A little game company threesome.

[Phopojijo]

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071202005054&newsLang=en

(Their new website) (http://www.activisionblizzard.com/)

Uh... huh.

So, if this is true... and Activision, Vivendi, and Blizzard all did merge into one super-company... dunno what to think of it.

[Agamemnon]

Uh, Vivendi has owned Blizzard for quite some time now. Kudos on Vivendi buying Activision.

[dg]

Activizzard or Blizzivision?

In any case, this is monumental in the industry.

[Kalub]

Activision Blizzard is what they are calling it, but I think on Blizzard's games it will still say, "Blizzard Entertainment Inc."

[n00b1n8R]

cool.

hopefully this wont have any negative effects on any of the current franchises.

[Tweek]

propably not, it'll more likely have a positive impact.

and new job openings too!

[Patrickssj6]

I want to see Tony Hawk being slaughtered by Orcs.

But that's just me.

[Agamemnon]

^

Yeah, I can just see it now. Thrall: Pro Skater.

:/

[Chewy Gumball]

The new company is called Activision Blizzard. Blizzard is still called Blizzard Entertainment.

[Bastinka]

I disgust blizzard, their 3d models are all so cartoony.

[adumass]

I disgust blizzard, their 3d models are all so cartoony.

Starcraft and diablo aren't cartoony... Well maybe sc2 is.

[Agamemnon]

Starcraft and diablo aren't cartoony... Well maybe sc2 is.
Those were pre-Vivendi days, and Diablo wasn't produced by Blizzard.

Also, to clear up the confusion, Vivendi is having Vivendi Games and Activision merge, and the end result is Activision Blizzard. Blizzard isn't actually involved in any way. They're just borrowing the name for the new company.

[Skiiran]

World of Call of Duty is coming. I am already preparing to bomb this new headquarters.

Not.

[Phopojijo]

I disgust blizzard, their 3d models are all so cartoony.Like Mario... Team Fortress 2...

[DrunkenSamus]

Starcraft...Half-life 2...Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I wonder how all that would add up.

[n00b1n8R]

Half Life 2? :raise:

[DrunkenSamus]

Vivendi published Half-life 2. So...yeah.

[Agamemnon]

Vivendi published Half-life 2. So...yeah.
You mean Valve.

[ICEE]

I want to see Tony Hawk being slaughtered by Orcs.

But that's just me.

i agree.


im a level 40 nightelf pro skater!



but on a serious note, does anyone else think this could be why all those WOW commercials have been airing lately? (wow is owned by blizzard right?)

[Agamemnon]

Those were pre-Vivendi days, and Diablo wasn't produced by Blizzard.

Also, to clear up the confusion, Vivendi is having Vivendi Games and Activision merge, and the end result is Activision Blizzard. Blizzard isn't actually involved in any way. They're just borrowing the name for the new company.
.

[X3RO SHIF7]

I disgust blizzard, their 3d models are all so cartoony.
0.o and if look"cartoony" it would look more dated then it already does - Its called style.

[Chewy Gumball]

They are, indeed, involved. There just wont be any noticeable change to the way they work.

[Agamemnon]

Their involvement will be extensive in the sense that they'll pull off five or ten people off from Blizzard Entertainment to work on a title for Activision Blizzard at any given moment. Not even a fraction of Blizzard Entertainment's work force is being involved, and I mean the guys that have been at Blizzard before it was owned by Vivendi.