Capital
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EA: Activision, Vivendi ESA exit shows "lack of leadership"
Brown accuses rivals of "stepping away from responsibility" but calls for ESA to prove membership benefits to the industry
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Vivendi Games Q1 revenue down 24.1 per cent
Vivendi Games' Q1 revenue - 86.8 per cent coming from Blizzard - was down 24.1 per cent from Q1 2007
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Activision, Vivendi discontinue ESA membership
The US game publishers organisation confirms that that Activision and Vivendi have discontinued their membership
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We don't need celebrity to sell games, says Bourne team
High Moon Studios won't favour movie stars over quality of finished product
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EU approves Vivendi merger with Activision
The EU has concluded its inquiry, granting permission for Vivendi to merge with Activision
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Vivendi to raise $1.4 billion in new bond issue
Publisher to rebalance its debt structure for Activision acquisition with US bonds
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Vivendi has released its financial results for the full year 2007, showing a 9.7 per cent increase in revenues to EUR 21,657
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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.
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World of Warcraft surpasses 10 million subscribers
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that subscribership for its World of Warcraft MMORPG recently passed the 10 million mark worldwide
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Vivendi closes finance for Activision deal
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
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Vivendi titles heading to Nokia handsets
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
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Vivendi appoints new strategy and development VP
Vivendi announced today that Regis Turrini has been appointed senior executive vice president for strategy and development
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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.
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ActiBlizz deal unexpected, say insiders
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
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Activision and Vivendi Games merge to become world's largest publisher
Activision and Vivendi Games are to merge, becoming the world's largest independent videogame publisher, in a deal valued at $18.9 billion
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Vivendi Games posts 19% Q3 revenue hike
Vivendi has reported its third fiscal quarter financial results, with revenues up by 19 per cent year on year for its Games division.
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Georgiou promoted to Vivendi UK MD
Vivendi's marketing director, George Georgiou, has been promoted to managing director of the UK operation.
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Vivendi snaps up Ghostbusters franchise
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.
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Vivendi Games earnings up 91.9 per cent
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
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Vivendi gets new Euro retail boss
Vivendi Games has promoted Xochilt Balzola-Widmann to executive VP and general manager of its European retail division.