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BBC NEWS | Technology | Video game giants in $18bn merger
[QUOTE]The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry.
Activision and Blizzard have said they will form "the world's most profitable games business" in a deal worth $18.8bn (
Oh wow!
More addicting games for the people!
hold on, when did spider man and x-men become popular next gen games?
Don't know, Spiderman 3 was okay, X-men Legends aswell, although i prefered Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Sourcewow looks like they got their work cut out for themQuote:
UK, December 3, 2007 - Activision Blizzard has confirmed that Call of Duty 5 and Guitar Hero 4 are both in development just hours after news of the company's merger hit the wire. And while the news is unlikely to come as a shock, if Activision Blizzard's recent boasts are anything to go by we could see both of the series reaching bigger and better heights.
Indeed, during a conference call held today Activision CEO Robert Kotick and Jean-Benard Levy spoke of the company's huge projected success and hinted that many of Activision's franchise could learn a lot from the success of World of Warcraft, which has 9.3 million users across the world. More specifically, Kotick expressed a distinct interest in the subscription model employed by the WoW developer, although quite how it will work with Activision's other franchises - including a new racing title from the freshly-acquired Bizarre Creations - remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, World of Warcraft won't be coming to console any time soon, with Levy categorically stating that a current-gen version of the game was most certainly not in the works.
In a press release posted along with the call, the combined company outlined some of the pipelined games that the Activision side of Activision Blizzard will be contributing to the mnerger and releasing in the near future. (Vivendi/Sierra/Blizzard of course have Starcraft II as well as several other titles in production.) Included in the list are:
Guitar Hero IV
Call of Duty 5
James Bond (2008)
Tony Hawk (new - 10th franchise entry)
New Dreamworks Titles (various franchises)
New Marvel Titles (various franchises)
Bizarre Creations' New Entry in Racing (following September 2007 acquisition)
No further detailers were announced for any of these titles, and no platform plans were listed for the games listed. IGN will have more on all of these games hopefully early in 2008.
I heard about it on BBC, sounds like a good investment for the french owner guy.
Bastards better realease WCIV!
Wow what a number...
I need to make a game like WoW. :D
And the big deal is... ?
Activision already owns Blizzard as they own Blizzards parent company.
So what in the hell will this be? Blizzard is a developer while Activision is a publisher. Well it be both? Or one or the other?
NoPeace - out
wow that really crazy i will make a Game Mix With WOW , GunZ , Car RAcing Online
you will able to do Everything :D wait my Release !
better put snake and maybe DDR and then ur game is perfect...Quote:
Originally Posted by RockAngel
in fact screw ur game im going to make MGS DDR it'll sell millions